# Ruby Tripathi

Ruby Tripathi is a remote worker on Himalayas, Head Furniture Designer, PD Coordinator & Category Manager at Manglam Arts, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@rubytripathi

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Product Development Coordinator at Manglam Arts, diversifying upholstery sourcing and delivering 50+ SKUs per season.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 135k+ INR |
| Job categories | Product Development Coordinator, Merchandiser, Category Manager, Furniture Designer |
| Skills | Product Development, Product Commercialization, Upholstery Sourcing, Vendor Diversification, Supplier Onboarding, Supplier Assessment, Supplier Compliance, Lifecycle Management, Test Coordination, Inspection Coordination, Costing, Quotations, Purchase Order Documentation, BOM Costing, T&A Management |

## About

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At Manglam Arts, I coordinate end-to-end product development and commercialization across décor, furniture, upholstery, and rugs for international home brands. I manage the sample lifecycle from concept brief through testing, revisions, sign-off, and dispatch.

I diversified upholstery sourcing beyond India by identifying and onboarding international vendors. I also contributed to developing an in-house upholstery studio for new product exploration.

I developed a tiered upholstery fabric strategy to match buyer economics, and coordinated supplier capability assessments and compliance documentation. My work has included delivering 50+ SKUs per season with near-zero sample rejection rates.

Earlier, as a Design Intern at Goel Exports, I conducted trend forecasting and R&D for buyer briefs and designed a bedroom collection for Anthropologie with Saharanpur carving artisans. I bring experience across product development, merchandising, and category management, with familiarity in India's artisan and manufacturing supply base.
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## Experience

### Head Furniture Designer, PD Coordinator & Category Manager (current)

Manglam Arts. Jan 2017 - Present

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Managed end-to-end product development and commercialization across décor, furniture, upholstery, and rugs, including full sample lifecycle from concept to dispatch. Led diversification of upholstery sourcing beyond India and contributed to an in-house upholstery studio.
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Skills: Upholstery-Sourcing, Vendor-Onboarding, Costing, Lifecycle-Management, Product-Testing, Quality-inspection, T&A-Management, Critical-Path-Monitoring, Material-Libraries, PLM-ERP, Excel, Google-Workspace, Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Autocad

### Design Intern

Goel Exports. Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

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Conducted trend forecasting and R&D for international buyer briefs, and designed a full bedroom collection for Anthropologie in collaboration with Saharanpur carving artisans. Organized archive item data and documented the material and finish library.
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Skills: trend-forecasting, R&D, Product-Design, Material-Libraries, Data-organization, Photoshop, Illustrator

## Education

### Symbiosis School for Online and Digital Learning

Master of Business Administration, Business Administration. 2025 - Present

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Pursuing an MBA with an expected completion in 2026.
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### National Institute of Fashion Technology

Bachelor of Design, Design. 2013 - 2017

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Completed a Bachelor of Design degree from the National Institute of Fashion Technology from 2013 to 2017.
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## Tech stack

- Google Workspace
- AutoCAD

To contact Ruby, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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