Intern - Founder's Office

The problem. Global manufacturing is a $16 trillion market in active restructuring. US, EU, and Middle East OEMs are moving supply chains out of China. India is the obvious alternative - cost advantage, engineering depth, scale. Yet $30 billion of India's SME manufacturing capacity sits idle every year. Not because factories lack machines. Because India's engineering SME base is operationally dark - no verified capability profiles, no process documentation, no single partner a global buyer can hold accountable. So buyers hesitate, orders don't come, and machines sit idle. That is the gap Veridia is closing. What we are building. Not a marketplace. Not a directory. A managed execution engine that integrates Indian engineering SMEs (₹5–200 Cr) into a global buyer's supply chain as reliable, transparent manufacturing partners. We own the full cycle: RFQ → verified sourcing → sampling → order → delivery. One accountable partner for the buyer. Real international order flow for the manufacturer. The supply backbone - a ranked, verified, segmented database of manufacturers who can deliver to cross-border standards - is what makes this possible. That is what this role builds. The work. SME Onboarding : Identify and onboard high-potential manufacturers (₹5-₹200 Cr) across India's industrial hubs. Build direct relationships through structured outreach to factory owners. Intelligence Building : Every call produces data - machines, process capabilities, certifications, shift utilisation, customer tiering, export history. You maintain a clean, ranked database - this becomes the matching logic for every order we take. Problem Discovery : Surface systemic pain points - from working capital gaps to digitization needs - to inform our product roadmap