Assistant Manager/Manager - New Product Development & Brand Management - Beauty/Cosmetics/Personal Care

Designation: Assistant Manager/Manager New Product Development Executive

Reporting to : Sr Manager (Business Head)

Location: Thane, Mumbai

Key Performance Indicators

1. Product Innovation funnel management

2. Project Management

3. Periodic Customer & Market Research

Key Responsibilities:

- Seamless project management for end-to-end product innovation + launch within defined timelines & commercial metrics

- Identifying customer needs through extensive Primary + Secondary Research

- Competitive benchmarking - Staying abreast of category & technical developments

- Preparing product briefs basis for R&D identified gaps in the portfolio + new opportunities

- Briefing Design Team / external agencies on product packaging design

- Conduct product training workshops for internal teams including Customer Service

- Analysing product performance by measuring its impact / value add to business - uncovering actionable insights through data analysis

Experience & Qualification :

Preferred :

- 2 - 3 years of experience in NPD / Innovation

- Experience & interest within the Beauty / Personal Care / Men's Grooming sector Mandatory

- 2 - 6 years of marketing experience

- Background in FMCG, Consumer Durables, Consumer Tech

- Comfortable with handling / analysing data (MS Excel)

- Exceptional people skills