Deputy Manager/Manager - New Product Development - Food Innovation

Deputy Manager/Manager - New Product Development - Food Innovation

Job role with a leading Food major.

Essential: 6-10 years of relevant experience with Hospitality/QSR & Food and retail industry.

Duties and Responsibilities :

Launch new products : 

- Assist in identification of areas for product development through market research & market feedback

- Develop consumer insights and clear understanding of eating out need states and occasions

- Launch new products after following rigorous testing and research

- Closely work with R&D, SCM and restaurant operation teams

Build a strong innovation pipeline

- Lead thinking and execution to drive innovation across current and new platforms

- Learn from global successes and adapt for India

- Develop intimate knowledge of consumer behavior and trends through primary research

- Develop pricing strategy and profitability plans for the KFC brand using product innovation

Lead Projects: 

- Lead strategic project for the brand from time to time

- Execute against agreed timelines

Skills Required :

- Strong logical and analytical skills; combined with a keen sense of right brain faculties

- Project management and in-market execution

- Demonstrated experience in leading projects and cross functional teams

- Strong understanding and experience of generating insights, understanding consumer behavior and brand positioning and creative execution

- Strong understanding of research techniques

Stake holders:

a) Internal: QA, SCM, Operations, Training, Finance, Consumer Insights

b) External: Packaging vendors, Ingredient vendors, Strategic vendors.

Educational Qualification:

a) Essential: Hotel Management Graduate/ Diploma in food science.

b) Desirable: Post graduate in Marketing from Tier 1/2 Institute.