This is for India's leading D2C pet care firm based in Pune.
Work Location : Pune
The role will be responsible to lead the R&D Function to develop new product lines for the pet food and pharma category.
- Ensures and consolidates that the growth of the technical "know-how" within the working group is shared and constantly increasing
- Leads development projects for multiple categories.
- Incorporates relevant design expertise and experience in projects in line with brand/product strategy
- Encourages creativity and guide in R&D teams
- Actively searches for best-in-class technologies among domestic & global competitors and develops innovation roadmap
- Partner with product managers to assure customer focus and target costing; co-develops product roadmaps
- Coordinates with product development managers defining the right allocation of the resources
- Cooperates with design committee to ensure brand-consistent design of product ranges
- End-to-end responsible for developing products and driving innovation according to product roadmap
- Maintain a relevant product suite to support strategic growth objectives
- Support execution of product and manufacturing portfolio strategy - including innovative ways to successfully commercialize new products
- Determine and execute improved technologies used by suppliers, competitors, and customers.
- Establish and maintain testing procedures for assessing raw materials, in-process and finished products.
- Keep current with changes in technologies and regulation for the countries where we do business.
- Manages and develops a cohesive work team, absent of disruptive conflicts within the team.
- Identify avenues to achieve sustainable goals either through sustainable raw materials or packaging or technology.
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