Head - Procurement - Private Label - Retail

Role :

- This position will be responsible for drive product development like new business development - right from vendor selection to prototype development to commercial feasibility study to category benchmarking and analysis.

- The incumbent should be well versed with the Non - Food Category requirement, should be observant of the new product launches in the market.

Accountabilities:

Financial:

- Product wise Sales Target

- Private Brands Target Achievements

- Formulation development & costing management

Customer :

- Complete market benchmarking to arrive at product/concept understanding

- Target oriented, Ability to drive results

- Customer Engagement Index / Customer Feedback

- On time project management

New Product/Business development :

- Identify new products/categories in Consumer Durable / Stationery / Furniture / Office Electronic, Equipment by market evaluation, category analysis, etc. for entry of private brands.

- Preparation of complete business proposal around the product (s) which will include current external & internal market sizes, vendor status, first cut techno-commercial feasibility study of the product and process, suggested packaging, investment required in packaging, quality benchmarking, etc.

- Identification & evaluation of vendors for prototype development

- Prototype development, evaluation and sensory benchmarking with internal and external panels

- Coordination with external labs for complete quality profiling

- Factory certification, initial production planning and roll out of commercial product

Candidate from: Retail Format / FMCG / Consumer Durable / Consumer Electronic Preferred

- MBA from top 20 B School preferred

Narayan Iyer ( 098191 47645 )
PAN India Recruiters
Mumbai