Product Innovation & Development

We have an urgent opening with MNC for Innovation and Product Development (IPD) .

Location : Mumbai/ Gurgaon /Bangalore .

Experience : 2-7 years after MBA .

Qualification : MBA (Full time - 2 years ),CA

Key responsibilities of the role may include:

Support and/or guide team through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using issue based problem solving principles

- Gather and document user requirements

- Design and develop key PLM business processes

- Enable business innovation by creating new businesses with or for clients from the point of incubation to the scaling of new entity.

- Establish the right portfolio of innovation projects to achieve maximum business value and support growth expectations.

- Drive innovation value through speed enabled by processes, tools, governance, risk and portfolio management.

- Enable IPD transformation required to support the IPD strategy and processes through technology, data process, and talent.

- Support Engineering efficiency and performance improvement programs

- Define IPD global operating model including global processes, outsourcing, off shoring and managed services.

- Provides an objective view of client’s IPD performance and critical capabilities, and defines a clear course of action to enable profitable growth from IPD.

- Perform software assessments (vendor agnostic)

- Develop functional and technical specifications

- Support business readiness and change management activities prior to go-live

- Assist in determining potential cost reduction areas by means of reuse, standardization, reducing overdesign and enhancing value.

- Assist in reducing Product Lifecycle Costs by integrated value engineering and supplier continuous improvement

Experience:

Specific experiences will include:

- A minimum of 2-7 years of progressive business and / or consulting experience.

- Experience in a consulting firm is preferable

- Consulting or functional experience in an Engineering division, product development, launch of new products, private label management or Innovation management

- Strong program management skills

- MBA from a Tier 1 B School with an Engineering Degree

- Global exposure will be desirable.

Key Competencies and Characteristics:

- This individual must be comfortable working at the highest levels of client organizations and interacting closely with the “C” level executives in a range of environments

- The individual should be comfortable functioning in a broadly positioned and highly diverse consulting firm

- The individual should possess an impressive executive demeanor, a team oriented and collaborative approach, and excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

- The individual should have demonstrated entrepreneurial instinct

- The individual should possess and demonstrate high integrity and credibility as perceived by all those with whom s/he will work

- The individual should have strong intellect coupled with proficient commercial instincts

- The individual should be diplomatic, flexible, and have a good team approach.

- Individual should be open to travel in and outside the country