Senior Product Manager - FMCG

Discipline: Marketing

Subsector : Brand / Product Management

Location : Mumbai

About our Client: Our client is a US based MNC specializing in the Non- Dairy Foods space, alongside a Global presence and an ever-increasing India footprint. They are extremely driven by the product initiatives in their endeavor to create great products, and need a strong Senior Product Manager to lead the responsibility for the same.

Job Description: Reporting to the General Manager Marketing, the incumbent will be responsible for:

- Category Management

- New Product Development

- End to end responsibility for NPD projects - product, packaging development, pricing and preparing business cases

- Competitive Intelligence

- Category champion and working very closely with the team especially Trade Marketing, Chef Team and sales - having a true external orientation

- Maintaining the A&P spends for the Product category

- Reporting and analysis - Monthly Business reports, category analysis, forecasting for NPD products, market sizing

- Working with cross functional teams / team alignment - need to get the attention of cross functional team to deliver jobs OTIF

- Involved in brand equity within global guidelines and maintaining how the brand looks

The Successful Candidate:

- Post Graduate in Marketing or MBA with 8 + years experience in marketing/product management with Food FMCG or B2B companies.

- Experienced in Category and brand management, innovation and launch besides Project Management skills a must.

- The incumbent should have lead and launched at least 2 products. (not as a support) and must have practical hands-on approach, customer focused, understand customer insights and creative bent of mind.

- Ability to handle fast developing business and work independently under stringent timelines besides a strong commercial acumen and strong on analytical skills is a must. Being well versed with all regulatory aspects is non negotiable.

What's on Offer: A chance to work with the Industry's leading brand that offers great growth prospects and competitive pay.

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