ROLE: - BRAND MANAGER - INNOVATIONS & NPD PERSONAL CARE.

A leading Indian MNC is looking for a Brand Manager - Innovations & NPDs for their Global Skincare Brand based in Dubai.

This opportunity is perfect for ambitious brand managers in the beauty & personal care industry, who are eager to make a global impact.

As Brand Manager - Innovations & NPDs based in Dubai, you'll play a crucial role in shaping brand's global strategy and driving innovation in the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia markets.

Collaborating closely with our leadership team, you will drive deep consumer insights and market research to identify emerging trends and opportunities and translating them into actional innovations with sizable business potential. Your role will be pivotal in translating these insights into compelling products and marketing strategies that resonate with our diverse global audience.

This role not only promises significant career growth but also the chance to leave a lasting mark on our brand's evolution in the competitive beauty & personal care landscape.

If you are driven by a passion for leveraging your brand & product management expertise to spearhead transformative initiatives in the beauty & personal care sector, this role represents an ideal fit.

We're seeking consumer-focused FMCG Brand managers

1. Who has the passion to innovate and can excel at crafting impactful product propositions.

2. Lead the Global Innovation funnel with superior product concepts and timely launches.

3. Drive the core innovation roadmap & game changer innovations and act as an internal figurehead for each of the product development projects.

4. As a core role, you are required to take a deep dive into consumer insighting in each of the product categories assigned. Identify new product USP / positioning, develop inspiring New Product Development Brief, Develop Brand Design Briefs to create significantly superior brand identity, Drive Packaging development.

5. Lead Concept development, run consumer research / competition intelligence research / CMI Models (Need/ Occasion segmentation, U&A, Market Landscape, Regimen Studies, Volumetric Estimation etc.), to uncover key consumer, category and portfolio opportunities. Identify unmet and unarticulated consumer needs and white space opportunities.

6. Prior Experience in NIELSEN / Household Panel data, hands on experience in data analytics and pro level skins in AC Nielsen analysis covering market share, numeric, weighted distribution analysis, developing reports & trends.

7. You will be responsible for running project network timelines from ideation to launch stage.

8. Run CFT with internal and external stake holders, drive the project networks, work along with design houses, printing solution companies, specialty ingredient companies and perfume houses to deliver a winning product proposition.

9. Ability to manage multiple projects and drive agenda with multiple internal and external stakeholders.