Dot & Key - Lead - New Product Development

Lead - New Product Development

Job Role: Lead - New Product Development.

Location, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Reporting : Directors.

Reportees : 4 team members from (Packaging, QA/QC, Purchase, Product Marketing).

Broad Responsibilities :

TEAM LEAD :

- Able to take ownership of the job, and drive the vertical with his team

- Drive his team, and take their daily updates basis job assigned.

- Team of 4 - packaging head, QA/QC chemist, Purchase & product marketing asst. manager

MATERIAL SOURCING FROM 3P VENDORS :

- Exploring third party vendors, handling end to end projects with them starting formulation & packaging development to delivery of finished goods.

- Make quarterly projections of the company basis sales team requirements, and ensure timely delivery of products to warehouse

DELIVERING QUALITY CONSISTENCY :

- Ensuring proper quality consistency of goods with documentation in place

- Product testing with external laboratories, Clinical & consumer studies to take forward.

KNOWING GLOBAL BEAUTY TRENDS & INNOVATIONS :

- Keeping up with the market trends, aware of where the industry is moving. Knowing what the company should make next, and how to move forward.

COST OPTIMIZATION :

- Keeping costs in check, and constant evaluation of finished goods cost, cost cutting

MAJOR CHALLENGES :

- This role has to drive multi-disciplinary team of packaging head, QA/QC chemist, Purchase & product marketing asst. manager through co-working and influence.

- High level of category understanding, planning and co-ordination with different teams, driving them towards meeting various stage-gates will be required as a stakeholder, not just a timekeeper.

DIMENSIONS :

1. Number of projects running at any point of time : 3 big projects, 2-3 smaller variant projects

2. Direct reports : 4

3. Dotted line working with : CI, SI, R&D, Procurement, Brand, Sales & Operations

4. Should be open to moderate travel and working in the market and meeting consumers

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE :

- Atleast, 5 years in NPD role in FMCG, Cosmetics company.

- Post MBA marketing experience preferably in process oriented and well-structured fast moving consumer goods companies

- Should have exposure to practice of professional brand management at a national level.

- Should have led launch of new brands or products in his career.

- Should have used research inputs practically into development of brand and customer programs.

- Should have independently handled creative agencies.

- Should be willing to own the projects and take them to logical conclusion, taking help form peers/seniors along the way