Manager - New Product Development - Men's Grooming Segment - Wellness

Join a company that supports an entrepreneurial spirit and cultivates a professional environment, while offering opportunities for individual development and advancement.

Our client is a leading one-stop solution for all the grooming requirements of every modern man. The company provides products and solution packages for various concerns like skin, hair, hygiene, beard and body odour among others. Their products use natural ingredients and premium essential oils with a promise of no chemicals or preservatives and no cruelty to animals. They continually strive to deliver the finest products for men to take charge of their physical appearance and appeal, assisting in the journey to transform into a modern Gentleman.

The company was founded 6 years back, and is backed by a premium skincare brand and represented by a top-ranking actor/ star. They have a fabulous online presence along with over 1000 touchpoints like salons, retail stores and beauty shops.

As a Manager - New Product Development, you will be responsible for Managing from concepting to designing, testing, costing, mass production, promotion, support, and finally product end of life.

What you will do:

- Delivering the operating plan: the achievement of growth objectives including market share, revenue, profit, and return on investment for all the channels/categories of business.

- Responsible for process development of new and existing products and effectively managing the product pipeline portfolio

- Evaluating raw materials being used in products. Sourcing of new materials and ingredient

- Systematic research & analysis on the cost of developing new products

- Responsible for identifying marketing opportunities by analyzing and defining market share, competitor analysis and available product-wise market share

- Responsible for managing and implementing marketing activities through research, strategic planning, and implementation

- Supervising the production of the Products Performing of stability studies of the finished Products

- Maintaining ongoing communication with Packaging, Procurement, Manufacturing and Engineering to insure a thorough understanding of emerging new ingredients, packaging and manufacturing technology. Incorporate this learning into the new product development process

- Responsible for maintaining records, data, documents pertaining to assigned studies of Products Researches patents, copyrights and trademarks in order to make sure there are no infringement issues involved

- Ensuring that every phase of a particular project proceeds as scheduled and make necessary changes wherever required

- Keeping up to date with changes in the market and technology that would affect new product development

Candidate Profile:

What you need to have:

- 5+ Years of experience in research and development of New product in personal care/FMCG

- Understanding composition/ingredient of the grooming products

- Degree in Biochemistry / Biotechnology / Chemistry