About Open Secret : Open Secret is a brand with a vision to make every Indian family snack better. Powered by a strong operating team of strategists and marketers from Harvard Business School, IIM, and IIT with 40+ years of collective FMCG experience and backed by the strongest set of mentors - Matrix, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal, and Vivek Gambhir. The goal is to become the most preferred snacking brand for families by un-junking their favourite snacks. Open Secret is currently available through their website at https://opensecret.in, multiple ecommerce platforms, and across offline stores Pan India where they sell their entire range of un-junked snacks including; Nutty Cookies, Nutty Chips, Flavoured Nuts, Nutty Shake Mixes and Nutty Spreads. About the CEO and Co-Founder : Ahana Gautam is an experienced operator with a passion to build and grow the biggest consumer brands in India. She has a B. Tech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career at P&G where she worked across multiple functions - supply chain, finance and marketing. Ahana grew her passion for food brands at General Mills in the US where she launched natural and organic products. Job Role: 1. Lead Key Projects with R&D to support business goal. 2. Project ownership on capacity expansion, process deployment. automation & cost management, RM & PM planning etc. 3. Research, design and evaluate material, assemblies, processes & equipment. 4. Identify outside manufacturers that is capable of producing required products consistent with established quality and regulatory requirements and within established cost parameters. 5. Negotiate contracts that provide the overall best value to the company and establishes key performance indicators for each external manufacturer to drive continuous improvement and reduction in total delivered cost. 6. Work closely with the Innovation Team & RND Consultant 7. Ensuring the commercialization of the recipe takes place objectively. 8. Keeping a close eye on the PNL and other critical checkpoints from product perspective 9. Ensure demand for the new product launch is being met by production plan 10. Monitor, document and analyse trends around production deficits (e.g. defect increasing specific to a line, down time, cost & root cause analyses of the same) and suggest corrective actions 11. Identify opportunities for improvements which will help achieve cost savings 12. Develop an enterprise-wide operating strategy for Contract Manufacturers, including detailed workflows, transparent demand forecasts, the development and maintenance of contract agreements and the establishment of an efficient sourcing pipeline. 13. Lead all operational aspects for Contract manufacturing sites, including compliance, QA procedures, product formulas and specifications, and adherence to the Supply Plan.

Mumbai

Open Secret - Project Manager - R&D 

Open Secret - Project Manager - R&D  ,Job Description for Open Secret - Project Manager - R&D  in Open Secret in  Mumbai for (1-3) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Open Secret - Project Manager - R&D  in Open Secret in  Mumbai for (1-3) years of experience. Apply Now!