Product Manager - Excipients/API/Intermediates

- Develop the business for new products and commercialization of product development

Core Functions:-

New Product Ideation: 

- Analyses and interprets customer feedback data as well as results from ongoing tests in order to identify product features with the scope of improvement

- Active fieldwork across target markets along with Sales/R&D team

- Ideate / Innovate to enlarge the market size

Stakeholder Management - Product Launch Lifecycle

- For the shortlisted and prioritized NPO idea, conducts a detailed scoping considering the specifications required, potential market size and prepares an estimated business case and ROI for obtaining the management approval. Works closely with the Sales team to prepare the business case for each product

- Works closely with the marketing team to prepare for the launch and devise promotional plan including the budget and the timelines

- Serves as a single point responsibility until the commercial success of the new product

Customer Management:

- Interacts with the users on an on-going basis to address technical queries as well as solicits feedback on improvement areas on existing products

- Works actively and partners with the sales team to launch the new product in the market and generates the initial leads. Provides technical inputs to the customers with respect to the new product. New products are then handed over to the sales team on reaching critical volumes.

Scope of Decision Making:

- Functions independently within the agreed work plan on multiple projects with limited supervision

- Pricing Strategy for product

Internal process :

- Attend seminars, conferences, customer/product launch, liaison with internal and external stakeholders

- Closely work with external stakeholders

People development: 

- Facilitate & develop Sales team members

- Impart Training to sales