Tata Chemicals - Head - Product Development & Marketing

Job Purpose:

Tata Chemicals- new venture into Nutritional ingredients business (Tata NQ) is on an expansion mode. Tata NQ is into R&D and manufacturing of food and health ingredients catering to the food and beverage majors and the nutrition companies across Human and Animal health. Tata NQ has enjoyed quite a good success in the Indian market in the last 4 years and is in the growth phase to take on the next leap, with the introduction of the new greenfield state of the art manufacturing plant in Nellore and foray into International markets- N. America and S.E Asia. Tata NQ's flagship products are prebiotic dietary fibers- FOS (Fructooligosacchairde) and GOS (Galacto oligosaccharide) used as functional prebiotic ingredient and as sugar alternates. The Other ingredients in the portfolio include solutions towards Sugar alternates and Cocoa.

Role and Responsibilities:

- Custodian of all marketing and product communications related to Tata NQ and all of its product lines for Indian and International market

- Responsible for India and Intl marketing initiatives- To closely engage with the marketing agency and BD teams in Branding, Content creation, Digital campaigns and execution of Trade shows globally.

- Responsible for setting up a robust process for tracking trends and development in the global nutra sector including appropriate analytics and customer insights.

- Develop and manage new categories and segments of applications of Tata NQ ingredients, example: Dairy, Confectionary, Supplements- and transfer the same successfully to the Business Development teams

- Responsible for developing Tata NQ product training modules for internal audience and necessary external audience including distributor trainings.

Qualifications: MBA from a reputed institute with preferable specialization in Food industry management and Agri business.

Work Experience: Min 8 Years work experience in marketing in B2B space. Prior experience in food industry not mandated, but preferred.

Essential Attributes:

- Must have strong appetite for growth and operating in an ambiguous start-up environment

- Excellent analytical and modelling skills and strong written and verbal communication.

- Strategic and forward thinker with an ability to assist business in new areas of growth

- Must be an initiative taker with a track record of introducing new and bold campaigns/initiatives

- Strong team player with an inclination to collaborate and aid growth of all team members

- Strong selling background or attitude.

- Open to travel within India and outside India.