Head - New Product Development - Are you a product advocate passionate about building consumer products. If yes this one's for you. We are looking for Head - New Product Development to join our team. What you'll do : - Create and manage the new product development pipeline portfolio, to ensure successive roll-outs of value-added profitable products. - Collaborate cross-functionally to drive the Customer to Concept process to bring new products to market. - Identify marketing opportunities by analyzing and defining the total market, market share, competitor market share, and available market share by product market. - Lead the design, development, refinement, and implementation of products by initiating research to identify consumer needs; developing new products to meet consumer needs; research consumer acceptance of products; work with vendors to identify packaging improvements, identify co-pack opportunities; develop introductory market programs to introduce new products; and lead status meetings to drive programs or new product initiatives to market. Periodically presents project updates to the leadership team. - Develop, maintain and update new product development Concept to Customer process to ensure a group of new concepts/products are available to be introduced includes ; 1. Ideation Capture 2. Funnel to Focus 3. Stage Gate Management 4. Performance Evaluation - Initiate and continue new concepts/products Ideation activities. - Responsible for Performance Evaluation Analysis. Activities include : - Post launch ROI validation ; sales and cost performance validation - Customer/Market feedback - Champion identified improvements - Ensure key learnings and best practice are documented and shared institutionally. - Implement improvements in project management tools and methodologies - Handle all customer specific requests. Service to include : - Product Development - Consumer/Product Testing - Packaging - Introductory Marketing Support - Maintain ongoing communication with Procurement team to insure a thorough understanding of emerging new products, packaging and vendors. - Assist Marketing team in providing timely communication between Marketing teams. - Topics to include but not limited to syndicated data results, promotional sell sheets, program updates and sales collateral materials. - Serve in cross-functional roles & responsibilities in support of Lead role of the Product - Management Team - Participation in Marketing & Operations Planning process. This opportunity might be for you if : - Working knowledge of consumer goods industry. - Requires strong written and oral communication skills, planning and organization skills, and strong analytical abilities. - Can interpret syndicated market data and research, and recommend appropriate actions. - Capable of working independently and staying organized while assuming multiple responsibilities and tasks. - Able to motivate,problem solve, deal with ambiguity and effectively prioritize business needs. - Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, One Note) and other related operating systems - Able to interact with many departments. Must be able to actively participate in each functional area of the operation. - Travel may be required to work on major presentations. - Experience in Product development, leading cross functional teams preferred.

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The Indus Valley - Head - New Product Development 

The Indus Valley - Head - New Product Development  ,Job Description for The Indus Valley - Head - New Product Development  in The Indus Valley - Good Roots Kitchenware Pvt Ltd in  Chennai for (5-15) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for The Indus Valley - Head - New Product Development  in The Indus Valley - Good Roots Kitchenware Pvt Ltd in  Chennai for (5-15) years of experience. Apply Now!