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Role Purpose: The Product Sourcing & Development Manager will be responsible for developing and managing a strong Indian manufacturing and sourcing ecosystem for stainless steel products, glassware, kitchenware, and kitchen appliances. The role will identify, evaluate, onboard, and develop strategic manufacturing partners, while working closely with R&D, Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Marketing teams to develop and commercialize products that meet the company's requirements for quality, innovation, cost, and speed to market. Key Responsibilities: Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development: - Identify and develop capable Indian manufacturers and strategic sourcing partners across stainless steel, glassware, kitchenware, and kitchen appliances. - Build and maintain a robust supplier network aligned with product and business requirements. - Evaluate supplier capabilities including manufacturing technology, capacity, quality systems, innovation, compliance, and cost competitiveness. - Lead supplier onboarding, qualification, development, and performance management. - Develop alternate and multiple sourcing options to improve supply continuity and competitiveness. - Build long-term strategic partnerships with key Indian manufacturers. - Identify opportunities for localization and develop suppliers to support India and potential global sourcing requirements. - Conduct supplier visits, capability assessments, audits, and commercial evaluations. - Monitor supplier performance and drive continuous improvement across cost, quality, delivery, and service. Product Development & Commercialization: - Partner with R&D and Design teams to develop products from concept through commercialization. - Work with suppliers on product specifications, materials, prototypes, samples, tooling, trials, testing, and production readiness. - Ensure products meet defined quality, technical, regulatory, cost, and timeline requirements. - Evaluate manufacturing feasibility and provide supplier inputs during the product design stage. - Drive localization and development of products with Indian manufacturing partners. - Coordinate product trials, modifications, approvals, pilot production, and scale-up. - Ensure timely transition of products from development to commercial production. RFQ, Costing & Commercial Negotiation: - Lead the end-to-end RFQ process, including supplier identification, quotation analysis, benchmarking, sampling, and final supplier selection. - Develop product cost estimates and should-cost models in collaboration with Finance and R&D. - Negotiate pricing, MOQ, tooling and mould costs, payment terms, lead times, capacity, packaging, and other commercial terms. - Benchmark supplier pricing and manufacturing costs to ensure competitive sourcing. - Drive cost reduction and value-engineering initiatives without compromising quality or consumer value. - Identify opportunities to optimize material usage, product design, manufacturing processes, packaging, and logistics. Category & Market Development: - Track consumer trends, competitor activity, market developments, and emerging technologies across relevant categories. - Identify product gaps and new business opportunities. - Support category and portfolio planning through market and supplier insights. - Benchmark competing products on specifications, materials, functionality, quality, pricing, and sourcing. - Identify new Indian manufacturing capabilities, technologies, and suppliers that can support future product development. Supply Chain & Quality: - Work closely with Supply Chain to align supplier capacity, production planning, lead times, and launch requirements. - Identify potential supply risks and develop alternate sourcing and contingency plans. - Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure supplier and product compliance with standards and applicable requirements. - Support supplier audits, quality improvement initiatives, corrective actions, and performance reviews. - Ensure suppliers consistently meet agreed quality, delivery, capacity, and service levels. Cost & Commercial Management: - Partner with Finance and Category teams on product costing, pricing, margin, and business cases. - Support category-level P&L and profitability objectives. - Drive cost optimization, value engineering, localization, and supplier productivity initiatives. - Evaluate the commercial impact of sourcing, material, design, tooling, and manufacturing decisions. - Ensure new products meet defined target costs and margin expectations. Cross-Functional Collaboration: - Work closely with R&D, Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, Sales, E-commerce, and Global teams. - Provide sourcing and manufacturing inputs during product development and portfolio planning. - Support Marketing, Sales, and E-commerce with product specifications, competitive insights, and product information. - Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful product development and launch. - Represent sourcing and supplier requirements in product and business reviews. Candidate Profile: - 8 - 15 years of relevant experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Development, Product Development, or Category Management. - Strong experience in identifying, developing, and managing Indian manufacturers/OEMs/ODM partners. - Experience in one or more of the following categories is preferred: stainless steel, cookware, glassware, kitchenware, consumer durables, or kitchen appliances. - Strong understanding of Indian manufacturing processes, supplier capabilities, product costing, tooling, quality, and commercialization. - Proven experience in RFQs, supplier negotiations, product development, sampling, trials, and supplier onboarding. - Strong commercial understanding with exposure to costing, margins, P&L, and value engineering. - Excellent negotiation, communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills. - Willingness to travel extensively within India for supplier identification, development, audits, and product development. Key Success Measures: - Development and onboarding of strategic Indian manufacturing partners. - Successful localization and commercialization of products. - Competitive product costing and improved category margins. - Successful and timely NPD launches. - Supplier quality, delivery, capacity, and service performance. - Cost savings and value-engineering achievements. - Development of a scalable and reliable Indian supplier ecosystem. - Reduction of sourcing risk through alternate and multiple supplier development.

Dehradun

Uttarakhand

Tupperware - Product Sourcing & Development Manager - Kitchenware/Cookware Products 

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