Overview
Product Development Manager – Skin Care Jobs in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India at Marico Limited
Title: Product Development Manager – Skin Care
Company: Marico Limited
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Qualification & Experience:
• Ph.D/ M.Tech / M.Pharm
• 7-10 years of experience in FMCG/Pharma Topical Industry
Key Deliverables of the Role:
Championing skin care technology development across global markets-South Asia, EM-SEANS, MENA
Leading technology innovations in the skin care category
Competition and patent tracking, to bring in insights and present a business case for innovations
Lead NPDs end to end from the ideation to implementation stage. Be the technical project leader in the organization
Develop product strategy for design and potential market deployments
Collaborate with Consumer Technical Insights team to mine insights into product design
Champion value management initiatives
Collaborate and develop projects with other national/international labs: generate program scope and run programs successfully
Represent R&D in internal and external forums
Publish research articles in scientific journals, generate IPR
Drive outside-in expertise by identification & working with external experts, dermats , universities & institutions
Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:
Consumer trends –Able to identify consumer trends/habits/attitudes through closer interactions.
Co-creation-ability to work with cross-functional teams to convert consumer insights into business opportunities
Application of domain knowledge to convert technology into relevant consumer benefitting products mixes and ser-vices
Must exhibit technology led entrepreneurship –ability to create unique (first to market) consumer values that differentiate from existing product and pack
Ability to leverage technical expertise of business associates in new businesses
Project management-ability to handle multiple projects at different stages of development.
Reporting Relationships:
Upwards – Head, Hair & Skin
Downwards –Team of Executives & Senior Officers
Other Functional Interfaces:
Plant Manufacturing teams, New Product Development team, Marketing team, Insights team, Legal
Growth Path & Future:
Opportunity to lead the core category of skin & baby care in Marico & work with International business teams to cater to Global geographies
Exposure to end to end NPD process
