Brand Manager- Innovation

JOB TITLE: Brand Manager - Innovation

DEPARTMENT: Marketing

COUNTRY: India

LOCATION: Gurgaon


JOB PURPOSE:

1. To drive and manage NPDs/ line extension projects.

2. To work with the brand team to evolve sales volume, revenue, market share and profit objectives for Nutritional Health Category/Over the Counter brands including variants cumulatively and individually.


DIMENSIONS OF THIS ROLE:


1. Innovation on Nutritional Health Category(NHC)/Over The Counter(OTC) products
2. Understand the categories, liaise with the extended brand teams and Brand managers to achieve planned objectives
3. Drive the identification of NPD ideas, management of NPD/ extensions within the existing regulatory environmentEvaluate opportunities for inorganic growth viz. acquisitions/ in-licensing opportunities


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Identify and secure agreement of key stakeholders on line extensions/ inorganic opportunities under each NHC/OTC brand
2. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on sales and consumption forecast for the identified extensions/ inorganic opportunities and monitor accuracy
3. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on the effort priorities and entry strategy to help achieve financial targets.
4. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on compelling communication to build equity.
5. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on consumer promotion activities to generate trials and reward loyalty to help extend and build a strong consumer base.
6. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on the media plans
7. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on medical marketing activities to drive equity in medical fraternity where needed
8. Work the market to gauge effectiveness and efficiency of marketing programs.
9. Evaluate and track extension performance against budget and communicate to key stake holders the progress
10. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on new POS development and channel development drives with sales
11. Develop and secure agreement of key stakeholders on high quality creative output for NPDs through active participation with and supervision of advertising & research agencies.

Key Behavioral Competencies Required:

. Strategic thinking.
. Sound people management and interpersonal skills
. Team work and when required team management skills
. Drive for results
. Consumer focus
. Leadership, influencing and assertiveness
. Problem solving, creativity and analytical skills, decision making
. Good communication skills

Key Functional Skills/Competencies Required:

1. Strong strategic project management skills
2. Strong understanding of the regulatory environment
3. Analytical skills for data analysis and interpretation
4. Strong research orientation
5. Strategic Media planning and evaluation
6. Creative judgement and advertising development


Experience/Knowledge/Technical skills Required:


Education/Experience:

. Degree in Business administration (MBA) from a reputed management institute.
. Around 3-4 years experience in brand management, good understanding of sales and distribution

Knowledge:

. Appreciation of research techniques, media & advertising development.
. Analysis techniques

Skills:

. Leadership & assertiveness .
. Problem solving, creativity, and sound analytical skills .
. Good communication skills.
. Sound people management and interpersonal skills .

Attitude:

. “High influence” and “High Dominance” personality.
. Ability to innovate, question & challenge, decide way forward.


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Manager Central Quality – New Product Introductions (NPI)

DESIGNATION: Manager Central Quality – New Product Introductions (NPI)

DEPARTMENT: Central Quality

LOCATION: Gurgaon

JOB PURPOSE:

1. Ensure that all the new products under Nutritional Health Category(NHC) are launched successfully.

2. Deployment of quality systems at the design stage for all new projects/ new product introductions. Smooth technical transfer of product through close working with R&D, CSS, Marketing and Sites.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Accountable for successful technical transfer for new products under NHC category from R&D to GMS sites.
2. Ensure that manufacturing, analytical and related systems and processes at new sites are fit for the purpose and capable of consistent and reliable delivery of the products.
3. Contribute to the new product development processes by ensuring that all quality issues / risks are clearly evaluated and articulated.
4. Implement QMS at new third party site.
5. The jobholder provides support to site teams conducts validation of equipment, processes and systems for all new product introductions
6. Provide technical support on manufacturing and packing activities in the form of process support and documentation for all new product introductions.
7. Provide training to personnel at sites on various quality facets of new products.
8. Ensure specification and process control is established, understood, and maintained at site
9. Manage the Change Management System across site ensuring all technical changes likely to affect product quality are documented and communicated.

Experience/Knowledge/Technical Skills Required:

Graduate in Food / Dairy Technology with a minimum of 5 years experience in Quality/Production function with atleast 3 years should have been at management level. Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of Manufacturing Processes, Business Processes & Quality Management Systems. Should have good communication, interpersonal and decision-making skills. Experience of working in Projects will be an added advantage.


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MARKETING MANAGER- WATER CATEGORY

Designation: MARKETING MANAGER- WATER CATEGORY.


Department: Marketing.


Location: Gurgaon.


THE CAREER OPPORTUNITY YOU'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR:

If you are an Action oriented individual with the desire to turn technical innovations into commercial success, this position could be a prime opportunity to prove you’re savvy. Organisation is looking for candidates whose strategic thinking and creative insights will help bring innovative new products to market. We are a manufacturing company that is unique because of our relentless focus on differentiation in the market through brand building, and we want to find people who will help drive this focus. We're also looking for a tenacious people with remarkable communication skills, Team Player, Highly Analytical and have strategic + operational bent of mind.


As a Manager for the leading category you will support the Category Head (Reporting into Category Head) in the quest to turn the product positioning into solid business result. You must possess a comprehensive understanding of consumer trends, product category needs and key satisfaction drivers in order to help translate consumer insights into a fulfillment of the Organisations brand promise. You will also be accountable for market share, Top-Line, Bottom-Line and the entire P/L of the given segment in the category.


IN THIS POSITION, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

· Work closely with the Category Head (& interface with finance, service, manufacturing & sales) to develop and execute the plan though:· Lead specific category initiatives and also will be active team member for the overall category portfolio strategy.· Help ensure that your category will deliver on the financial expectations of the company through effective management of the P&L.· Play a large role in the execution and application of consumer research.· Take the lead role in creating and updating business analysis tools and reports, including competitive analysis. Provide key business insights that will drive business decisions in the marketplace on an ongoing basis.· Drive Customer Loyalty & other marketing programs.· Brand AttractionProduct Strategy – Product development, New product launches.


EXPERIENCE:
· An MBA from premier institute. (Batch 03-04)· 4-5yrs of work experience in a related field· Industry: FMCG, Telecom, Paints, Durables.


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Global Product Planning Manager -Asia

Department: Asia Marketing / GPB

Level: Manager

Location: Corp. Office,Gurgaon/ CTO, Pune

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Work on the development of strategic direction on the regional category axis leading to the annual GPL work.
· Lead the consumer research effort for the regional projects and common consumer understanding for FSS for the region
· Lead and monitor FSS innovation at a regional level in conjunction with India PDC, specific focus on rolling out innovation in rest of Asia markets, and leveraging global innovation pipeline ideas into Asia
· Provide category level inputs for the Brand Architecture work.

PERSON PROFILE

ü Qualification & Batch – M.B.A (preferred), 2-5 years experience
ü Should have some experience in interacting with Product Development
ü Should have some prior product management experience

KEY FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

ü Business orientation
ü Good interpersonal skills
ü Conceptual & Analytical Skills
ü Strong communication and presentation skills
ü Strong consumer orientation Team Player

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Manager - Market Research/ Consumer Insights

JOB TITLE: Manager - Market Research/ Consumer Insights

REPORTS TO: GM – Market Research

DEPARTMENT: Marketing

COUNTRY: India

LOCATION: HO ( Gurgaon)

JOB PURPOSE:

. Drive actionable insights on market and consumer to enable business to deliver against key objectives.
. Overall responsibility for all research requirements to enable “ Go To Market” brand and sales teamBuild organizational capability in this sphere that can be leveraged across similar markets in the organization.

DIMENSIONS OF THIS ROLE:

- Overall responsibility for Retail Audit, Consumer Panel and Advtg Tracking to enable market monitoring metrics and execution insights to propel growth of our brands
- To partner market research agencies Like ACNielsen & IMRB in use tools and techniques to do the above.
- To pioneer use of new techniques and models by developing or forming alliances with market research agencies to keep the company ahead of other peers in this sphereBeing the “Consumer Voice” in Brand / Category Forums .

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Develop and own a monthly Market Monitor format as well as work with brand and agency interfaces to develop Integrated Brand Health Measurement systems (quarterly) that will feed into the marketing planning process.
· Ensure clear communication and interpretation of actionable research & research insights across a wide range of internal and external clients.
· Management of budgets as well as aiding cost negotiations for future requirements.
· Ensure that all such research is quality controlled and produced according to international standards
· Develop our shopper research understanding to aid channel sales strategies.

Key Behavioral Competencies Required:

- Demonstrated Analytical strengths in the area of market or consumer research
- Self Starter -ability to handle and manage tasks, deliverables, marketing issues independently without supervision.
- Team working competencies- ability to work with numerous touch points and get along with different personalities.
- World View/ Top view - ability to see broader picture and understand how daily/individual tasks add up to the “big picture” + Utilisation of research in a marketing/ business context.

Experience/Knowledge/Technical Skills Required:

Education:
· MBA (marketing) or Post Graduate in Statistics/ Economics or Maths or BE/ B Tech

Experience:
- 4-6 years working experience in total working in a market research agency OR Market research/ Consumer Insight role in any other manufacturing company.
- Preferred to have worked some time in an FMCG/ Retail company in a similar profile (Consumer or Market Insights or Planning)

Technical Skills/Knowledge:

- Office based software packages.
- Good grasp of utilisation of “ research” in a marketing/business context
- Clarity in written and verbal communication (in communicating ideas or interpretations)
- Orientation/ Interest towards market & consumer research
- Analytical skills -summarize, condense and make sense of data.

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