New Product Development Executive

Job Summary

Position: NPD Executive

Location: Mumbai, HO - Hybrid

Grade: JM3

Department/Division: Manufacturing / NPD

Industry: FMCG, Beauty & Personal Care

Primary Job Function: Coordinate with cross-functional team across multiple geographies to ensure successful delivery of new products.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.E./B.Tech + MBA will be an added advantage
• 3+ years in a similar role or Supply Planning Role

Key Responsibilities

NPD Launch Planning

1. Assist with planning taskforces and ensure presence of the key stakeholders required for the meeting.
2. Ensure MOM of the task force meeting is detailed as per points discussed in the meeting and its communication to relevant stakeholders.
3. Ensure activities are executed as per NPD launch timelines defined in the taskforce meeting and pre-emptively highlight possible delays with alternative paths.
4. Coordinate with the cross-functional teams to micro plan and ensure open points are closed for relevant stakeholder to execute respective activity within budgeted timelines. Troubleshoot and escalate in case budgeted timelines forecasted to overshoot.
5. Ability to manage project networks in ZOHO or MS project & reporting using ZOHO.
6. A facilitator, enabler, trouble shooter, a common link between cross-functional team of stakeholders. Interact with various stakeholders to resolve any existing issues.
7. Assist in managing NPDs from ideation phase to post launch analysis phase.

Coordination

1. Assist in coordinating with R&D team for detailed and effective handover to SCM procurement team relevant for purchasing 1st time right RM's and PM's.
2. Assist in coordinating with SCM procurement teams to ensure precise costing of RM's and PMs are obtained for financials presentation. Further coordination to ensure order placement, plant connection, and Quality clearances are in place for commercial production start with in defined timelines.
3. Assist in coordinating with Brand and Sales team to close New Product Launch Plans - production plans and demand plans for next three months. Plans to be then broken down with the help of SCM planning and Plant team to achieve set targets for primary plan – production, FG audit, dispatch, and connection to depots.
4. Follow template, track, report, and analyze – NPLP production plan, dispatch plan, and connection plan. Capture deviation, if any, and improvise to achieve set targets for launch.
5. Report filling and dispatch service levels (SL's) to relevant stakeholders for action on Gaps if any.

Competencies

System and Process orientation

Must understand current process and should be able to get into details to ensure team sticks to set systems for a seamless NPD Delivery. Must be able to understand gaps in any and suggest system development.

Networking and influencing

Must attain working relations effectively through clear communication, influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes, and have skills to rigorously follow up for activity completion without friction or delay.

Planning and Execution

Breaking down ideas and converting these to actionable plans in tune with the desired results and possess the pace to execute these detailed plans completion.

Communication

Effective oral & written communication to express/minute discussion points. Ability to drive cross functional task force & manage stakeholders.

Reporting Relationships

Upwards: Manager - New Product Development

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