Deputy Product Development Manager

Role & responsibilities

Leading end-to-end development and launch of food & beverage/Homecare products across various products accelerating development speed and strengthening category penetration and multiple stakeholder management

• Managing private label food/homecare portfolio, driving innovation strategy, vendor planning, commercial evaluations, and execution across manufacturing & packaging partners
• Delivering margin savings through MOQ renegotiation, cost
• optimization, and pricing re-engineering.
• Building and scaling the festive gifting portfolio, deliver cumulative profit institutionalizing it as a recurring revenue stream.
• Revamping existing SKUs through formulation upgrades, flavor optimization, and packaging redesign, driven by consumer and competition insights.
• Identify and onboard new vendor during peak season, enabling
• launch nd demonstrating agility in seasonal innovation.

Preferred candidate profile

• Brand Strategy and Positioning
• Product Innovation & NPD Lifecycle
• Portfolio & Category Management
• GTM Strategy and Launch Excellence
• Consumer & Market Insights
• Vendor Sourcing and Negotiation
• (MOQ, Pricing, Margins)
• Packaging Innovation and Architecture
• Modern Trade & D2C/E-commerce
• Stakeholder management
• Festive Gifting & Seasonal Innovation