Assistant Manager

We have a suitable opening in the Operations Product Development department. for the role of Assistant Manager - Product Development for the SAPMENA (South Asia, Pacific, Middle East, North Africa) zone , based in Mumbai .

Scope:

In Product Development, you will be responsible to manage a portfolio of projects within Operations, as Brand business partner, and in collaboration with R&I, with an overall vision of the finished product (pack, formula, process), in compliance with commitments made with the Brands, by ensuring global responsibility for the project (timing, gross margin, L4TF, perceived value, innovation, quality).

Job Responsibilities:

• Study the feasibility of new briefs and advise marketing, by providing optimized solutions (pack, formula, process) as part of a consumer-centric and perceived-value approach.
• Formalize and validate the technical translation of the marketing brief, in compliance with the QCP system, including validation and monitoring of Autocoms.
• Implement and conduct product risk analysis where necessary.
• Prepare, distribute and ensure the monitoring of schedules. Show flexibility to speed up development and activate lead time improvement levers
• Prepare, distribute, and ensure the follow-up of prices estimates; discuss the gross margin and report dilutive projects.
• Contribute to the design-to-value approach by suggesting appropriate value-analysis actions (packaging, process, formulas) and by deploying validated actions.
• Create, distribute, and optimize SPOT scores.
• Discuss and build, together with the brands, the L4TF roadmaps and ensure they are monitored.
• Mobilize actors involved in the project and the necessary experts and ensure appropriate reminders are sent out.
• Report regularly on the progress of projects, report deviations (definition, scheduling, price, L4TF commitments) and suggest solutions, manage/coordinate multidisciplinary projects (process, tools, formulas, etc.)
• Help Brands prepare launch plans by incorporating profitability, scheduling, lead-time, quality, and L4TF challenges.
• Develop your knowledge of the market/competition as part of a category-based approach
• Promote and transform product innovation projects with the Brands, in collaboration with the Operations Innovation department.
• Ensure data quality through regular updates in the different tools: Magellan, MINDS, SPOT, TAG

Key LOral Competencies

• INNOVATOR
• STRATEGIST
• PEOPLE DEVELOPER
• INTEGRATOR
• ENTREPRENEUR

Key Behavioral Competencies:

• Lead your development projects with rigor, aiming for operational excellence
• Can obtain information from experts in a meaningful way to anticipate and manage risks
• Optimize the management of your projects by providing, at the right moment, the inputs needed for decision-making
• Understand and takes cognizance of Brand strategy (quality, profitability, quality level, etc.) and the challenges faced by Operation
• Develop optimized solutions (value for money, timescale, sustainability) to meet market expectations in accordance with operations strategy
• Identify brands innovation needs and push innovative solutions (packaging innovation, process, formula)
• Demonstrate knowledge of the technical areas on your activity: packaging, formula, manufacturing and packaging processes, supply
• Understand LOrals organizations, its Corporate Social Responsibilities and its design quality system.

Key Relationships

• Internal Stakeholders : Sourcing, Packaging, Marketing, DMI, R&I, Color and Artwork, Manufacturing, Quality
• Internal Stakeholders : Suppliers

Education and Qualification

• 1-3 years of experience in the Operations domain (packaging, sourcing, manufacturing, processing, etc)
• Project management skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral with diverse stakeholders)
• Excellent organizational skills, able to analyse rapidly evolving situations and prioritize
• To be at ease working in autonomy as well as driving project groups
• Passion for the beauty finished goods, and curiosity to constantly learn and explore new areas

Travel required

• Travel will be need based on requirement.