NPD Executive

Role & responsibilities

• Filling out NPD briefs.
• Coordinating with different departments, to ensure their delivery of their part of the NPD project.
• Carrying out online market research.
• Getting approvals on components from management.
• Translating sales team requirements into formal NPD briefs.
• Creating NPD trackers & ensuring they are fully filled in.
• Responsible for coordinating with various external vendors, to ensure delivery of their part of projects on time.
• Maintaining project status sheets & doing whatever is needed to expedite various parts of the project.
• Hold internal departments responsible for adhering to timelines of the various gate stages of projects.
• Creation of samples for customers.
• Gather comments, suggestions and feedback that can become the ideas for new products.
• Maintains component, fragrance and competitive libraries.

Preferred candidate profile

• IIP Passout
• Ideally has worked in an NPD role before.
• Some experience of perfumes, or personal care products would be beneficial.
• Very strong organizationally.
• Used to coordinating with various departments.