Job Description

Sr Manager / Manager - Beverages - MNC in the Food Space

Roles and Responsibilities:

Category Management:

- Responsible for the overall beverage category in terms of product development, profitability, sales contribution and consumer understanding

- Incorporate the global beverage portfolio suitably in the Indian market basis need states and consumer palette

- To conceptualize new product development in the beverage portfolio, lead innovation in the space

- Ensure product level and category profitability through pricing architecture

- Regular sales monitoring, analysis on a weekly basis by SKU, sub category and overall portfolio

- Develop AOP for the category and deliver key business objectives

Consumer Understanding:

- Closely monitor consumer trends in the beverage and RTD/E categories

- Regular competition benchmarking of product and prices

- Identify need gaps and opportunities

- Identify regional opportunities

- Pricing

- Responsible for the Pricing architecture of the category and overall profitability

- Benchmark competition on pricing

- Deliver product and portfolio level profitability by working closely with Supply Chain

Product Development:

- Closely work with the QA & R&D team to ensure product development.

- Coordinate with Regional category, supply chain, sourcing and operations team to ensure on time launch.

Communication:

- Brief the brand team on all product led communication Support with shoots and review key product materials

- Training Develop product recipes and BOMs

- Support operations on best practices for product

Required knowledge, skills and abilities:

- 5-7 years prior experience in category/product management, new product development, especially the candidate should be strong in the areas of product development

- Strong analytical skills w.r.t. sales analysis, forecasting, profitability analysis

- Should be able to handle P&L for brands/ product

- Should have exposure in sensory analysis and should be able to derive sensory feedbacks to product requirement.

- Must be able to collaborate cross functionally, and be a strong team player.