Assistant Manager - Product Development, SAPMENA Operations Job in Mumbai at L'Oréal

L'Oréal is hiring for the role of Assistant Manager - Product Development, SAPMENA Operations!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• 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 

Requirements:

• 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.