Associate Manager Product Development

Overview

About The Role

Responsibilities

• **Product Development & Project management:**
• Serve as the primary technical contact for soap bar and noodle development across all markets, addressing formulation-related queries and defining product specifications.
• Lead the formulation development of various types of bar soaps in alignment with business requirements and market needs.
• Possess strong expertise in process development for bar soaps, ensuring minimal deviation from conventional manufacturing methods while optimizing efficiency and quality.
• Conduct plant trials and provide on-site technical support at various manufacturing locations, including co-packers in Egypt, Malaysia, Iraq, and other regions as needed.
• Drive formulation development for new product categories such as Skin Care and Hair Care, based on strategic business objectives.
• **Value Engineering & EPD:**
• Value Engineering: Lead and deliver assigned value engineering initiatives across multiple sites, focusing on optimization of existing product formulations and processes to enhance cost-efficiency and performance.
• Existing Product Development (EPD): Drive the revamp and enhancement of current product lines in accordance with business briefs, including formulation updates and process redefinition to meet evolving market and operational needs.
• **Product Registrations and Futuristic technologies:**
• Regulatory Documentation & Coordination: Ensure comprehensive support for documentation and cross-functional coordination to facilitate timely product registrations across various international markets.
• Regulatory Compliance Monitoring: Continuously track evolving regulatory standards and country-specific requirements to ensure full compliance of product formulations and claims.
• Innovation Workshops: Organize and lead innovation workshops with internal stakeholders to stimulate interest in emerging categories and technologies, enhancing IFFCO’s product pipeline and strategic direction.
• Technology Integration & IP Development: Identify and implement new technologies into product formulations, while driving intellectual property initiatives such as publications and patents to strengthen product claims and unique selling propositions (USPs).

Kpis

• On-Time, In-Full (OTIF) Delivery of product development and technical outputs in alignment with project timelines and quality standards.
• Successful Product Launches, ensuring readiness across formulation, process, and cross-functional coordination.
• Process Optimization, contributing to improved manufacturing efficiency and reduced operational variability.
• Quality Support to Manufacturing Sites, ensuring consistent product performance and adherence to specifications.
• Innovation and Technology Integration, introducing advanced technologies and ingredients to enhance product claims and market differentiation.
• OTIF Delivery of Value Engineering Projects: Ensure timely and complete execution of assigned value engineering initiatives, contributing measurable savings to the business P&L.
• Production Process Improvement: Drive enhancements in manufacturing efficiency and process reliability through technical interventions and optimization.
• Timely Execution of Existing Product Development (EPD): Deliver EPD projects in accordance with agreed timelines and stakeholder expectations, ensuring alignment with business objectives and quality standards.
• Timely Product Registrations: Ensure all required documentation and coordination efforts result in on-schedule product registrations across targeted markets.
• Regulatory Compliance: Maintain full compliance of product formulations and claims with evolving country-specific regulations and standards.
• Innovation Workshop Execution: Conduct at least one innovation workshop annually, generating actionable interest in new categories and emerging technology trends relevant to IFFCO’s product strategy.
• Intellectual Property Development: Publish or file at least one patent annually to support product differentiation, strengthen claims, and enhance the unique selling proposition (USP) of IFFCO products.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of working experience in Personal care Category

Required Skills

• Product Knowledge

• New Product Development

• Food Technology and Trends
• Food Regulations
• Self and Team Management

• Planning & Decision Making

• Customer Centricity

• Product Formulation Process