Saturday, July 08, 2006

Product manager for Fortune-500 MNC org.based in Mumbai

We have a suitable vacancy as Product Manager with our clients who are a large, leading, rapidly growing Fortune-500 MNC agro products organisation - World leaders in their field.

Our clients offer an exciting opportunity to be a key member of its Marketing Team.

Job profile:
The incumbent is the steward of the product portfolio in India. The position is responsible for defining a long term vision for the product in line with our client's global vision and creating and implementing strategies that help achieve this vision. The position will be responsible for overall product profitability in India.

The position is based in Mumbai and reports to the Marketing Manager. Our clients offer extremely attractive salary & perks and career growth oppotunities.

Some of the responsibilities and deliverables include:
Ø Leading the development and implementation of the long-range product / brand plan
Ø Developing and implementing a comprehensive and effective marketing mix for the brand to meet market share objectives in a sustainable manner. This includes portfolio segmentation, creation of brand positioning platforms and effective communication plans and strategic brand initiatives
Ø Ensuring a healthy pipeline and new product development through interface with the research team
Ø Working with regions to develop and implement budget plans for the year in the most efficient manner and with the production and logistics teams to ensure system efficiencies across seasons and regions
Ø Work with regions for market development to ensure future growth
Ø Managing the A&P budgets for the brand to deliver business objectives
Ø Developing and monitoring strategic projects and initiatives
Product policy, pricing

The role requires critical interfacing internally with client's India Leadership Team, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Sales, Finance. Building core expertise and strong partnerships with external agencies like advertising agencies and market research agencies is core to the job. Industry networking is important.

Candidate profile: MBAs with 2-5 years of experience in brand management in fmcg/agri sectors

Should you be interested in this assignment, kindly mail your latest CV in Word.doc immediately to prakash@impsmanagement.com clearly indicating in the subject:REF-Product Manager-Agri, Mumbai:

Prakash Kewalramani

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