CTI Manager - Home Care

Location

Mumbai | India

Job description

• The incumbent will be responsible for driving strategic Capability, Consumer Technical Insights
• Its main remit will be to generate and translate consumer insights into innovation and growth opportunities for the business while working closely with the Technical Programme Managers across various sub-verticals within HC R&D
• S(he) is expected to have deep domain knowledge of market research and advanced tools for screening new product ideas
• The incumbent is expected to help drive One CI agenda through strong collaboration between CTI - CMI for delivering irresistible superiority and tapping into new benefit spaces which can accelerate HC agenda of Perform and Transform
• The incumbent must demonstrate vision for building future fit capabilities within the team & collaborate with Global CTI teams, marketing (BB and BD), CMI, and extended R&D cross functional team

Key Skills:

It is expected that the incumbent, during his/her work tenure, will need to deliver to the following key goals :

• Identify benefit-centric insights that will guide the innovation and renovation programme for South Asia

• Be a thought leader in stepping up consumer centricity through Strategic Studies and Always On approach.

• Design consumer research studies to provide actionable learnings and drive decision making.

• Must be well appraised of industry best practices, advanced methodologies for quick screening, extreme prototyping, need gap analysis and proactively input into Holistic product designing.

• Be the custodian of Consumer Voice and translate consumer needs into technical targets and provide inputs into innovation strategy on holistic product design (product/pack)

• Build strong CTI team by developing exceptional talents.

• Set stretching targets and ensure appropriate coaching and mentoring is in place to support direct reports.

• Motivate team in highly challenging circumstances.

• Drive functional excellence & increase knowledge base in CTI & Sensory ensuring a robust testing capability.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Bachelor s degree or higher in a science or engineering field

• 10-12+ years of R&D experience with either direct or indirect experience in a consumer insight function

• Proven track record of combining science, sensory and consumer science/insights, to drive innovation as well as product consumer research skills to help bring products to launch.

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to inspire and manage teams.

• Experience in managing team, partnerships, and agencies.

• A tester and creative thinker - to be able to frame and translate strategies into consumer programme with a balanced view of risk vs. opportunity.

• Consumer centricity and capability to turn insights into technical actions.

• Resilience in the face of delivering fast pace high importance projects.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Past experience / in-depth understanding of the Category is an advantage.

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