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ROLE SUMMARY

The NPD Manager owns the end-to-end launch of new food categories from concept and formulation to trials, costing, compliance and commercialization. Working across healthy snacks, savoury and traditional foods, you'll partner with R&D;, consultants, flavour houses and manufacturing partners to bring winning products to shelf.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify new product and category opportunities grounded in consumer and market insight.

Develop products with R&D;, external consultants and flavour houses.

Coordinate third-party manufacturers through development and scale-up.

Run lab, pilot and production trials through to commercialization.

Own product costing, target margins and P&L; viability.

Ensure FSSAI compliance across formulation, claims and labelling.

Partner with Procurement, Packaging, Quality, Marketing and Operations for launch.

Manage timelines, dependencies and stage-gate discipline across parallel projects.

Drive successful launches and post-launch product improvements.

KEY RESULT AREAS (KRAS)

Successful Product Launches

Time-to-Market

Commercialization Success

Product Cost Achievement

NPD Pipeline

Product Quality





Launch Timelines

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Proven track record launching multiple food products from concept to shelf.

Hands-on savoury / snack / traditional food product development.

Strong grasp of food formulation, processing and shelf-life science.

Commercial acumen costing, margins and pricing, not just lab work.

Excellent project management across multiple parallel NPD projects.

Consumer-obsessed; digs into reviews, data and trends before building.

Ownership-driven; thrives in a quick-paced, high-growth environment.

QUALIFICATION

B.Tech / M.Tech / M.Sc. in Food Technology, Food Science or a related field; MBA a plus.

6–10 years in NPD / R&D; / product development in food or FMCG.

Experience in FMCG companies with 500+ Cr business preferred.

WHY JOIN ANVESHAN

Own the pipeline that decides what Anveshan launches next.

Build products with in-house R&D; and a 3,000+ strong rural producer network.

See your products live across Amazon, Blinkit and Zepto in months.

High autonomy with direct founder and category access.

📌 Manager - New Product Development (Gurugram)
🏢 Anveshan
📍 Gurugram