Department: NPD
Experience: Fresher (0–1 year)
Location: Kolkata
Employment Type: Full time

About the Role
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented NPD to join our team. The role will involve supporting the development and procurement of packaging materials, coordinating with vendors, and ensuring the right balance between cost, quality, timelines, and product requirements.
The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in procurement, packaging, vendor management, and cost optimization, along with good communication and negotiation skills.

Key Responsibilities
1. Packaging Procurement
Coordinate the procurement of packaging materials such as bottles, tubes, cartons, labels, pouches, jars, caps, pumps, and other components.
Source and evaluate new vendors based on price, quality, MOQ, capacity, and lead time.
Collect and compare quotations from multiple suppliers.
Track purchase orders, production status, dispatches, and deliveries.
Ensure materials are procured as per approved specifications and timelines.
2. Vendor Management




Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing and new vendors.
Coordinate with vendors for quotations, samples, production updates, quality issues, and deliveries.
Follow up regularly to ensure timely execution of orders.
Identify alternate vendors to improve competitiveness and reduce dependency.
Maintain an updated vendor database with pricing, MOQ, lead time, and other commercial details.
3. Cost Optimization
Identify opportunities for cost reduction across packaging components.
Benchmark vendor prices and negotiate for better commercial terms.
Compare material specifications and alternate solutions to achieve cost efficiencies without compromising quality.
Support the team in achieving procurement cost-saving targets.
Track changes in packaging costs and maintain updated rate comparisons.
4. NPD / Packaging Development
Coordinate with internal teams for recent packaging requirements.
Communicate packaging specificati

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