Job Requirements
Role Purpose
Key process owner for New Product introduction from the merchandising side .
This role works closely with various key stakeholders - Design, NPI, Regional Sourcing, Manufacturing and category teams to ensure on time delivery of New product protos .
Key Responsibilities
1. New Product calendarization , New product process management and New product profitability adherence
Coordination with the category team for creation of the NPD calendar
On time adherence of brief creation by the category team and relaying the same forward to other stakeholders like Design /Sourcing.
Maintenance of the New product launched dashboard by vendor & need state and alert category in case of excess or starvation as per the planned Current product number
Ensuring through his/her team the timely release of PDIS for the new products selected by the category team within a day .
Ensuring that Benchmark GC ( BMCG) and AMC-LC is validated for all current products before the PDIS is released




Ensuring that the fill rate against brief is at least 95% for all briefs released to the NPD team
Maintain a stage gate process chart for all critical new product development projects initiated by the merchandising team
Lead the periodic meetings between Design / NPI and merchandising to ensure adherence of time for the new products selected.
Flag of any deviations / delays in timeline for protos in advance with specific call out of the stage where the delay is occurring.
2. Planning & execution of NPIM for both L1|L2 and L3 channels
Managing the NPD team to ensure that the NPIMs ( both Offline & Online) are scheduled & completed on time and the hit rates are shared with the respective stakeholders – Category , NPI & Design
Coordinate with the L3 team to ensure that the L3 indents at the NPIM are processed within 3 days
Take end to end responsibility & Ownership of the protos brought for the NPIM till the return is completed without any damage or loss.
Ensure RSO & Franchisee satisfactio

📌 New Product Development Manager-Merchandising (Bengaluru)
🏢 Titan
📍 Bengaluru