Job Description:
Position name: Business Head
Location: Kolkata (In office)
Reporting to: Reports to Director
Role Overview
It is a luxury Italian pantry and gifting house launching in India at the end of June 2026. We are hiring a Business Head to own the India side of the business end-to-end from the day
they join. The Director continues to own producer relationships and brand direction. Everything that touches the Indian market sits with this hire — channels, team, customers, numbers.
This is a builder's role, not a maintainer''s. It is the third brand to come out of a multi-decade family business — operating infrastructure, import licenses, warehouse, agency stack,
and producer relationships are already in place. You inherit a brand identity, a producer roster, a launched D2C site, and the operational base. You build the rest.
Everything built in the first 12 months becomes the foundation for the next 10 years.
Reporting &Team;
Reports to: Director
Direct reports: India team to be built. Say on who joins, how the team is structured, and when to exit.
Peer coordination:
Director (producer relationships, brand direction), Head of Accounts, Head of People &Talent;, brand and digital agency partners
Team scope: Builds from zero. Hires and shapes the India team as channels scale.
Core Responsibilities
A) Full India P&L; Ownership
● Own revenue, gross margin, channel mix, and working capital for company
● Set Year 1 targets in agreement with the Director; own the outcomes against them
● Build monthly MIS the business can act on — not a report, a decision tool
● Drive channel-wise contribution margin discipline; protect margin as volume scales
● Working capital control — inventory turns, AR days, dispatch cycle all within agreed bands
B) Channel Development & Sales
● Build and execute the India channel strategy across HORECA, luxury retail, corporate and private gifting, and HNI direct
● HORECA: target the hotel and fine-dining accounts that anchor the brand in the righ
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