About Our Client Our client is a leading global footwear organisation with a strong and established presence in India. The organisation is undergoing a significant transformation focused on product innovation, consumer relevance, global best practices and strengthening its product development capabilities.

- Lead the Product Excellence agenda across the end-to-end product development and commercialisation lifecycle.

- Build and institutionalise SOPs, stage-gates, governance frameworks, KPIs and best practices to improve speed, quality and commercial outcomes.
- Drive product development from consumer and market insights through concept, design, materials, development, costing, sourcing, quality and commercialisation.
- Identify process gaps and implement continuous improvement initiatives across the product development engine.
- Partner closely with Design, Product Development, Sourcing, Materials, Quality, Supply Chain, Commercial and global teams.
- Bring global footwear trends, consumer insights, materials and product innovations to the Indian market through international exposure and benchmarking.
- Build organisational capability through frameworks, mentoring and development of product teams.
- Contribute to strengthening exports and developing globally competitive products.
- The role is expected to evolve into broader leadership of the Product Development & Commercialisation function.

The Successful

Applicant - 15- 20 years of experience in the footwear industry, with strong exposure to product development,



design and/or product creation.

- Preferably educated at FDDI, NIFT, NID or a similar institution.
- Solid foundation in footwear design/product creation, ideally followed by experience in product strategy, development, commercialisation or product excellence.
- Strong understanding of consumer insights, footwear trends, materials, sourcing, costing and product innovation.
- Proven experience in process improvement, SOPs, governance, stage-gates and KPI-led operating models.
- Global exposure and experience working with international markets, brands or teams is essential.
- Strong cross-functional and stakeholder management capabilities across product, design, sourcing, quality, supply chain and commercial functions.
- Experience in an international brand, global sourcing organisation or large-scale footwear business would be advantageous. What's on Offer - Opportunity to join a leading global footwear organisation at a significant stage of product and business transformation.
- A newly created, high-impact GM-level mandate with broad ownership of the product development and commercialisation ecosystem.
- Exposure to global markets, international product trends and cross-border stakeholders.
- Opportunity to shape processes, governance and capabilities across a large-scale footwear product organisation.
- Potential to take on broader leadership responsibility for the Product Development & Commercialisation function.

📌 Product Excellence & Exports | Retail | 15+ yrs | Delhi NCR (Gurugram)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Gurugram