What are the Key Deliverables in this role?
Financial Outcomes
Manage the assigned innovation portfolio for high complexity portfolio (Mini Meals) and business support from concept validation to commercialization in accordance with stage gate management and ensure fulfilment of business case, project deliverables of time, cost, and quality to the requirements and expectations of key stakeholders.
Review project to understand Cost, schedules, potential issues and ensure effective on time communication of all projects related activities/plans and schedules with Internal/external stakeholders.
Customer Service
Horizon scanning for innovative ingredients and technologies.
Generate recent ideas in relation to product/ technology platforms aligned with business priorities
Keep pace with emerging trends
Leverage industry network / vendor base
Use own creativity to develop new ideas and concepts
Project categories will range from minor (e.g. flavor extension, Ingredients change) to major (e.g. disruptive innovation projects or creating new categories).




Coordinating within Cross functional teams (CFT) to ensure delivery as per agreed timelines.
As required, manage different vendors – ensuring the appropriate confidentiality.
Timely & Appropriate inputs for successfully resolving process / product issues at manufacturing locations.
Key person responsible for collaboration with operations/ quality and 3rd party to commercialize projects
Interacting with international NPD team to ensure knowledge share and application of common processes and systems.

Internal Processes
Managing the end-to-end development process from concept to launch, ensuring complete visibility and traceability of work, this involves: -
• Conducting technical feasibility studies.
• Defining development strategy – in home/outsource/ combination.
• Executing plan along with prototypes to be tested with the consumers against the project schedule/timelines.
• Documenting ingredient and product specifications, and

📌 Deputy General Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tata Consumer Products
📍 Bengaluru