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Product Excellence & Exports | Retail | 15+ yrs | Delhi NCR

Gurgaon Permanent View Job Description
Senior leadership opportunity with a leading global footwear organisation to drive Product Excellence and strengthen the end-to-end product development and commercialisation engine. The role will build best-in-class processes, governance and capabilities while bringing global product and consumer insights to the Indian market.
  • Stakeholder management across internal teams
  • Work with one of the largest companies in Footwear

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.

Job Description

  • 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.
  • Strong 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.
Quote job ref
JN-082026-7079375

Job summary

Function
Retail
Sub Sector
Operations
What is your area of specialisation?
Retail
Location
Gurgaon
Job Type
Permanent
Job Reference
JN-082026-7079375

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