Product Researcher

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Overview of role

Personal Health Care (PHC) is an exciting and fast paced business that contributes to a significant component of P&G’s global profits and sales in Health care sector. Vicks is one of P&G’s billion dollar brand with global footprint and a legacy of over 125 years, including trusted products and a robust and exciting pipeline of forms and technologies. The Vicks business is highly competitive with multiple global and local competitors in each country, raising the bar higher every year.

This assignment offers a unique opportunity to support Vicks India business by developing strong product propositions and technical product stories by understanding INDIAN consumer and professional needs, and provide experiences to deliver superior product upgrades to the marketplace and impact future innovations of Personal Health care, specifically to Indian market.

Are you game enough to take on this exciting role? If yes, read on! 

Your team 

Located at India Consumer Hub in Mumbai, you will be part of the Product Research Personal Health Care organization and reports to Director, PHC R&D. You will have the opportunity work in multi-functional teams and engage with both internal and external partners.

How success looks like 

• Over time, you will be a Personal Health Care product research & new product development specialist.
• The candidate will be responsible to lead development of deep understanding of product usage experiences, product tensions and gaps / needs across the vast and changing consumer landscape in all India.
•  Utilising and developing cutting edge consumer research techniques to build advanced understanding & predictability using cutting edge data / behavioural science techniques.
• You will influence the future of health care in India with a sustainable win for P&G in this competitive market.
• You will work closely with the Product and Packaging development, regulatory, medical affairs, human safety and the commercial teams to design, qualify and execute a pipeline of initiatives, targeted at Indian consumers rooted in insight driven meaningful innovation. 
• You will also be responsible to create new winning products propositions for some of the very successful currently marketed products.

Key Responsibilities  

• Develops foundational understanding with regard to established test measures and products that influence and impact consumer response
• Understand consumer needs and work with multi-functional teams to develop new strategies to delight our consumers. 
• Partner with technologists to develop and test out prototypes
• Able to place consumer studies based on established study designs
• Able to prepare products, clearance, coordination with test sites
• Understanding requirements for study release as needed from multi-functional team
• Prepares and executes standard consumer, sensory team tests and technical product tests
• Make observations of the anomalies and new insights during execution of consumer work, laboratory work and data analysis
• Capture key insights and technical findings from research projects and share results & recommendations in a clear succinct manner. 
• Responsible for the creation of research proposal, executing the study preparation and placement, as well as conducting thorough analysis, documenting and communicating learnings to provide clear direction for project/ program.
• Effectively collaborate with commercial MFT on innovation programs both commercial communications and product upgrades

Role Requirements

• Strong ownership & self-leadership skills to understand the business objective, local context and market landscape to deliver the required outcomes 
• Effective oral and written communication skills is a must 
• Able to work independently, prioritize and perform in a fast-paced environment 
• Excellent problem-solving skills and use of data to connect multiple ideas and develop solutions. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to connect with people from different cultures and levels, both internally and externally 
• Ability to work in a matrix, team-oriented environment
• Fluency in written and spoken English is a must
• Engagement with innovation and technology

About us

We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor

Job Qualifications

·              Master’s degree in pharmacy, Medicine, Science, Engineering, or related fields from atop university with 4-7 years of relevant experience

·              Strong ownership & self-leadership skills to understand the business objective, local context and market landscape to deliver the required outcomes. 

·              Effective oral and written communication skills is a must. 

·              Able to work independently, prioritize and perform in a fast-paced environment. 

·              Excellent problem-solving skills and use of data to connect multiple ideas and develop solutions. 

·              Strong interpersonal and communication skills to connect with people from different cultures and levels, both internally and externally 

Fluency in written and spoken English is a must

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