Senior Associate – New Product Development (Stainless Steel)
Location: Chennai – Perungudi
Work Mode: Work From Office
Experience: 3 to 6 Years
Company: The Indus Valley
About The Indus Valley
The Indus Valley is one of India’s leading health-focused cookware brands, committed to making kitchens safer and healthier through thoughtfully designed, high-quality products. With a strong focus on innovation, functionality, and consumer trust, we continue to build products that enhance everyday cooking experiences for 20lakh + Indian households and 3rd largest cookware brand online.
About the Role
We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytically strong professional to join our New Product Development team as a Senior Associate – Stainless Steel Category. This role will be instrumental in driving the end-to-end development and launch of new products, from market research and sample evaluation to testing, costing, SKU creation, launch readiness, and post-launch performance analysis.
This opportunity is ideal for candidates who enjoy working at the intersection of product development, data analysis, vendor coordination, and market understanding, and who thrive in a fast-paced consumer products environment.
Key Responsibilities
· Drive end-to-end new product development activities for the stainless steel category
· Conduct market research and competitor benchmarking to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps in the category
· Coordinate with vendors for product samples, review iterations, and track progress through finalization
· Manage in-house and external lab testing, follow up on reports, and support product approval processes
· Prepare and maintain product reports, development trackers, and approval documentation
· Finalize SKU specifications, dimensions, measurements, and packaging-related inputs
· Support SKU creation, EAN generation, HSN coordination, and product master data accuracy
· Work on SKU-level costing, indirect cost analysis, and landed cost calculations
· Coordinate product handover inputs for photoshoots, gallery images, and e-commerce readiness
· Visit the warehouse to assess space planning, inbound coordination, system updates, and launch preparedness
· Monitor sales, returns, inventory movement, QC status, and NPD stock performance
· Analyze sales, return, rating, and customer feedback data to identify improvement opportunities
· Recommend packaging and product enhancements based on post-launch performance trends
· Coordinate with cross-functional teams including Procurement, Quality, Warehouse, Packaging, and E-Commerce
· Support smooth execution of new product launches and ongoing category performance tracking
Eligibility Criteria
· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field
· 3 to 6 years of relevant experience in New Product Development / Product Management / Category Development
· Prior experience in stainless steel products, cookware, kitchenware, consumer goods, or related categories will be preferred
Good to Have
· Certification in Six Sigma or related process improvement programs
· Experience working with product testing labs, vendor development, or packaging improvement projects
Why Join Us
At The Indus Valley, you will get the opportunity to work on products that directly impact everyday consumer lives. You will be part of a fast-growing, innovation-led organization where your ideas, analytical thinking, and ownership can contribute meaningfully to product excellence and business growth.
Email to: [email protected]
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to ₹450,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Internet reimbursement
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund
Location:
- Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
