Job Requirements
- Developing a comprehensive understanding of product trends and customer requirements.
- Understanding the jewellery design-aesthetic – help build a differentiated product Designs (segment and price-specific range, collections, etc.,)
- Creating effective and relevant market-wise new product requirement plans and briefs and build appropriate Designs to cater to these requirements. Lead the end-to-end product development- Prototype and iterations.
- Enhancing brand image and create aspiration for the brand by setting the trend in Tanishq markets.
- Interacting with Marketing, Merchandising, retail & ISCM team to build relevant products.
- Providing insights to Inhouse as well as Vendors’ to create exclusive product range.
- Handling the vendor selection processes to ensure alignment with design and quality standards
- Create and maintain Design Language frameworks and Consumer Insight Boards to guide concept development.
Key Deliverables:
- Creation of a strong aspiration for the brand
- Setting trends in Tanishq markets
- Owning the Design calendar for the new product launch (Collections / Refreshers)
- Adherence to design calendar - number of designs / number of collections/ Prototyping process
- GC earnings of new designs
- Design Language and Consumer boards
- Analyzing Trends in jeweler field
Work Experience
- Graduate / Post Graduate from NIFT/NID or relevant Institutes.
- 4-6 Year experience in the areas of jewellery Design, Manufacturing & New product development
- Prior experience in customized designing is preferable
- Able to travel across boutiques (Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai) on short notice.
- Innovative: Develop new insights, able to convert market trends into Designs and products
- Ownership: Aware of current and future trends in the jewelery market and creating innovative designs with high GC products.
- Drive for Results: Hands on approach, to be proactive.
- Interpersonal Effectiveness: Understands the business requirements, has long term perspective, involves and engages others, respects value of individual contribution of various stakeholders including vendor partners.
- Customer Focus: Able to anticipate customer needs for existing and potential customers.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Ability to synthesizing knowledge from various sources, and constantly updates the knowledge base.
