Senior Product Development Manager
Core
Develops and introduces new absorbent hygiene products and modifies existing ones to meet customer needs, leading cross-functional teams from concept through commercialization.
Role type
Senior Product Development Manager (Absorbent Hygiene)
Builds
New product introductions and improvements for baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, adult incontinence products, and related raw materials.
Domain
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) / Absorbent Hygiene Industry
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Product lifecycle management, cross-functional team leadership, market research analysis, product use testing, intellectual property strategy, preliminary product costing, competitive benchmarking, process optimization, supplier relationship management, statistical analysis (Probability, Statistical Inference, Design of Experiments).
Preferred skills
Experience in adult incontinence hygiene products, knowledge of absorbent hygiene markets and trends.
Technologies
Minitab, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office.
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional teams to plan and implement new product introductions; investigate new technologies and materials for absorbent products; conduct and analyze consumer/market research and product use tests; collaborate with patent attorneys on IP considerations; prepare preliminary product costing; benchmark competitive products; develop new products from concept to commercialization; optimize technical and economic performance of existing products; maintain contacts with material suppliers and academic institutions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC