Lead – Product Strategy & Consumer Insights

About the Company

Our client is one of India's leading consumer businesses with a strong multi-brand retail presence and an ambitious growth agenda. As part of its next phase of expansion, the organization is looking for a senior leader to shape product strategy by translating consumer insights and market intelligence into commercially successful product and category decisions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop product and category strategies based on consumer insights, market intelligence and competitive benchmarking.
• Translate customer behaviour and market trends into commercially viable product opportunities.
• Drive assortment planning, range architecture and portfolio optimisation across multiple channels.
• Influence product direction through close collaboration with cross-functional and global stakeholders.
• Lead Go-to-Market planning, seasonal assortment strategy and commercial product planning.
• Analyse product performance, pricing, inventory and consumer data to improve category performance.
• Identify whitespace opportunities, emerging trends and new growth areas.
• Partner with merchandising, planning, retail, marketing and supply chain teams to deliver business objectives.
• Support product lifecycle management from concept through launch and in-season optimisation.

Skills and qualifications

• 12–18 years of experience in Product Strategy, Category Management, Merchandising, Buying or Consumer Insights.
• Strong experience within retail, consumer, lifestyle, fashion, sports or footwear businesses.
• Proven expertise in consumer insights, assortment planning, merchandising strategy and commercial category management.
• Experience working with cross-functional and global stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and commercial orientation with the ability to translate insights into business decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

What's On Offer

• Opportunity to influence product strategy for a large consumer business.
• High-visibility role with significant cross-functional exposure.
• Ability to shape consumer-led product decisions at scale.
• Fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with long-term career progression.
• Competitive compensation and leadership exposure.