A global consulting firm is supporting a live cost and product improvement initiative with a leading home appliances player in Goa. The engagement focuses on identifying product development and design-led opportunities, with the consultant working closely with the client’s R&D team to translate ideas into tangible, implementable solutions.

The consultant will bring hands-on R&D, product development or design expertise to assess products and BOMs, generate improvement opportunities, and drive ideas through the development, testing and validation lifecycle through to implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse product BOMs and identify cost optimisation and improvement opportunities
• Generate and assess product/design improvement ideas with the client’s R&D team
• Support the product development lifecycle from conceptualisation and design through prototyping, testing and validation
• Work closely with R&D, engineering and other client stakeholders to develop and refine solutions
• Drive identified opportunities through trials and full implementation
• Manage stakeholders and support execution of agreed product improvement initiatives

Your Background

• 5–10 years of relevant experience; flexibility based on profile
• Hands-on experience in R&D, product development, product design or engineering
• Experience across the product development lifecycle, including design, prototyping, testing/validation and implementation
• Experience with BOM analysis, cost optimisation or value engineering is preferred
• Background in home appliances, automotive, industrial products, consumer durables or other adjacent sectors
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to work closely with client R&D/development teams
• Engineering background, preferably Mechanical or a related discipline

Other Info

Location: Goa, 5 days onsite per week

Contract Duration: 4 months initially, with potential to extend up to 12 months based on performance and project requirements

Travel & accommodation covered by the client.