Industrial Design Leader
Department: R&D/Innovation Management
Location: Various Locations
Full-time
Job Type: Employee
Shift: On site
Position Summary
This position is responsible for leading a global industrial design team focused on differentiated packaging design and driving related innovation initiatives and activities. The role is part of the Global Core Innovation team and serves as a central resource for coordinating design innovation and related services. You will closely partner with internal stakeholders to support design innovation with customers and drive internal innovation initiatives.
Essential Responsibilities
* Leads global industrial design team with members serving Europe, North America & Latin America.
* Works cross-functionally with PLM & Market/Consumer research to identify future needs & opportunities.
* Ensures visibility of industrial design team schedule & priorities to internal stakeholders and leadership team.
* Defines ID roadmap, team/individual goals, & related performance management.
* Ensures team expectations are met through a customer focused approach.
* Resolves conflicts in priorities, resourcing, or work schedule through alignment with internal customers and stakeholders.
* Supports internal innovation initiatives in addition to customer demands.
* Is adept at customer facing communication & related team development.
* Drives collaboration across functions, ID teams, & BU’s.
* Defines & aligns global ID software needs & related licensing.
* Improves engagement & collaboration within Core ID team.
* Facilitates research & decision making relative to design innovation initiatives.
* Is responsible for individual performance management for assigned team members.
* Ensures team members maintain timelines as relates to design projects & initiatives aligned with overall business requirements.
* Establishes relationships with customers and serves as design/technical expert to customers & internal stakeholders.
* Establishes internal design and work standards in coordination with design innovation team.
* Researches and identifies new design tools and techniques for continued advancement of design team capabilities.
Essential Functions/Skills
* Knows the business well enough to understand overall market needs and to predict future needs.
* Expert in multiple categories of products and technologies, serving as thought leader for product design.
* Drives design strategy and stimulates creation of new technologies.
* Ensures team applies professional and engineering/design principles to develop an understanding of differing and variable situations to guide thinking about ways to address those situations.
* Requires tact and effectiveness in dealing with others in everyday working relationships, including contacts to request or provide information.
* Receives limited general direction, work in progress is reviewed routinely.
* Selects appropriate work procedures or approaches to address assigned projects.
* Makes own decisions regarding how to approach group leadership and related work assignments.
* Is responsible for ensuring team completes assigned work on time and within budget.
* Holds to appropriate policies and rules.
* Must have safety awareness, dependability, clear written and oral communication.
* Seeks feedback and correct own performance.
* Exhibits willingness to learn as well as teach/coach others.
* Applies creative and constructive thinking to achieve results.
Additional Useful Skills
* Basic understanding of Amcor’s manufacturing processes and related design constraints.
* Proficient knowledge of PP/HDPE/PET and basic knowledge of alternative materials.
* Ability to work in a complex research & development environment.
* Establishes and supports design standards.
* Establishes relationships with customers, vendors, & key internal stakeholders.
* Defines standard work processes & routine specifications for quality.
Education and Experience
* Requires 8+ years of relevant experience plus a relevant degree or equivalent.
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