Job Description
What You’ll Do
We are looking for a Design Manager, to lead our UK NPD team building a new generation of innovative personal care products. We thrive on designing great products that delight our customers. Working as part of our London Design Office, you will bring technical substance and inspiration to our creative efforts to deliver credible solutions to the market, specifically by:
1. Leads team to carry out design studies (independently and in teams) to solve technical issues found in the development of a product.
2. Gathers insight from professional and consumer feedback and guides team to implement into streamlined design solutions.
3. Successfully develops a team of A-players, helping them to reach their full potential.
4. Manages the hiring and expansion of the team inline with the business growth in the category.
5. Takes overall ownership of designs through conception, CAD execution, prototyping and verification, whilst consistently working at pace & successfully develops team to do the same.
6. Continuously evaluates and improves designs for cost efficiency, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value to consumers.
7. Applies sound engineering/ product design standards to deliver real solutions.
8. Applies understanding & experience of high-volume manuf...