Design Manager
£50,000 - £55,000 + Bonus + Family-Owned Business + Prestigious Tier 1 Clients + Excellent Benefits Package
East Grinstead, Kent
Are you an accomplished Design Manager, or a Design Engineer with proven leadership experience, seeking to elevate your career within a respected, forward-thinking organisation? This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a design department at a market-leading company, delivering innovative projects in partnership with some of the UK's most prominent developers.
This is a leadership position within a well-established, family-run business that prides itself on combining traditional values with modern innovation. Alongside a competitive salary, you will benefit from a company-wide performance bonus and an excellent suite of benefits designed to support and reward your contribution.
Our client is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of premium-quality furniture, holding exclusive long-term contracts with leading national homebuilders and property developers. As the business continues its impressive growth trajectory, they are seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to drive their design function forward.
In this role, you will take full responsibility for leading and developing a talented team of designers, overseeing the creation and delivery of high-quality bedroom and bathroom furniture solutions. Working closely with the estimating, purchasing, and manufacturing teams, you will ensure excellence at every stage of the product lifecycle, from concept to completion.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a design leader from the Engineering, Construction, or Manufacturing sectors who thrives in a collaborative environment and is motivated by the chance to shape the future direction of a highly successful design function.
The Role:
1. Leading the Design Team
2. Family-Run Market Leading Business
3. Company Bonus
The Person:
4. Design Manager or Design Engineer Experience
5. Engineering, Construction or Manufacturing Background
6. Commutable to near East Grinstead