• Independently leading multiple projects and supporting strategic initiatives of the Kitchen Appliances business program for the brands.
• Taking full ownership of the industrial design activities and delivering relevant output on time and with quality throughout the full ‘Solution Development Process’ from project initiation to product launch.
• Actively driving consumer and competitor research activities to identify user needs and design opportunities to create value and differentiation.
• Ideating and conceptualizing solutions through sketching, CAD modeling, prototyping, visualization and storytelling.
• Teaming up with designers from different disciplines and with project team members from marketing, R&D and other relevant functions.
• Setting up and facilitating design ideation workshops.
• Reviewing prototypes and production samples and deliver feedback documentations to ensure design intents are implemented.
• Applying design language guidelines to maintain brand consistency and contribute to the evolution of our design language.
• Consulting business stakeholders, actively manages relationships and challenges the status quo to drive user centricity and meaningful innovation.
• Guiding internal and external designers on project base.
• Connecting the dots between all design competences and deliverables to ensure a holistic design approach.
• Inspiring the design community and business with accumulated knowledge and experience through sharing best practices and case studies.
• Bachelor or Master Degree in industrial design or related education
• 5-8 years' relevant experience in home appliances or consumer electronics, with a great sense of aesthetics, proportions, detailing and usability.
• Extensive knowledge of design for manufacturing and manufacturing processes to ensure that your designs are feasible and cost effective to realize.
• Solid craft of design skills, including hand or digital sketching, prototyping, CAD modeling (Rhino/Pro-E (Creo)) and rendering (KeyShot).
• Professional, independent, pro-active, eager to learn and improve with a collaborative and can-do mindset.
• Bringing fresh and bold ideas to the team
• Willing to travel to prototype/model makers, suppliers and exhibitions.
• Strong narrative ability in verbal and written communication in English, with strong influencing and persuading skills to manage stakeholders through robust discussions and impactful presentations.