青岛招聘

Overall job description – Design Manager (“DM”)

The DM will be responsible to run the Design department and will be reporting to Head of Operation. The DM will develop the Design department into a centre of excellence in the design of Housewares where designers working in this field aspire to work. The DM will bring a fresh perspective to the design and development of innovative new products which will fuel the company’s growth. His responsibility will include managing programs and projects, developing, inspiring and managing a team of internal and freelance designers.

Detailed job description

1) Business Development
a) Generate ODM for OEM opportunities from the client base. The DM will arrange thorough market research to identify opportunities within clients for new product development and propose innovative designs and sell such designs to the clients to generate production business.
b) Support OEM business development via Engineering support and product development support to help the company succeed in OEM projects.
c) The DM will develop internal projects with own intellectual property rights.

2) Marketing & Product Design Promotion
a) Takes the lead in marketing & product design promotion
b) Participates regular global information exchange on market intelligence, technology trend and market needs, and drives the growth of the responsible product category and maintain expert knowledge on competitive product portfolio
c) Collaborates with other department especial Business Development Team on a regular basis to exchange market intelligence, technology trend and market needs, recommends and defines updates to existing products that will make them more regionally acceptable
d) Leads the presentations to the external customers for new product introduction
e) Proactively promotes new products to internal (Business Development Team) & external customers, and receives feedback for further improvement
f) In-charges the designs of showroom & overseas fairs issues, e.g. the whole design, samples packing and samples distribution……


3) Team development
a) The DM will build a strong team of Industrial designers (both in house and freelance designers) that will produce innovative new products to meet and exceed customer expectations.
b) Provide training to internal designer(s) in process and workflow and to boost creativity in order to produce truly new products and not just variations from the marketplace.
c) The DM will develop an environment to make the Company the destination workplace for designers to aspire for employment.
d) The DM will develop a strong team environment working with the sales, merchandising, engineering and QA departments in order to smoothly meet the needs and expectations of the clients.

4) Creativity and value addition
a) The DM will make the Company well known as the truly innovative source for clients product needs by constantly producing unique and innovative products.
b) The DM will continuously generate patentable new IP through constant product innovation
c) The DM with other departments will review projects upon completion in order to suggest improvements on workflow and efficiency.
d) The DM will make sure the industrial design process includes research and usability studies in order to find real problems to solve.

Requirements
? Degree holder or above, major in Design or equivalent;
? Min 8 years relevant experience with at least 2 years in managerial level
? Creative, out of the box and forward thinking, possessing the zeal for design and strong design sense in line with market direction
? Experience in stainless steel kitchenware and housewares items is a definite advantage, but not a must;
? Experience in development and leadership of design team members;
? Well-versed in design softwares, e.g. 2D (Illustrator & Photoshop) and 3D (Solidworks) etc;
? Web design / graphic design capabilities a big plus;
? Good marketing sense with a good understanding of developing products for a cost structure
? Knowledge of tooling development and factory processes desirable
? Technical skills in patent application and IP rights is a plus
? Good business development communication and interpersonal skills
? Excellent management skill and leadership in terms of staff and product development;
? Good organizational skills to oversee all creative projects from concept to production
? A team player, mature, self-motivated, and able to work under pressure to meet tight timelines;
? Fluent in both verbal and written English and Chinese (Cantonese). Knowledge of Mandarin is a plus.

AECO (Shanghai) Limited – Shenzhen Branch is a subsidiary of Abdoolally Ebrahim & Co. (HK) Ltd., a 170 years old company established in Hong Kong since 1842. Our group is mainly engaged in housewares, textiles, and commodities business. With head quarter in Hong Kong, we have operations in China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Canada, and Malaysia. To cope with our business expansion, we are inviting high caliber candidate to join us.

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