Assistant Manager - Product Design

Role: Assistant Manager - Product Design

Location: Corporate Office (Mumbai)

Reports to: Sr. Manager Design & Development

Team size: Individual Contributor role

Qualifications/ Experience:

• A minimum 2 years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
• Should have handled Luggage or similar product design projects, including industrial design, convert design ideas into reality by taking ownership of ones design.
• Should have worked on converting the design idea to commercialisation with technical / factory / vendors teams. Has demonstrated capability of influencing the outcome without diluting the design.
• Should be able to interact and collaborate within the organisation with peers and superiors
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles of brainstorming. Knowledge of Engineering drawings, technical knowhow, allied production processes will be an added advantage.
• Should have strong portfolio with an emphasis on sketching and modelling (physical and virtual)
• Candidate having experience from industries like Consumer Durables/Appliances/FMCG /healthcare/Automobiles would be preferable.
• Candidate should be a team player and liase with internal and external stakeholders

Professional (essential)

• Knowledge on international trends in design
• Consumer lifestyles
• Ergonomics and human interface design
• Plastic component understanding and design
• Strong visualisation skills combined with sketching and object drawing skills.
• Parametric and non-parametric modeling
• Understanding basic element of costings
• High objectivity in Design Execution
• New Material Development

Knowledge in

• Graphic design.
• Basics of design management
• Ideation techniques
• Methods and techniques in design research.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, and/or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment. Proficient with software like Rhinoceros, Keyshot, Blender, Adobe illustrator, Photoshop etc.
• Prepares preliminary drawings of proposed exhibit, including detailed construction, layout, material specifications, or special effects diagrams.
• Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
• Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform to specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• Coordinate the look and function of product lines. Confer with engineering, marketing, production, and/or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
• Present designs and reports to Sr design Mngr/ design head for approval, and discuss need for modification.
• Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
• Read relevant design publications, attend exhibitions and related shows to understand the changing trends and build back in to design work.
• Continuously keep tab on competition products, design styles, trends consumer influences to build back in highly competitive designs for the company.
• Research, understand and collaborate with factory teams on implementing new technology to enable cutting edge in Design output.
• Understand the principles of target costing and align with Design and its feature value equations.