Senior Manager - Surfaces Product Design

📋 Description

• Role Description: Manage the creation, development, analysis, and research of new product designs and patterns for HIMACS, VIATERA, and TERACANTO.

• Research market and design trends, analyzing market trends and customer requirements, improving existing products, and collaborating with product managers and engineers.

• Generating color & pattern samples for product development and customer meetings

• Support marketing and sales team by providing marketing resources and concepts for new products, and giving presentations internally and externally to promote new products.

• Ideating for innovative production technology to enhance design and manufacturability of new products.

• Collaborating with Surfaces Product Development Team to execute innovative production technologies.

• Research and analyze market and design trends through tradeshows, trend-forecasting services and trendspotting.

• Take responsibility in the research and development of colors, materials, formulations, and processes.

• Conduct lab tests and mass production tests for new products and colors.

• New product selection and preparation for launch.

• Introducing new products and develop customized colors (Recreational Vehicle and OEM).

• Conduct market trend analysis including but not limited to US (KBIS, Coverings, RV Show, Milan Furniture Fair, Verona Stone Fair).

• Trend research by channel and region by visiting K&B dealers and fabricators for surveys.

• Analyze competitor’s design and customer requirements.

• Gain the voice of the customer through focus studies, surveys, and customer visits.

• Perform regular competitor analysis on Surfaces Products.

• Collaborate with HQ Design Center in South Korea or external experts.

• Develop design strategies and concepts.

• Present design & trend proposal to customers at internal and external events.

• Lead on outsourced designs by working with Surfaces Team (Product Management side), communicate effectively with overseas suppliers/ vendors, and review and evaluate lab samples and color matching.

🎯 Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in textile, graphic, interior, industrial design or related field.

• 10 years’ experience.

• MS Office Programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Design related software programs

• Interpersonal skills

• Detail Oriented

• Organizational Skills

• Initiative skills

• Problem solving skills

• Great Social and Communication Skills

• Great Verbal and Written Communication Skills