Director - New Product Development - Consumer Goods
Shenzhen Shi
Permanent
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Based in China
Multi National Corporation
About Our Client
Our client is market leading in the design and manufacturing of consumer products used by households around the world. Backed by decades of experience and a passion for innovation, quality and sustainability, this OEM powerhouse continues to thrive.
Job Description
This role will take full responsibility for:
- Overall responsibility for the product life-cycle, from concept through to launch
- Manage a team of talented designers and engineers; hire and mentor exceptional talent
- Leading on all communication surrounding product strategy to various customers and stakeholders
- Owning the new product development strategy, ensuring that projects are running on time and within budget
- Managing the product development teams to ensure all projects are running smoothly and are equipped with all necessary resources
- Working with customers, supplies and stakeholders to ensure brand values and high levels of quality are kept at all times
- Managing senior stakeholder communication effectively
- Evaluating data both internal and external to make relevant suggestion for ongoing product development - Planning and managing projects to ensure they are kept within budget
- Reviewing internal processes to ensure efficiency and quality
- Pro-active problem solving in regards to development and design of products
The Successful Applicant
- Excellent communication skills - Fluent written and spoken English
- Excellent Design and Engineering skills, with a talent for fact-based analysis
- Dynamic, positive approach to work
- Strong Leader, mentor, influencer
- 10-15 years of relevant experience in consumer product Engineering/Design
- Creative problem solver
- Commercially astute
- Strong communicator with team and peers
- Broad technical perspective
- Detailed knowledge and experience of mass-manufacturing techniques and materials
- Strong advocate of process-driven development
- Solid working knowledge of statistical analysis techniques
- Need to be knowledgeable about principles of Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing technologies
- Able to rely on extensive experience, knowledge and judgement to plan and accomplish goals
What's on Offer
Our dynamic client has a very stable and passionate leadership team that is comprised of a diverse set of nationalities. A formal job description and the company name will be shared with successful applicants.