Product Development
Product Development for high end Australian furniture brand - Nau Design.
Summary about this job
Industrial Design
Company: CULT Design
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-8-5291-8527
Fax: +61-3-3960-1653
E-mail: n\a
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Detail information about job Product Development. Terms and conditions vacancy
Position purpose
Works with the Leadership team and the Nau Creative Director to drive the development of new products. Takes active steps to improve development, production, and logistical processes for all Cult and Nau manufactured pieces. Maintains full product documentation across all pieces. Works directly with Designers to bring new products to the marketplace. Develops and maintains excellent internal and external relationships to drive profitability of the business.
Main tasks
Core objectives include:
- Resolving design proposals into full production items
- Sourcing new suppliers when required
- Managing ongoing relationships with existing suppliers, continuously working to increase profitability for Cult
- Assessing the viability of customisation to existing designs for projects
- Procuring and assessing prototypes
- Fully testing new products and rectifying issues before they are released to the marketplace
- Maintaining full documentation covering bill of materials, supply chain, assembly instructions, quality control guidelines, product specification, 2D and 3D modelling, and pricing
- Solving quality control and claims issues for any released products
- Providing progress reports to the Leadership team
- Educating Sales team on new products
The above list is not exhaustive and the role may change to meet the overall objectives of the company.
Other Duties
- Accurately tracking and reporting on all Product Development costs
- Constantly expand your product knowledge of Cult’s range and across the larger furniture and lighting industry
- Engage in regular industry events and trade fairs
Required qualities
- Able to work autonomously
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both with the internal team and external clients
- Drive for constant improvement
- Thrives under pressure
- Pro-active
- Highly organised
- Able to balance a large workload and prioritise jobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in Industrial Design or Product Design
Experience
- 2-3 years experience in the furniture and lighting industry highly regarded
Skills & competencies
- Communication: the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, varying communication style depending upon the audience.
- Attention to detail: excellent attention to detail and written skills when communicating with others, both internally and externally.
- Commerciality: ability to apply knowledge in a practical, commercial manner.
- Teamwork: willingness to assist and support others as required and get on with team members.
- Time management/organisation: accomplish objectives effectively within time frame given, and carry out administrative duties within portfolio in an efficient and timely manner.
- Customer service focused: committed to providing exceptional customer service across all channels – written, phone and face to face.
Personal attributes
- Professional approach (essential).
- Confident manner (essential).
- Positive approach to change (essential).
Other
- Sound knowledge of Solidworks, Photoshop, InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office required
- Knowledge of Options ERP system desirable
- Strong existing relationships with local and overseas manufacturers highly regarded