Position Title: Senior Design Manager

Duration: Permanent

Location: Saudi Arabia

Job Purpose

• Manage and support the team to deliver the realisation of the Clients' interior design, bringing initial strategy, concept and vision to production release.
• Coach, educate and inspire a world class interior design team to create ambitious and unique interior environment.
• Strive for maximum creativity and efficiency.
• Manage multiple tasks, monitor project progress and meet deadlines.
• Harmonize business management, production technology and aesthetic specifications.
• Development of roadmaps for interior design topics for a coherent appearance across all derivatives of the Clients' brand.
• In-still our values, culture and team standards.

Key Accountabilities

1. Strategy Development and Implementation

• Guarantee best in class perceived quality, uniqueness, comfort, performance, UX and brand strategy compliance.
• Coach the Clients' way of thinking through brainstorming/concept development sessions.
• Evaluate and participate in Product concept and strategy creation.
• Participate in Design and Brand Strategy development and its implementation.

2. Budget

3. Project Management

• Manage and implement together with Director, design process, workloads, timing and resources planning.
• Produce and share descriptive and exhaustive feedback report for the design team on their ongoing project.
• Meet with other departments Management on a regular basis to guaranty synergy and common goals. "single team" mindset
• Attend program and engineering reviews as required and action next steps.
• Keep a weekly updated overview of technical and design issues.
• Build and maintains strong cross departmental partnerships through the creation process with interior advanced design, CMF, UI/UX, modelling, engineering and external suppliers' teams.

4. Vendor Selection/Management

• Organise meeting, workshops and brainstorming when necessary. Keeping a good understanding and knowhow interaction.
• Record and communicate meeting protocols and respond to specific requirement, guaranty a good project workflow.
• Lead the project with the support of engineering and the multidisciplinary team.

5. People Management

• Responsible for building design team and establishing open, honest, supportive and understanding design culture in team (talent acquisition, trainings, growth etc.)
• Responsible to allocate Design resources within the projects to one best competence, building team self-confidence.
• Responsible to plan activities for the Interior Design Team (workshop, brainstorming, cultural activities, team building activities)
• Conduct performance reviews for team members
• Taking care of studio environment, physical and interpersonal relations.
• Be a role model, live the values and communicate the design pillars to other departments

6. Reporting

• Prepare and attend project status overviews. Roadmaps to define goals and milestone
• Attend projects presentation to top management and actively participates in their preparation and the presentation itself.
• Report functional status regularly and escalate critical issues to the Design Director as required.

7. Policy, Procedures & Process

Personal Attribute

• User centred mindset
• Problem solver
• Inclusive team player
• Creative, "there is always a solution." Design vs feasibility vs budget vs management
• Independent
• Transparent, with team and management
• Efficient, make the most of what is available
• Flexible, embracing changes
• Intellectual generosity

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Transportation Design or Industrial Design

Skills & Competencies:

• Expert in car interior concept and production
• Experienced with Time and Resources management
• A good level of understanding manufacturing process and Perceive Quality.
• Experience of steering Alias, Vred, Subd, Blender and Adobe Creative suite.
• Experienced in Microsoft office
• Materials, design, Art, trend, Innovation and bench awareness.
• Excellent professional communication skills spoken & written
• Great communication skills to Engineering and Design Leadership and VIPs
• Fluency in spoken and written English

Minimum Experience:

• 10+ years
• EOM experience and/or startup automotive design studio
• 2 years Lead/management experience or related position

Why work through Contech's?

Contechs are a leading Automotive, Design, Engineering, Technology & Innovation Recruitment Consultancy. Founded in 1997, with an inhouse Contractor Care Team to support all external employee's, acts as an employment agency for permanent and contract recruitment.

How to Apply

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