Concept Design Engineer - Advanced development group

Your skills seem to be a good match for the position referenced in the subject. Please call me to discuss details and how your skills apply. The company develops multi-generational product pipelines for feminine care. Concept design Engineer for Infant Care R&D Advanced Development activities to identify key consumer insights and product opportunities that meet the needs of the consumer. Lead programs through early development of product ideas, demonstrating proof-of-principle, and readying concepts for transfer into feasibility phase to maintain a new product pipeline to meet the needs of the Infant Care 5-year roadmap. Develop product concepts ready for transfer into feasibility phase to maintain a pipeline of new product concepts to fill the infant care 3-year roadmap.

Essential Functions:

• Lead key project work to translate consumer insights into new product ideas; develop and execute project plans that demonstrate concept viability against consumer, technical, and business criteria.

• Partner with Consumer Insights group to develop and support the execution of strategic consumer learning plans to achieve business objectives. • Voice of Consumer work to uncover unmet needs, to include focus groups, ethnography, need gap analysis, product testing, one on one interview, etc.

• Partner with internal and external design/engineering resources to generate raw ideas or concepts to satisfy those needs, and develop stimuli (rapid prototypes, models, renderings, sketches) for consumer and/or technical evaluation.

• Vet concepts with consumer/professional groups • Ready concepts for transfer into concept phase of the product development process.

• Work with the implementation team to translate product concepts into viable product designs.

• Attend Trade/Industry Shows mining for new product ideas and IP evaluation • Keep abreast of existing and new technologies that are applicable to areas of responsibility. • Suggest and participate in implementation of changes to improve the organization.

• Explain and offer guidance on routine procedures.

• Travel domestically and internationally as required on assigned projects.

Experience/Education Required:

• Bachelor degrees in Industrial Design, or equivalent degree. • Minimum of 6 years developing product concepts and aesthetic designs for consumer package goods companies • Proficiency with AutoDesk Alias, Rhino or equivalent design software.

Skills and Abilities Required

Design Skills:

• Depicts product concepts in various formats including sketches, illustrations, 3D renderings, etc • Provides creative solutions and design concepts that satisfy end user requirements • Produces reports on overall aesthetics, color, & ergonomics focused on identifying market appropriate design requirements. • Use appropriate drafting software to design and document industrial design of all company products and systems. • Must be familiar with various manufacturing processes and mold types (e.g. injection molding, blow molding, assembly methods, decoration methods, mono and multi layer film processing knowledge a plus, etc.)

• Must have the ability to manage third party relationships (e.g. outside design consultants, inventors, suppliers, etc.) • Must be knowledgeable of plastic materials.

Project Management Skills:

• Must have the ability to prioritize and organize workload on multiple programs of low-to-medium complexity. • Must have the ability to manage assigned projects, monitoring the status of all elements affecting the outcome of the program.

• Must have the ability to guide laboratory support personnel or interns as required to accomplish a task.

• Must have the ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information via verbal presentation and in writing with management, team members and support personnel with normal supervision.

Additional Skills:

• Effective verbal / written communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills. Ability to interface with internal and external contacts at all levels. Ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information via verbal presentations and in writing. • Must be capable of quickly establishing relationships both internally and externally, and at all levels.

• Ability to develop and execute innovative solutions for new product ideas. Highly analytical and skilled in achieving operational efficiencies and committed to quality. Capable of seeing the big picture. • Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, and capable of working across multiple functional areas, with a true sense of urgency in responding to delivering on challenges.

• Good computer skills. Proficiency with Word, Excel, Access/databases e-mail and internet applications. • Excellent organizational, prioritizing and follow up skills. • Ability to handle multiple tasks / projects simultaneously.

• Ability to think and act independently and make sound decisions. • Demonstrated ability to complete projects on time. • Good problem-solving skills.

• Must be knowledgeable of plastic materials.

Project Management Skills:

• Must have the ability to prioritize and organize workload on multiple programs of low-to-medium complexity. • Must have the ability to manage assigned projects, monitoring the status of all elements affecting the outcome of the program. • Must have the ability to guide laboratory support personnel or interns as required to accomplish a task.

• Must have the ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information via verbal presentation and in writing with management, team members and support personnel with normal supervision.

Additional Skills:

• Effective verbal / written communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills. Ability to interface with internal and external contacts at all levels. Ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information via verbal presentations and in writing.

• Must be capable of quickly establishing relationships both internally and externally, and at all levels. • Ability to develop and execute innovative solutions for new product ideas. Highly analytical and skilled in achieving operational efficiencies and committed to quality. Capable of seeing the big picture.

• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, and capable of working across multiple functional areas, with a true sense of urgency in responding to delivering on challenges. • Good computer skills. Proficiency with Word, Excel, Access/databases e-mail and internet applications.

• Excellent organizational, prioritizing and follow up skills. • Ability to handle multiple tasks / projects simultaneously.

• Ability to think and act independently and make sound decisions. • Demonstrated ability to complete projects on time.

• Good problem-solving skills.

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