Industrial Design Leader

Industrial Design Leader

Department: R&D/Innovation Management

Location: Various Locations

Full-time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: On site

Position Summary

This position is responsible for leading a global industrial design team focused on differentiated packaging design and driving related innovation initiatives and activities. The role is part of the Global Core Innovation team and serves as a central resource for coordinating design innovation and related services. You will closely partner with internal stakeholders to support design innovation with customers and drive internal innovation initiatives.

Essential Responsibilities

• Leads global industrial design team with members serving Europe, North America & Latin America.
• Works cross-functionally with PLM & Market/Consumer research to identify future needs & opportunities.
• Ensures visibility of industrial design team schedule & priorities to internal stakeholders and leadership team.
• Defines ID roadmap, team/individual goals, & related performance management.
• Ensures team expectations are met through a customer focused approach.
• Resolves conflicts in priorities, resourcing, or work schedule through alignment with internal customers and stakeholders.
• Supports internal innovation initiatives in addition to customer demands.
• Is adept at customer facing communication & related team development.
• Drives collaboration across functions, ID teams, & BU’s.
• Defines & aligns global ID software needs & related licensing.
• Improves engagement & collaboration within Core ID team.
• Facilitates research & decision making relative to design innovation initiatives.
• Is responsible for individual performance management for assigned team members.
• Ensures team members maintain timelines as relates to design projects & initiatives aligned with overall business requirements.
• Establishes relationships with customers and serves as design/technical expert to customers & internal stakeholders.
• Establishes internal design and work standards in coordination with design innovation team.
• Researches and identifies new design tools and techniques for continued advancement of design team capabilities.

Essential Functions/Skills

• Knows the business well enough to understand overall market needs and to predict future needs.
• Expert in multiple categories of products and technologies, serving as thought leader for product design.
• Drives design strategy and stimulates creation of new technologies.
• Ensures team applies professional and engineering/design principles to develop an understanding of differing and variable situations to guide thinking about ways to address those situations.
• Requires tact and effectiveness in dealing with others in everyday working relationships, including contacts to request or provide information.
• Receives limited general direction, work in progress is reviewed routinely.
• Selects appropriate work procedures or approaches to address assigned projects.
• Makes own decisions regarding how to approach group leadership and related work assignments.
• Is responsible for ensuring team completes assigned work on time and within budget.
• Holds to appropriate policies and rules.
• Must have safety awareness, dependability, clear written and oral communication.
• Seeks feedback and correct own performance.
• Exhibits willingness to learn as well as teach/coach others.
• Applies creative and constructive thinking to achieve results.

Additional Useful Skills

• Basic understanding of Amcor’s manufacturing processes and related design constraints.
• Proficient knowledge of PP/HDPE/PET and basic knowledge of alternative materials.
• Ability to work in a complex research & development environment.
• Establishes and supports design standards.
• Establishes relationships with customers, vendors, & key internal stakeholders.
• Defines standard work processes & routine specifications for quality.

Education and Experience

• Requires 8+ years of relevant experience plus a relevant degree or equivalent.