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Manager Design

Yanfeng Automotive

Posted on: 12 Mar 2024

Job Location: Novi, US

Job Description:

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly motivated Design Manager to bring their creativity and team mentorship to our Yanfeng North America Design Studio. The correct candidate will possess an expert level of the craft of industrial design to support our internal business as well as our OEM customers. They will also serve as a key mentor for our junior design staff. The position is very "hands-on" and will require the ability to apply critical design thinking to identify important problems or opportunity areas, then to creatively solve for them. Ultimately, creating andcommunicating compelling value stories. This will be in the form of visualizations (sketches, renderings,presentations) or realizations (low or high-fidelity mockups and prototypes).

Thescope of projects will range from ground-up, very advanced, full interior concepts that are severalvehicle generations away to zone specific ideas that could be in a customer's next generation vehicle program.It will involve working closely with all areas of Yanfeng's various business unitsincluding Interior Systems (Instrument Panels, Door Panels, Floor Consoles), Seats, Electronics (Displays, Smart Surfaces), and Safety Systems (Airbags, Steering Wheels, Seatbelts).

The position involves specialized activities carried out independently with little or no direct supervision. Responsibilities are larger in scope with accountability for directing and implementing design programs that can be complex in nature. This may be done as an individual contributor, a small group leader, or it may involve managing a larger group of individuals. The ability to empathize with the objectives and concernsof other cross-functional team members (engineering, costing, marketing) isimportant, but equallyimportant is the capability to influence these teams to a new future and gain their commitment to that vision.

Responsibilities:

What you'll be doing:

Finding Value - you will be tasked with finding potential opportunity areas by exploring both needs and pain points from both our OEM customers and End Users.
Thinking Strategically - this will require a strong blend of research data (industry, technology, market, consumer, trendinfo) along with gut instinct and creativity to determine and pitch projects that are of strategicinterest to Yanfeng.
Shaping Projects - leveraging strategic and critical thinking to determine the scale of projects, gain organizational buy-in, as well as organize the critical elements for the success of the project.
Executing Projects - work individually or as a team to creatively explore projects, gather knowledge & inspirations, lead the divergent to convergent thinking process, develop 2D or 3D proposals, share project outcomes and recommend next steps, and createcompelling value stories for internal or external customers.
Developing Relationships - establishing healthy relationships with internal/external and regional/global partners to assist in shaping our design vision as well as driving that vision forward.

Skills & mindset:

An inventor, idea generator, and veryself-motivated with a passion to change the future.
Strong interpersonal relationship skills to bring a sense of fun and energy to the studio, our projects, and the broader team!
Ability to think practically about product development - a strong intuition of basic engineering principles (what could work and what doesn't).
GREAT visualization skills of various levels -from simple hand sketches to jaw-dropping renderings (Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD renders, AI, etc.- you choose the tools).
Motivated tomake ideas and experiences tangible with thecreation of low to high-fidelity mock-ups (foam-core,etc.).
Proven mastery of 3D form language with the understanding of how to achieve a greatdesign in harmony with package and engineering constraints.
Ability to direct and coach other team members and staff - junior designers, Studio Engineering, Modelers, etc.).
Create and give outstanding presentations to "sell" design internally, to customers, or at conferences.
Provide strong leadershipin product/process critiques.
Not necessary but a plus - proficient 3D modeling via Rhino, Alias, Blender or similar tool and CAD animation skills.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in IndustrialDesign / Automotive Design degree
6+ years related experience (automotive/product)
Cross-functional experience outside Design (marketing, engineering, etc.)
Cross-functional experience with the other Design disciplines (SE, 3D, PP)
Leadership and project management experience

If this position matches your skills and sounds interesting, we would like to meet you. Please submit with your resume a portfolioof past work and projects that demonstrates your design thinking process & resulting clever solutions that helped bring a brighter future to the world.

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