Senior Product Design Engineer
Kybotech, United Kingdom

TL;DR: Elevate your career as Kybotech's Senior Product Design Engineer! Spearhead innovative wooden garden building designs, drive product excellence from concept to factory floor, and directly impact our market success. Perfect for visionary leaders with a knack for trend-setting designs and a passion for tangible results.

As our Senior Product Design Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of crafting the next generation of wooden garden buildings, from conceptualisation to the factory floor. Your role will be pivotal in maintaining and expanding our product portfolio, ensuring each design not only meets but exceeds market expectations. Key responsibilities include:

• Design Innovation: Spearhead the design of innovative wooden garden buildings, utilising SolidWorks and SketchUp to bring visions to life with the design technicians and prototyping teams.
• Collaborative Development: Work closely with the manufacturing team, ensuring designs are optimized for our on-site production capabilities.
• Feedback Integration: Regularly review customer feedback, making iterative changes to designs to enhance user satisfaction and product performance.
• Cross-Departmental Communication: Engage with customer service and other design technicians to align product development with market needs and manufacturing realities.
• Product Marketing: Work with the marketing and visualisation teams to launch products and keep existing product marketing market beating.

Long-Term Goals:

• Portfolio Expansion: Strategically expand our product portfolio, ensuring a diverse and competitive range of wooden garden buildings that cater to evolving market trends.
• Manufacturing Synergy: Develop a seamless workflow between design and manufacturing, reducing time-to-market and enhancing product quality.
• Sustainability Focus: Lead initiatives to incorporate sustainable design practices, reducing environmental impact while maintaining product durability and appeal.
• Market Leadership: Position Kybotech as a market leader in wooden garden buildings through continuous innovation, trend analysis, and customer engagement.

• Launch a Signature Garden Building Line: Spearhead the introduction of a flagship range of wooden garden buildings, setting new standards in design and functionality, and establishing this line as a cornerstone of Kybotech's offerings.
• Streamline Manufacturing SKUs: Implement a strategic initiative to reduce the number of manufacturing SKUs without compromising product variety or quality. This will not only optimize inventory management but also improve production efficiency, leading to cost savings and a more streamlined manufacturing process.
• Revitalize an Existing Product Range: Lead the redesign and expansion of an existing product line, enhancing its market appeal and functionality. Your efforts will result in doubling the sales of this range within a year by making the products more appealing and better suited to customer needs and manufacturing capabilities.
• Iterate for Customer Satisfaction and Manufacturing Ease: Take charge of iterating an existing range based on customer feedback, focusing on improving user experience and simplifying manufacturing processes. This initiative will enhance product quality, increase customer satisfaction, and reduce production complexities, setting a new benchmark for responsive and efficient product development.
• Innovate a Multi-functional Product: Develop a groundbreaking, multi-purpose garden building that addresses unmet market needs with its versatility and innovative design, aiming to exceed customer expectations and establish a new market benchmark.
• Establish a Sustainable Design Initiative: Launch a project to integrate sustainable practices into product design and manufacturing, culminating in a new range of eco-friendly garden buildings that highlight Kybotech's commitment to environmental responsibility.

About Kybotech Group: Kybotech is an innovative leader in the e-commerce and manufacturing sectors, dedicated to delivering high-quality garden buildings, furniture, and lifestyle products. With a commitment to excellence and sustainability, we've been transforming outdoor living spaces for over two decades. Our collaborative culture, driven by creativity and a forward-thinking approach, empowers our team to excel and grow professionally within a supportive and dynamic environment.

Requirements

• Proven experience in product design, ideally with

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