Designer

ROLE: Designer

LOCATION: Wellingborough / Hybrid

HOURS OF WORK: Days

BASIC SALARY: Up to £35K D.O.E

Company Profile

Our client is seeking a Designer to join their friendly organisation based in Wellingborough on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Commercial Manager, as the Designer you will be responsible for creating engineering solutions aligned with the company’s manufacturing and outsourced capabilities, that incorporate voice of the customer requirements, along with demonstrating an understanding of retail and consumer insights through brand representation.

In this Designer role, you will be responsible for:

* Working alongside and supporting the sales team, and other areas of the business to ensure that customers design development needs and requirements are met and understood.

* The ability to produce high quality engineering drawings in CAD and Inventor, to accurately communicate design engineering requirements.

* A good knowledge of the design process including current and upcoming trends, retail markets together with consumer and brand insights.

* The ability to receive and understand design briefs, being knowledgeable in the type of information required, how and when to challenge a brief and have an ability to provide opinions and proposals at the briefing stage.

* Own and manage the entire project/prototype process of the design to gain customer approval, including production in which a prototype can be created.

* Direct engagement with customers through the aid of digital devices to enhance the customer experience and speed up the process of communication to get to final design proposal delivered quicker.

* National, European and international travel may be required from time to time and at short notice.

* Attend relevant training and exhibitions/conferences to continuously develop knowledge and skills.

To be successful as a Designer you will have:

* Design computer literacy is required with proven skills in Inventor or similar works package.

* Have experience in mixed material solutions including but not limited to metal, timber, plastic, glass and graphics.

* Proven track record of delivering high quality & accurate drawings in CAD and Inventor, to communicate design intent.

* Demonstrable evidence of developing strong relationships with multi contact points within a customer.

* Understanding of the customer design decision making process and the ability to articulate solutions to gain new project/initiative work.

* Ability to plan, organise, communicate and manage customer relationships.

* Strong presentation and communication skills that can be clearly evidenced and articulated.

* Very well organised with strong time management skills to manage workload and achieve deadlines.

If you have the relevant experience our client is looking for in this Designer role, we would like to hear from you. Upload your CV online or call/email Tandem Recruitment for more details.

Tandem Recruitment is an employment consultancy working on behalf of our client