Senior Industrial Designer

Spectrum Brands Holdings, a member of the Russell 2000 Index, is a global and diversified consumer products company and a leading supplier of consumer batteries, residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware, plumbing and accessories, shaving and grooming products, personal care products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn and garden and home pest control products, personal insect repellents, and auto care products.

As a Senior Industrial designer you will create and drive design solutions from initial brief, through design completion, and into manufacturing. You will be expected to create desirable and exciting products that win at shelf and enhance the end-user experience.

* Responsible for optimizing projects by understanding the variations and assets in the physical design function. This position is a consumer expert and advocate of the design perspective, and should incorporate all applied learning from quantitative and qualitative research in concrete design elements, features or characteristics. * Play the role of adhesive agent between Marketing, Engineering, NPD, and outside suppliers. It will work close with external design teams to co-developed and give design direction to them. * In addition to form development and problem solving, you will also be involved in the development of color, materials, and finishes that optimize design solutions in a cost effective manner. * Design trends and acute brand awareness will strongly influence your work as you quickly search for ideal solutions that build brand equity and satisfy business requirements. * Provide leadership to direct reports in the execution of work plans and long and short term goals. Implement department level infrastructure and changes to supporting processes and systems. Ensure solutions to department level challenges are implemented. Set, implement and complete department goals.

* BS or BFA in Industrial Design or closely related field with equivalent experience. * 3-8 years of corporate or consultancy Industrial Design experience, preferable in consumer products