Product Development Manager

Our Client is a specialized company from Europe offering complex products and services for the  consumer electronic industry such as audio, they operate globally and have their business center located in major cities around the world including Europe, US, China, India, South Korea  fast moving business growing-up, looking for the post as

Job Post: Senior /Product Development Manager

Job location: Huizhou, (60-70% traveling in Dongguan plant in the first year)

Reporting to：Senior Director, (Leading Design and R&D), a foreigner

Job Responsibiities

1. Evaluate the feasibility of selected concepts to meet functional, cosmetic and customer needs.
2. Design, develop and prototype new products in accordance with company & customer product development process.
3. Evaluate the feasibility of concepts and/or prototypes through DFM/DFMEA/DOE engineering testing and analysis, consistent with customer expectations.
4. Develop timelines for development tasks and appraise performance against plan.
5. Evaluate, document, and implement potential design and process changes to improve product performance, manufacturability.
6. Supervise tooling design.
7. Assess reliability, safety, performance and risk of new designs & methodologies; Coordinate and communicate development schedules and compatibility or design issues throughout the team continuously.
8. Provide input into the creation/modification of product specifications in alignment with customer requirements.
9. Transfer of designs to manufacturing through liaison with manufacturing engineering
10. Pull-in and drive application of latest materials, processes & agile methodologies

Knowledge and skills

1. Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar position a must – preferably from mobile accessory, automotive interior, footwear, fashion or EMS industry.
2. Strong knowledge of technology platforms and systems
3. SolidWorks or ProE
4. Demonstrated leadership roles in previous positions.
5. Previous team management and supervision
6. Excellent public presentation and interaction skills
7. Client interaction
8. General project management skills
9. Excellent in reporting (PPT, Keynote)

Job Qualifications

1. Ability to work in team-based and multi-cultural environment.
2. Extremely strong analytical/logical problem-solving skills.
3. Detail-minded and wiling to learn from new technology.
4. Passionate, adaptable, fast-response, comprehensive, self-motivating, independent, and sound leadership
5. Ability to complete tasks under pressure and within a tight deadline.
6. Good command of written/spoken English and Mandarin
7. Ability to create and review technical documentation