Head of Product Development

4 days ago

Aylesford, Kent, United Kingdom Pineapple Contracts Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Product Development to lead our innovative product portfolio. As a key member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in steering our product development processes, focusing on non-furniture categories such as bathroom, lighting, medical beds, and acute care design.

Key Responsibilities
  • Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a cross-functional team of product designers and engineers to ensure cohesive and efficient product development processes.
  • Workload Management: Responsible for workload distribution across team members and support with managing priorities.
  • Product Delivery: Ensure timely delivery of products to market, coordinating with manufacturing and supply chain teams to meet launch deadlines.
  • External Partnerships: Communicate and manage our external prototype makers, tool makers, and factory partners to develop new designs within agreed deadlines.
  • Internal Collaboration: Maintain regular communications with internal departments to ensure all aspects of the design requirement are included in the development process.
  • Design Iteration: Articulation of necessary modifications or adjustments to designs and prototypes as needed.
  • Product Pricing: Create and agree new product range selling prices and costing sheets with Senior Management.
  • Intellectual Property: Ensure all our products are sufficiently protected with patents and or design registrations.
  • Quality Assurance: Liaise with QC and aftersales to ensure that the products developed conform to the required quality standards.
  • Industry Knowledge: Attend design and manufacturing trade shows to keep up to date with industry trends, competitor offerings, and innovations.
  • Customer Engagement: Attend customer/client meetings to discuss new product requirements, needs, and product feedback as needed.
  • Project Management: Ensuring all stage gate tasks have been completed in preparation for the planned new product launch date.
Requirements
  • Qualifications: You are qualified in Industrial/Product/furniture design to degree level or equivalent Design engineering qualifications with experience working in a similar Design Engineer role.
  • Leadership Experience: Experience leading, managing, and motivating a team.
  • Performance Management: Confident in conducting appraisals and performance management, including disciplinaries and grievance meetings.
  • Design Skills: Experienced in producing detailed drawings and designs for manufacture.
  • CAD Proficiency: Excellent experience with CAD packages—SolidWorks (essential), Fusion 360, and Autodesk Inventor (advantageous).
  • IT Skills: Excellent IT skills with competent use of Microsoft Office (mainly Outlook and Excel).
  • Manufacturing Knowledge: Good manufacturing knowledge in furniture or lighting.
  • Technical Expertise: Excellent technical and engineering experience.
  • Company Values: Evident commitment to be an inspiring role model who encourages collaboration and constantly striving for business improvement.
  • Project Management: Comfortable managing multiple projects and working to tight deadlines.
  • Communication Skills: Confident, pro-active, approachable, and happy to turn your hand to anything required.
  • Company Culture: Happy to work to tight deadlines.
  • Communication Style: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
About Us

Pineapple is a leader in designing and manufacturing innovative furniture solutions for challenging environments. A family run company started in 1975, Pineapple is now a global business with headquarters in Kent (UK) and offices in France, Germany, and the USA.

We still run by our original ethos of creating mindfully designed furniture that not only works effortlessly and looks great but also helps foster a calm and supportive environment. Join us and be part of a team that is dedicated to making a difference through quality, innovation, sustainability, and exceptional customer care.

Benefits
  • Best Places to Work: Proudly featured in The Sunday Times as one of the Best Places to Work 2024
  • Competitive Pay: Competitive pay
  • Pension Scheme: Pension scheme
  • Healthcare Cash Plan: Healthcare Cash Plan – You can claim for medical expenses, dentist or optical services, as well as access to 100s of deals and discounts
  • Annual Leave: 23 days annual leave + UK bank holidays
  • Birthday Leave: Extra day's leave for your birthday
  • Workplace Nursery Scheme: Workplace nursery scheme
  • Tree Planting: On joining we'll plant a tree in your honour
  • Team Socials: Regular team socials and events
  • Pizza Friday: Monthly pizza Friday
  • Fruit and Snacks: Fruit and snacks are provided daily
  • Employee Referrals: Employee referrals bonus scheme
  • Recognition and Rewards: Recognition of excellence/Employee rewards schemes
  • Company Volunteering: Company volunteering day
  • Office Environment: High quality office environment
  • Sustainability Focus: Sustainability focused business
  • Onsite Parking: Free onsite parking / walking distance from train station

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