Product Designer Furniture

Roper Rhodes is one of Britain’s leading companies in Bathroom products. We are looking for a talented & enthusiastic Product Designer to work on new product development projects within our market leading bathroom furniture category, preferably with a background in furniture design and development.

The role is based at our stylish Headquarters in the city of Bath with occasional travel to our premises in Bristol. There is the opportunity of some hybrid working too.

The key elements of the position are as follows:

- Preparation of new product specifications and supporting documentation.
- Project management tasks, working alongside category managers / head of category.
- Management of FMEA, technical testing and sign-off processes.
- Testing, Development and continual improvement.
- Concept generation & development.
- CAD (SolidWorks) including modelling, rendering (KeyShot) and preparation of detailed drawings.
- Prototyping, sample management and evaluation.
- Working closely with other departments to deliver best in class support to marketing and internal / external customers.
- POS / packaging design & development.

**The Applicant**:
The successful applicant will have a good standard degree in product / industrial design with a minimum of 3-5 years’ work experience. This may include a period of work experience during their degree studies.
- **Key Skills**:_

First or upper second-class degree in Product / Industrial Design / Design Engineering or similar.

Highly organised, detail oriented and practiced in working on multiple projects at once with a proactive approach.

Experience of working in busy teams to a high degree of accuracy, with the ability to work to tight deadlines and keep calm under pressure.

A thorough knowledge of Solidworks and Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge of Keyshot would be of value.

An interest and passion in Sustainable design and working within the Circular Economy.

Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Excel.

Capable of a real hands-on approach to product development with a demonstrable understanding & interest in the technical aspects of product design and development.

An understanding of a wide variety of manufacturing processes and materials.

Very bright and practical, with outstanding communication skills.

Capability to work and liaise internally and externally with people at all levels.

Highly self-motivated and able to use initiative to achieve the required results.
- **Preferred Skills**:_

Knowledge of furniture design and construction techniques.

Experienced in designing furniture, preferably within the Kitchen/Bathroom/Bedroom sector.

Experience collaborating with global supply chains.

**Who we are**:
Roper Rhodes are a supplier of bathroom products with an excellent reputation with a turnover in excess of £76M. We are leaders in the bathroom furniture market and have over 240 employees based across our Bath office & Bristol warehouse sites.

Our customers include major national retailers, national / regional builder’s merchants, and a nationwide network of independent bathroom retailers. In addition to this we also produce bathroom products for several retailers under their own label programmes.

We are highly focussed on product development as a key part of our business. Our products are manufactured to our own designs and manufactured with partners all over the world.

We have a portfolio of three in-house brands as follows:

- **Roper Rhodes**
- **Tavistock**
- **R2**

**The Team**:
We have a large Product Development team who work closely alongside the wider marketing team.

**Product Development Team Structure**:

- Product Director
- 2 x Heads of Category
- 4 x Category Managers (Product Development Managers)
- 1 x Senior Product Designer
- 3 x Product Designers
- 2 x Product Design Assistants
- 1 x Product Design Intern
- 1 x Technical Manager
- 3 x QC Engineers (based overseas)

**Salary & Other Benefits**:
The salary guide is circa £33k to £40k p.a depending on experience. It provides a great opportunity to further your design career in a forward thinking company.

In addition to this, we have a company profit related bonus scheme, as well as a Life Assurance scheme.

There is also a generous contributory pension scheme and a holiday allowance starting at 25 days plus bank holidays.

Other benefits include:
Employee Assistance Program for use by all employees and their immediate families.

Online Dental Assistance Program

Holiday purchase Scheme

Cycle Purchase Scheme

Tech Purchase Scheme

Discounted electric car charging

Discounted Staff Product Purchases

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £33,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus sche