Industrial Designer

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Are you looking for an experience in an elite design studio? Are you enthusiastic about generating inventive and fresh ideas for common products? Procter & Gamble is looking for an industrial designer to join our team in Belgium.

P&G Design is a group of world-class design thinkers and practitioners across multiple design disciplines including graphic, industrial, innovation, digital, fashion and more. Whether it’s refreshing a brand identity, crafting a new 3D shape for an iconic brand, or designing a new app, design is at the heart of meeting the needs of today’s consumers.

As an Industrial Designer, you are responsible for crafting excellent design solutions that support the brand strategy and business objectives.  The role will include hands-on design along with envisioning and executing solutions for packaging and product. The Industrial Designer role is a developer of package, device, and delivery systems ranging from ground-breaking innovations to reinventing key products. You will partner with engineers and technologists to deliver P&G’s innovation pipeline. You will work through the end-to-end design process, from brainstorming and ideation, deep consumer insight, to prototyping and execution. Creative thinking, project management and collaboration with multi-functional teams are an important part of this role.

Specifically, this Industrial Designer role will contribute across several programs in Fabric Care, our largest Business Unit for Procter & Gamble. You’ll be working on some of our major brands across different regions. Brands such as Ariel®, Dash®, Tide®, Downy®, Lenor®.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO P&G’S SUCCESS:

• Demonstrate outstanding ability to visualize and realize design solutions throughout concept development, refinement, and execution with ownership of quality of thinking and outputs;

• Research and develop a point-of-view on relevant market/design trends, consumer segments, and the competitive landscape to encourage and guide design directions;

• Translate consumer needs, brand identity attributes, contextual imagery, and visual direction into functional, beautiful, brand-targeted concepts and designs;

• Build engaging presentation deliverables that may include research summaries, sketches/renderings, mood boards, pack-cepts and functional prototypes;

• Collaborate with discipline across the design studio and business to find opportunities, solve design issues, and preserve design intent throughout initiatives;

• Drive design projects in collaboration with internal and external resources;

• Understand LEAN Innovation principles and be able to apply them to the design process.

Job Qualifications

YOU ARE THE RIGHT FIT IF YOU ARE/HAVE:

• Master in Industrial Design or strongly related field with experience in Industrial Design and a portfolio that demonstrates design expertise (strategy and execution);

• Fluent in English;

• Excellent and effective communication skills and ability to collaborate with, influence and engage multiple functions to deliver great design solutions;

• Strong project management skills with ability to self-direct and take on ownership for your work;

• Proactive leadership skills and ability to identify design opportunities to impact the business;

• Passion for integrating design with technology and a desire to experiment and explore new insights;

• Ability to connect consumer insights, technology, socio-cultural and market trends into meaningful ways to uniquely solve design challenges;

• Good base knowledge in key manufacturing processes is recommended (blow moulding, injection moulding etc);

• Excellent rapid-visualization skills (eg. hand-sketching, storytelling/storyboarding etc);

• Strong working knowledge of relevant CAD systems (e.g. Alias, Rhino, Solid Works,…), rendering software (e.g. Keyshot, Cinema4D,..), and Adobe Creative Suite.

Thanks for attaching a portfolio of your work samples in your application please.

YOUR ADVANTAGES:

· A fixed contract, with an attractive compensation package;

· Competitive pay, including monthly salary, 13th month at the end of the year as well as an annual variable bonus.

· A flexible benefits plan to customize to your personal needs and kilometer allowance/public transport reduction;  

· Hospitalization plan after 6 months of employment, pension plan, life insurance plan, long term illness insurance and stock purchase plan;

· Access to Benefits at work platform: A large benefits platform with employee discounts on renowned shops and online commercial platforms as well as on leisure activities and well-known amusement parks;

· Working in an international and inclusive environment, with diverse and supporting colleagues. 

· Continuous self-development via coaching, trainings and a general Growth Mindset working environment; 

· ​A vibrant and modern working environment, supporting employees’ wellbeing: 

• Subsidized company restaurant; 
• On-site vibrant Café for breaks and less formal meetings; 
• On-site fitness room and possibility to join regular group sport activities; 
• Flexibility in terms of working hours and remote working for a good balance between personal needs and the job to be done.
• · Employee Assistance Program: free professional counseling services, work-life resources, and mental health support.

· Supporting employees’ commute: plenty of parking facilities for both cars and bikes, shower facilities, shuttle between Heizel metro and the office, carpooling community.

ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE? DEEP DIVE INTO P&G AND CHECK THE BELOW INSIGHTFUL LINKS:

• Our hiring process consists of three main steps: 1) application, 2) online assessments and 3) interviews. Click here to get all the tips to be fully prepared.

• P&G is driven to make life better, not just within the company, but across the globe. Click here to check out how we make a meaningful impact on the world.

• We are the world’s largest consumer goods company. Click here to discover about our iconic brands.

At P&G #weseeequal

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. At P&G we strive to build a culture where everyone feels welcome, included, and able to bring their full selves to work.

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