Designer

Continental Group Sector ContiTech • Winchester, VA

51d • Onsite

About The Position

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. The technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent, and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic, and transportation. ContiTech is one of the world’s leading industry specialists, offering connected, environment-friendly, safe, and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. This role is responsible for the development of feasible designs (grain, color, prints, combinations) and ensuring customer approvals, supporting strategic decision-making in the Americas region, managing design projects, collaborating with stakeholders, conducting market research, and presenting design concepts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Related Field

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Design
• 3 years of experience
• Adobe Suite experience
• Previous experience in production and product management

Responsibilities

• Development of feasible designs (grain, color, prints, combinations) and ensuring of receiving customer approvals incl. documentation within PLC process
• Involvement in design developments and in design releases for customer projects
• Identifying customer/market Design needs
• Design presentations Internal / External
• Responsibility for the surface design developments with the affected customers
• Support Segment Automotive Interior and Segment LivTec in the Americas region for strategic decision-making and/or acquisition phase of strategic important customer/market projects for the region
• Networking and expanding partnerships between SSL Design and affected departments at customers
• Observation of competitive Design technologies/activities together with sales
• Design - Plant Support Winchester
• Initiating and/or Monitoring of trial batches through the internal process
• Tracking color developments through the internal development process
• Tracking grain developments through the internal development process
• Tracking of internal Design Projects
• Americas customer project management of Design projects in Americas
• Attending color, print, or/and texture evaluations at suppliers, production, customer
• Escalation management within the Americas Design department
• Collaboration and advising all BA SSL stakeholder and departments involved in the Product Life Cycle (PLC) which have an impact on Design related product / production properties (e.g feasibility and impact on BA SSL)
• Building up and extending collaboration between SSL and the affected departments at the customer. Main task is the acquisition of new projects
• Reporting based on defined cycles within a defined reporting system (1:1 Meetings, Dashboard, Actionlist etc)
• Report status updates, projected timelines to customer
• Report to affected internal departments with recommendations basis customer feedback
• Reporting and documenting customer approval status (establish ISAR, transfer form roller to serial status, master creation…)
• Collecting necessary input from the customers
• Presenting color submissions and grain developments to the customer
• Support PM team for acquisition of new projects
• Internal presentations
• Team Member within a PM Team
• Collaboration with all parties and departments involved in the Product Life Cycle Process PLC
• Collaboration with Creative Design, Automotive Design, LivTec Design, DTS SSL
• Supervision, observation, gathering, and analysis of the American market, especially colors, textures, prints, and materials of competitors
• Recognize of Design and color trends of the American market
• Observation and analysis of the color and trim area and the surface material of SSL versus competitors’ portfolios in regards of color, grains, prints, and structures, surface characteristics, haptics…
• Traveling to suppliers, fair/tradeshows, and customers
• Reports, presentations and updates from customer, shows, events
• Preparation of Design Presentations
• Presenting of SSL product portfolio design samples and design presentations

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Immediate Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts, including tire discounts
• Competitive Bonus Program
• Employer 401(k) Match
• On-Site Gym

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level