CAD Design Manager
Article, Canada
Job Description
Hey there, we’re Article. We’re a digital-first furniture brand that’s working to make everyday living better by providing an easy way for people to furnish their space. We don’t have brick and mortar stores, so we’re able to deliver better value on beautiful, modern furniture. We've ranked as one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies for the last three years, we’re on the hunt for talented, enthusiastic team members who want to solve meaningful problems, in pursuit of being remarkably better for our customers.
We’re looking for a CAD amp; Design Manager who takes ownership of documenting product details and packaging so that we understand our products better than even our manufacturers. The successful candidate will build and develop the technical team which liaises with our design teams and manufacturers to ensure important product details are captured. Technical product information will be used to ensure consistent quality, provide cost engineering, and continue to provide our customers with the best possible experience.
Opportunities to make a meaningful impact include component standardization across vendors, providing a program for nominating packaging materials, and ensuring packaging designs are as environmentally friendly as possible.
This position will require collaborating with teams in both Vietnam and Vancouver. Overall program support and standards will stem from the Vancouver team while the execution and delivery of final technical packages will output our Vietnam office.
What you’ll be doing:
- Hire and manage a team of engineers to complete technical documentation on all Article products
- Maintain CAD quality standards and best practices within Article
- Create a clear standard with vendors that require information sharing of drawings and open BOMs. Where vendors are unwilling to share this information Article will need to create this information.
- Train Vietnam technical team to execute packaging designs according to packaging guidelines
- Manage in-country packaging requirements and design and explore nominated packaging vendors
- Develop a system for creating BOM’s and providing cost estimates
- Organize and maintain technical product information to be accessible to all key stakeholders
- Assist sourcing team with finding vendors and other sourcing activities
- Develop processes for the Vietnam team to communicate and work effectively with HQ
- Provide feedback for opportunities for cost engineering savings and product improvements through better manufacturing and lean principles
- Explore opportunities to vertically integrate manufacturing in Vietnam. This will include research on possible Mamp;A, joint ventures, factory builds. Once opportunities are identified, a large amount of time will be spent executing and developing those opportunities.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience managing teams
- Experience in furniture design and technical documentation
- Ability to create BOMs for products and semi-accurate pricing
- Understanding of furniture manufacturing and factories
- Ability to think creatively and find creative solutions to both technical and business challenge
Benefits
We want Article to be an amazing place to work, beyond a competitive salary, we provide:
- A team-oriented work environment where we win together. Article employs a wide range of experts and seeks to facilitate a culture of curiosity. We take on the job learning seriously, and we have a lot of fun doing it.
- Access to dental and health benefits package with a focus on your total wellbeing
- Discounts on our products so you can experience first hand why our customers love the Article experience and product.
- Your choice of state-of-the-art laptops with the tech and tools to easily collaborate while being remote
- We want Particles to have a sense of ownership, be truly invested in the long-term interests of the company, we offer stock options after one year of employment
Throughout COVID, our primary focus has been the safety of our Particles (employees), their families, community, customers, and candidates. We are working from home until Spring 2021 at which point we will re-evaluate based on government recommendations and guidance.
For the very limited number of roles which are physically required to be in the office, we have COVID safety protocol to which we strictly adhere. When our office is safe to open for everyone, you’ll enjoy:
- The Article HQ is a converted warehouse with in-house photo studios, an airy open layout, an open kitchen filled with snacks, premium coffees and teas (and ALL the milks).
- A dog-friendly office. We love our dog friends here at Article. If you have a well-behaved, well-socialized p