Industrial Designer II - PA

About us

Our company designs, engineers, and markets in-home secure storage and products in the USA, Canada, and several international countries. Our company is the fastest growing marketer of gun safes, home and office safes, quick access vaults, and steel cabinets in the USA and Canada since the company began in 2014. We have earned the #1 in-home secure storage market share position in USA and Canada. We market our safes under Sports Afield, Remington, Sanctuary, Primos, private label, and house brands. Our customers include several major mass volume retailers, warehouse clubs, home centers, sporting goods retailers, buying groups, independent retailers, and online retailers. Visit our website at www.saproducts.com to learn more.

We are dedicated to continuing our explosive growth beyond the in-home secure storage category to include golf equipment under the Spalding brand along with in-house and mass volume retail private brands.

Position Summary

Our growth plans require the absolute best, hands-on industrial design leader in the consumer products industry. This position is based in our Pittsburgh PA office and will report to our Senior Industrial Designer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Senior Industrial Designer and product development management team in the creation of multi-level design ideation, production ready art, 3D CAD models and renderings, physical models, sample review documentation along with supporting sales and marketing material for golf and in-home secure storage products. Products will be disruptive in both features and value and centered around high-volume key items that meet retail customer, end consumer and SACP unique needs and financial goals.
• Maintain open and collaborative communication between all aspects of the product development process as it relates to the company as a whole.
• Collaborate with sale team to achieve customer objectives and requirements driving revenue growth.
• Drive speed to market by connecting the dots between competitive analysis, POS analysis, design trend, product innovation, retailer requirements, end consumer needs and SACP financial goals.
• Follow DevTrax internal development processes ensuring accurate documentation is upheld and key dates of deliverables are achieved.
• Be the material and process leader that will allow SACP to forge ahead as the leader in innovation, while ensuring development efficiency and disruptive product costs.
• Collaborate with back office and customer service teams to ensure new styles creation and training is seamless and comprehensive.
• Collaborate with best-in-class factory partners, built on mutual respect.
• Collaborate with engineering to drive innovation and ensure production readiness of design concepts and tech packs for both sampling and manufacturing ensuring best in class manufacturing methods are being used to maximize quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with QC and customer service to ensure product quality standards are upheld and design modifications are made based on consumer feedback.
• Collaborate with the Director of Marketing to ensure Visual Brand Language (VBL) for all brands is upheld along with providing support for all needed marking material and packaging ideation.
• Travel both domestically and abroad when needed to support sales team in customer visits.
• Travel to domestic and Asia manufacturing facilities when needed assist in concept development.
• Attend and set up key trade shows, showcasing our product offerings.
• Attend industry trade shows to ensure we are the leader in industry knowledge.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• An exceptional leader that has the burning desire to create the industrial design strategy that they have always wanted.
• Understands and practices 1 + 1 = 3
• Outstanding collaboration skills across the company and partners
• Always respectfully engages others
• Boundless creative energy and fun to be around
• Leads up – Leads across – Leads down - internally and externally
• Fact based, tenacious problem solver
• Fast paced dot connector
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent business acumen
• Embraces constant change
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to keep up with a fast-paced and demanding retail driven environment
• Ability to be flexible in design style and take creative feedback from team leaders and customers
• Quick responsiveness to opportunities and unforeseen hurdles.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. Willingness to travel internationally

Education & Experience

• Undergraduate or post graduate degree in industrial design
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product design, with an in-depth understanding of golf hardlines, in-home secure storage products or related products.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma methodologies
• Proficient in concept sketching, 2D Rendering, 3D modeling, 3D Rendering and on product Graphics
• Proficient with Illustrator, Photoshop, Solidworks
• Possess a working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Sketchbook Pro and Keyshot