Location
Kolkatta | India
Job description
Duties & Responsibilities
Nestasia is looking for a senior designer for bags division to help expand Nestasia's product manufacturing and sourcing particularly in the bag segment. Nestasia currently works with over 120 manufacturing units and has a portfolio of 7500+ SKUs. The aim is to take this to 100,000+ SKUs.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Understand Nestasia's aesthetic and translate it into brand appropriate commercial product.
- Oversee seasonal conceptualization and creation of design concepts and styles for the Mainline Bags and Handbag division.
- Responsible for entire product design process including market research, mood board creation, designing, sketching, spacing and function.
- Oversee product from ideation to production and communicate any changes to the appropriate cross-functional partners.
- Actively participate in the conceptual development of innovative and directional product lines (i.e., selling ideas/concepts and convincing others to adopt a course of action)
- Partner with cross functional divisions to achieve consistency in product across categories.
- Use designing software to design and customize products as per requirement
- Manage vendors efficiently
- Identify cost reduction opportunities
- Maximize current sourcing channel
- Sourcing for soft furnishings product line (all kinds of bags)
Desired Candidate Profile
- 3 years of experience in working with Indian manufacturers
- A keen interest in decor, furnishings, and styling
- Proficiency in using Design software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel draw etc.) and MS-Excel
- Excellent communication (English & Hindi) and negotiation skills
- Should have good work ethics and calm attitude
- Candidate with B.Des preferred
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