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Industrial Design Manager, Trends & CMF

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United States , Deerfield

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Salary:

105000.00 - 165000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

As the Industrial Design Manager, Trends & CMF (Color, Finish & Materials), you will inspire and partner with a world-class industrial design team that shapes thoughtful, meaningful product experiences across the brand. This role focuses on inspiring a creative team, supporting effective execution, and evolving the practice of Trends forecasting and execution to inform both future and short term growth.

Job Responsibility:

  • Inspire and inform worldclass industrial design team
  • Foster a culture infused with creativity
  • Lead the Trend Strategy and Color, Finish, Materials application to our portfolio of brands
  • Spot emergent design trends and work cross functionally to size cultural themes
  • Contextualize macro trends and scale relevant to FBIN products
  • Define inspiration and any relevant guardrails
  • Inspire design strategy balancing short term initiavies with future forward strategies and execution across kitchen, bath showering environments and accessories
  • Deliver elevated product and experience design that advances brand relevance and business growth
  • Spot blindspots in Trend strategies and define solutions to address
  • Develop design documentation to support new products
  • Defines, documents and developes technically feasible, elevated CMF across ID projects
  • Manages CMF database and CMF finish library
  • Work It Together with the Industrial Design Team to align on emerging initiatives and concept development
  • Directly lead key initiatives, managing internal and external resources to deliver compelling solutions
  • Establish and evolve best-in-class trend forecasting processes, methods, and tools
  • Advance adoption of Trend and Color Finish, Materials methodologies User-Centered Design, and Design Thinking
  • Translate Annual Design Trend Strategy macro level insights to design application
  • Embrace and implement new technologies including AI-augmented design tools and emerging platforms
  • Lead by example in technical tools including Adobe Creative Cloud, Keyshot, VizCom and VR environments
  • Encourage skillsets that blend technical craft with empathy, creativity, and strategic collaboration

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in CMF, Industrial Design or a related field
  • 10+ years of experience in industrial design, with a strong portfolio of consumer or interior goods
  • Solid knowledge of global design trends in architecture and interior design with proven ability to translate and communicate actionable recommendations
  • Ability to take macros trends and translate to product solutions that enhance the overall emotional conection with the user
  • Confident speaking to and presenting trend strategies to internal cross functional teams and external media
  • Experience taking physical products from concept to launch preferably including connected or digitally enabled products
  • Proficient in design tools like Keyshot, Adobe Creative Cloud, and familiar with VR/AR or AI-enhanced design tools

Nice to have:

  • 5+ years leading and mentoring design teams
  • Experience working for fashion, interior, architecture, home or connected products
  • Experience in plastics, metal manufacturing and finishing
  • Knowledge of design systems, visual brand language, and working across multiple brands
What we offer:
  • robust health plans
  • a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
  • product discounts
  • flexible time off benefits
  • adoption benefits
  • numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 18, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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