Design Manager

PEOPLE. That’s the magic behind Brooks Corning, a Best in Class preferred Haworth dealer. We foster a collaborative, fun, and positive environment that allows our employees to thrive.

Our organization is made up of individuals driven to be the best in their field. We value humility, candor, a sense of humour and individuals whose drive for excellence results in a more rewarding work experience for all employees – individuals that enjoy being part of something bigger than themselves. We are currently adding a Design Manager to lead the Design Team reporting directly to the President.

This is a critical role within Brooks Corning. The successful candidate will be excellent team player, and strong leader with a high degree of skill and accuracy working in various software systems. Job Description Reporting directly to the President you will play a key role in leading the Bid and Design team at Brooks Corning including overseeing the specifications, accuracy, and working closely with the sales and operations team.

The Design Manager is passionate about leading transformation both within the bid and design team and throughout the organisation. As an individual, you take pride in running an efficient team, enjoy your role as a coach, mentor and culture leader developing your team members and others in the company. You are known for leading teams of highly engaged employees that take ownership and accountability for their work.

You see yourself as a business partner to the President and Owner/ CEO while leveraging your process to assist other departments with their strategic and operational initiatives. Make sure to keep in mind we are a small company with big ambitions – we need someone who is excited to roll up their sleeves. Primary Responsibilities · Lead, manage, prioritise and delegate the workload of the design team to ensure department KPI’s will be met; lead daily design meetings. · Mentor, coach and develop the skills and knowledge of the team. · Develops and maintains staffing plans in order to proactively manage workforce size and capability to meet growth and profitability objectives. · Attend and participate in strategic planning sessions and implement execution plans. · Leads design meetings and ensures that pre-mortems, post-mortems, and other ad-hoc meetings are conducted as required. · You will cultivate and reinforce appropriate team values, norms and behaviors within the team. · Ensure communication and alignment between design, sales, client services and the operations teams to provide an exceptional customer experience. · Responsible for recruiting, onboarding, training and development of the team. · Assist with the overall flow of design-related information between functional departments and champion process improvements. · Work collaboratively with Workplace Consultants and other staff to review and revise project specifications and drawings, ensuring accurate delivery of customer requirements. · Oversees operational KPIs and goals to ensure client and Brooks Corning’s needs are met. · Develop and track team goals in line with overall company goals. · Develop, document and support onboarding programs for new hires. · Protect the company against wasteful, inefficient, unsafe, and fraudulent practices. · Oversee bid and design standards and implement quality and accuracy checks for all aspects of the design and specification process. · Generate and revise design plans, technical drawings, and renderings. · Utilize AutoCAD and CET Designer (Canvas) software to complete project layouts, elevations, details, and specifications as required for proposals, customer approvals, order placement, and installation drawings. · Prepare base building drawings in AutoCAD for import into the product specification tool. · Identify project site dimension requirements and update base building drawings to reflect actual site dimensions. · Use Canvas specification tool to lay out Haworth and other vendors architectural wall and furniture products, including elevations, details and legends, generating drawing and product quotation for project review and approval. · Submit custom product and material pricing inquiries and implement into pricing and drawing specifications, ensuring Haworth response satisfies design intent and technical requirements of the project. · Employ product application strategies and expertise to suit design intent of prospective projects to ensure Haworth AI products are used in the most cost effective and accurate manner. · Update and maintain drawing standards and libraries to capture product design changes. · Various ad hoc projects and other duties as they arise. · Consistently champions Brooks Corning vision, values and mission to encourage team morale and collaboration at every level.

Personal Characteristics: · Visionary leader, excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills. (Outgoing and personable) · You lead and manage others; project manager, people manager, change manager. You multitask with ease, you are a strategic and analytical thinker with strong business acumen. · You are a mentor and coach. Ability to coach and mentor people, build teams, deliver results and facilitate change. · You are proactive and demonstrate initiative.

You make quick decisions that are right for the business while also able to build consensus with team members and peers across all functional business units. · You thrive in a constantly changing, fast-paced and deadline-driven environment, managing multiple tasks with ease. · You are disciplined, conscientious and wired to complete tasks, instinctively knowing how to balance a situation and get the job done in a timely manner. · You thrive on exceeding customer expectations. · Superior critical thinking skills. You can collect and evaluate data from different perspectives and determine the best path forward. · You possess a genuine interest in technology and are comfortable learning new software. · You understand profit and loss, and can contribute to innovative measures to improve profitability of the organisation. Qualifications · A University degree in Design/ Architecture or a related subject. · 5 plus years of design experience in progressively senior roles. · Lean process improvement experience a definite asset. · Design software skills such as AutoCAD, CETConfigura or similar.

Must have MSOffice including Excel skills. The Fine Print · This is an office-based role in Vancouver · Must be eligible to work in Canada · Salary: $70,000 – $90,000 per year depending on experience.