Job Description

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more – more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What we need:

The Director of Design for Residential Soft Surfaces is a business leader who is responsible for overseeing design strategy and process. This role leads the design team that focuses on the creation of innovative color and design solutions. This role will touch all residential carpet products across Karastan, Godfrey Hirst, and Mohawk brands and all channels, including Retail, Home Centers, Builder, and Multi-Family. This role involves strategic planning, team management, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality design solutions that align with business goals and user needs.

What you'll do:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive design strategy aligned with business goals.
• Key leader for color and pattern innovation in development.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to integrate design into the broader organizational strategy and with management to implement best practices.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, marketing, and other departments to ensure alignment between design efforts and overall product and business goals.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of design projects.
• Ensure projects are on schedule, within scope, and meet the highest quality standards.
• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and design innovations.
• Integrate relevant design trends into the organization's design approach and operate as a thought leadership category expert internally and externally.
• Ensure the highest quality and consistency of design deliverables.
• Implement robust design review processes and quality assurance measures.
• Prepare and deliver regular reports on the performance and impact of the design function.
• Perform other duties as needed.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 10+ years’ relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 5+ years of management experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
• Technical knowledge of carpet products and flooring design software.
• Experience and expertise with color, must be able to pass a colorblind test.

What you're good at:

• Holistic, integrated understanding of organizational context.
• Solid understanding of people management strategies and how to develop team members into successful leaders.
• Begins leading through other leaders, instead of setting an operational approach.
• Able to lead and support their function while achieving impact and improvements across all functional areas.
• Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations while preserving relationships.
• Focused on and responsible for their team's productivity and collective impact.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, delegate, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite products.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.

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Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk’s vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don’t Work participant.