Senior Design Engineer / Project Manager

Keith Xianrong Zheng

London, United Kingdom

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Born in Singapore, graduated from Central Saint Martins London with a First Class Honours in Product Design, currently working in the UK. Fluent in English & Mandarin. I have worked in a variety of product design agencies, brand strategy consultancies & in-house R&D department.

I have a great understanding of the design process and project management, from concept generation to design for manufacturing and with a regular visit to the far east vendors to oversee the projects.

Specialties: Product Design & Innovation, Project Management, User Research & Trend Study, liaison with supplier and Brand Strategy.
Education
- First Class Honours Product Design
  
  University of the Arts London
  
  2008 - 2010
- Diploma Industrial Design
  
  Nanyang Polytechnic
  
  2001 - 2004
Experience
- Senior Industrial Design Engineer / Project Manager
  
  Armour Home Electronics
  
  Woking, United Kingdom
  
  Apr 2016 - Present (10 years 3 months)
  
  • Manage the design, development and implementation of new product projects in line with company’s NPI process. Ensuring projects are conducted in order to establish a ‘best value’ return on investment whilst working within parameters.
  • Working alongside the engineering team and raise Critical Path Analysis (CPA) to ensure feasibility of the design. Assessing prototypes and working with cross-functional teams to solve problem.
  • Maintain professional working relationships through regular contact with all stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Attending focus groups to understand functionality and consumer needs, monitor competitors and trend research, attending inspiration trips and Trade Fairs.
- Industrial Design Engineer / Project Manager
  
  Armour Home Electronics
  
  Woking, United Kingdom
  
  Oct 2010 - Mar 2016 (5 years 5 months)
  
  • Engage in creative design and engineering development for new products development.
  • Manage & design projects for manufacturing (includes: technical drawings, QC documents, BOMs etc.).
  • Project management, actively manage all aspects of a project: scope, risks using FMEA, schedule, budget, quality, communication, with supplier/factory (China, Hong Kong & Taiwan), all on a daily basis.
  • Liaising with Brand Manger, Procurement, Marketing and QC department on new product launch.
- Designer (Freelance)
  
  Bethan Gray Studio
  
  Jun 2010 - Oct 2010 (4 months)
  
  Engage in creative furniture design work and trend studies.
- Product Designer
  
  Habitat
  
  Jan 2010 - Jun 2010 (5 months)
  
  Collaboration Project
  • Design a home office desk and mobile storage solution. (Range: BURO)
- Designer
  
  Procter & Gamble
  
  Jan 2009 - Mar 2009 (2 months)
  
  Collaboration Project
  • Close participation with Barrows (a trade environments design firm)
  • User experience studies and product placement studies (marketing and point of sale research)
- Design Manager
  
  Elzeno Design
  
  Jun 2006 - Jun 2008 (2 years)
  
  • Engaging with Brand and Marketing teams of client to ensure that all assets conform to brand guidelines. Ensure design standards are adhered to and maintained with regular monitoring of and quality control of its products/services.
  • Project management, actively manage all aspects of a project: scope, issues/risks, schedule, budget, quality, communication, team and client relationships, all on a daily basis.
- Designer
  
  Motorola Design Centre
  
  2002 - 2003 (1 year)
  
  Collaboration Project
  
  Product / Graphic Designer
  • 75th Anniversary Phone Graphic Design
  Product Designer
  • C330 Mobile Phone Casing (using metal IML technology) / Graphic Design
  Research & Development
  • Communication Device Trend Projection of future mobile phone usage & technology
- Design Research Assistant (Understudy Position)
  
  Philips Design (Singapore)
  
  2003 - 2003
  
  • Home Research Project 2004
- Junior Industrial Designer (Internship)
  
  GE/Fitch Singapore
  
  2003 - 2003
  
  • Product styling, working closely with mechanical engineers on manufacturing considerations
Awards

2011 Henkel Packaging Design Contest

• Emerged 2nd Prize (over 1,000 participants)

2010 New Designers 2010

2009 Platinum Guild International – Top 10 Finalist

2009 Proctor & Gamble – Top 10 Finalist: Point of Sales Display
Industries
- Commercial Equipment
- Consumer Electronics
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