This is a LIXIL position and a global role.
LIXIL was created in 2011 through the consolidation of five of Japan’s most successful housing and building companies. Since then we’ve acquired some of the most trusted global brands in our industry. Reporting to the Leader, LIXIL Global Design and Brand Identity, Executive Vice President, LIXIL is looking for a talented and creative Brand Identity Leader to help define the brand experience for its entire portfolio.
About the Role
LIXIL Corporation is looking for a talented and creative Brand Identity Leader to help define the global brand experience across the entire portfolio of brands.
Scope of the Role
- Define the brand experience for the entire portfolio of brands, which include market leaders in the premium sanitary industry such as GROHE, INAX, DXV and American Standard
- Working alongside the global design team and with global stakeholders, lead by doing and have a unique opportunity to construct a team around them and establish a successful Global Brand Identity group
- Work with the team and independently across all areas of the global business, including brand governance, guidelines and pyramids and most importantly brand purpose
- Be an ambassador of the three core LIXIL Behaviors “Do the Right Thing”, “Work with Respect” and “Experiment and Learn”
Key Accountabilities
This is a global role with a strategic mandate that also requires a hands-on approach when needed, which will involve extensive global travel, working closely with regional Design Leaders and Marketing Teams. Role accountabilities include but are not limited to:
- Brand Governance & Guidelines
- Brand Identity & Purpose
- Creative Direction: provide creative direction for packaging, trade shows, digital and communications
- Continuous Improvement: drive continual improvement and optimization of brand strategy guidelines
- Brand consistency
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
LIXIL Behaviors + Function / Position Specific
- Enjoy working within cross-disciplinary, dynamic & ever-evolving environments
- Helpful and full of initiative to support all teams in the Design Group
- Highly focused, high-energy individual with a sense of responsibility & ownership of everything they are involved with
- Capable of operating autonomously and highly adept leading a team
- Highly collaborative
Management Skills
- Excellent communicator and proven ability to build and maintain relationships with other disciplines and functions, supporting cross functional collaboration and interaction
- Ability to develop and deliver relevant internal material/training to the rest of the team
- Must be extremely organized, self sufficient, detail oriented and able to multi-task with multiple deadlines
- Experience growing and managing diverse, talented, global organizations
- Experience building trustful relationships within and across peer teams that foster deep engagement
Technical Skills
- Uncover brand and consumer insights to inform creative direction and help the businesses connect with people in meaningful ways
- Demonstrates a high level of creativity and innovation, with the ability to understand and translate complex challenges into elegant and smart solutions
- An ability to balance creative and intuitive thought processes with analytical and logical decision making
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Expertise Experience
- Proven track record of translating insights, identifying opportunities, building value propositions and defining innovation processes and strategies
- Ideally come from a process background with proven experience in durables
Interested?
Then we are looking forward to your application!*
GROHE AG
Mr. Tareq Naschar
Feldmühleplatz 15
40545 Düsseldorf
*To process your application, we will involve an external recruitment agency within the process. Your application will be consequently submitted to the external recruitment agency.
