Company
Kathy Kuo Home is a luxury online home furnishings destination on a mission to help everyone #lovewhereyoulive. Kathy Kuo Home carries a highly curated collection of home furnishings while offering clients premium interior design services and easy-to-shop look books. Kathy Kuo Home believes that shopping for great design should be fun, easy, and inspiring, so it provides everything from design inspiration to flawless execution in one vertically integrated platform, allowing customers to create a space they will cherish for years to come.
Curated Collection and Ecommerce
Under the direction of celebrated designer Kathy Kuo, the company serves as the premier online boutique for luxury furniture, lighting, and home decor. The assortment is curated with a design-first approach that offers exclusive access to impeccably-crafted designer pieces from top manufacturers and artisans around the world.
Full Service Interior Design Studio
In addition to its aspirational collection, Kathy Kuo Home is also a full-service interior design studio with a robust menu of Design Services. Kathy Kuo Home’s roster of professional interior designers combine a high-touch, personalized approach with the latest in design technology to help customers with all of their design needs—from small updates and refreshes, to gut renovations and building entirely new homes.
Trade Business
Kathy Kuo Home is proud to offer a top-tier Trade business that provides the interior design and architecture communities with an inspiring selection of luxe homewares and furnishings at competitive trade prices. Additionally, Kathy Kuo Home provides its Trade customers with a dedicated concierge team to ensure a best-in-class customer service experience throughout the entire design process. Combining service, commerce, and technology, Kathy Kuo Home is the ultimate one-stop home and design destination.
Culture and Values
The Kathy Kuo Home team members are design-obsessed, entrepreneurial-minded, and empathy-oriented individuals that seek to create more impact and beauty in the world of interiors. As one of the fastest growing online companies in the home and garden space, it is a fantastic time to join Kathy Kuo Home’s fast-paced, nimble, and creative team.
Core Values
*We Employ Design Thinking #DesignWins | Design is how one approaches everything. Employing design thinking is employing first principles thinking. This applies not only to product or space design, but how we design our day, our work processes, and our organization
*We are Limitless Learners | We are curious by nature and aim to be 1?tter every day by learning 1 new thing a day.
*We Strive To Be Self-Aware | We are self-reflective and deeply curious about ourselves. We believe with a deep awareness of oneself, can one develop awareness for others.
*We Play the Long Game | We have an infinite horizon for growth and lean into business decisions that have a long-lasting impact on brand growth
Core Principles
*We have Deep Kindness and Respect for All | Our business model is supported by the relationships that we have with our customers, vendors, and shippers. We treat our team members, shippers, and vendors with the same spirit of kindness, willingness to collaborate, and respect for their needs.
*We Lead with Empathy | When faced with hard choices, we lean into empathy and compassion first as our primary decision drivers. We proactively reach out to celebrate each other’s success and buoy those that need us.
*We Require Feedback | Giving and receiving feedback promotes a culture of self-awareness, growth, and humility, the foundations of strong inter-department connection.
*We are Humble and Hungry | We operate with a startup mentality, scrappy and intentional with how we use our human and financial resources no matter what scale of business we are in.
*We Audit the Details – Design and Service | We deeply audit all details and have hyper-awareness of process, cause, and effect and how this relates to our design and service quality output.
*We Keep Calm / Grace Under Fire | We solve problems by being self-aware, open-minded, and accepting of different ideas and opinions and strive to be calm, reflective, and not defensive.
Kathy Kuo Home is seeking a Product Development Coordinator who will be accountable for overseeing and orchestrating the development and launch of new products or enhancements to existing ones within the company. The position entails close collaboration with cross-functional teams comprising product managers, engineers, designers, marketing professionals, and suppliers to ensure seamless execution of product development initiatives. The Product Development Coordinator will report directly to our VP Creative Director.
Responsibilities:
*Support all aspects of the product development, from ideation and concept development to production and launch, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.
*Previous experience in the field of home furnishings and decor, and the ability to work in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment, exceptional organizational skills and proficiency with excel/gsheets.
*Collaborate and coordinate with internal and external teams on product development, design, engineering, merchandising, marketing, and coordinate between departments to achieve goals.
*Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer insights to identify new product opportunities, trends, and customer needs.
*Create and maintain project documentation, including project plans, specifications, schedules, data sheets, and progress reports.
*Track project milestones, deliverables, inspiration, samples, and follow-up with vendors to ensure timely completion, of the quality expected, and within budget.
*Facilitate communication and information sharing among team members ensuring everyone is informed about project progress, changes, and challenges.
*Implement quality control processes to ensure products meet defined standards and customer expectations. Coordinate product testing and validation activities.
*Contribute to process improvement initiatives by identifying areas for optimization, implementing best practices, and sharing lessons learned across projects.
*Photoshoot Production: organize, schedule, coordinate pre and post-production. Work with the creative, ecom, and procurement teams to track and route samples, coordinate with homeowners, manage shot lists and file organization/management, coordinate assets for pre and post production with internal and external teams.
*CGI Production: coordinate/communicate between creative department, marketing, and outside vendors. Manage inspiration, track revisions, timelines, and assets/files.
**Previous experience in the field of home furnishings and decor, and the ability to work in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment, exceptional organizational skills and proficiency with excel/gsheets.
Qualifications:.
*Previous experience in product development, project management, or a related role is desired.
*Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously is advantageous.
*Strong understanding of product development processes, including concept ideation, design, prototyping, manufacturing, and launch.
*Familiarity with project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members, stakeholders, and suppliers.
*Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
*Proficiency in conducting market research, analyzing data, and employing problem-solving skills to acquire valuable insights that can be presented to management for approval
*Ability to interpret customer feedback and translate it into product requirements.
*Strong organizational and time management skills to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
*Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy in documentation, specifications, and project deliverables.
*Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities or project requirements.
*Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment, fostering positive relationships and driving consensus.
If this is you, we would like to hear from you!
Kindly reply to this post by including LINKS to your resume, your DISC assessment results, and a short (1-2 min) video recording introducing yourself personally and professionally!
If you have not taken the DISC personality assessment yet, please use this link. /disc-landing-form/
To make sure that you read this post until the end, please input your name, position you are applying for and the hashtag #lovewhereyoulive in the subject line.
Example: Jane Doe | Product Development Coordinator | #lovewhereyoulive
APPLY FOR THIS JOB:
Company: Philippine International Recruitment Agency
Name: Lala Calip Zamayla
Email: