General Manager/Head - Design - Textile/Home Furnishing

Design Head / General Manager - Design

Reporting to: Managing Director

Location: Mumbai

About the Role:

Leading lifestyle and interior/home furnishing firm is looking to appoint a seasoned Design Head to lead the company's design vision, product development, and innovation agenda.

This is a high-impact leadership role reporting directly to the Managing Director, with responsibility for driving design strategy across home textiles, furnishings, and lifestyle accessories.

The organization is seeking a creative and commercially-minded leader who can blend design excellence with market insights to build differentiated product collections for both domestic and international markets.

The mandate is to bring fresh thinking, elevate design capabilities, and create future-ready product portfolios that strengthen the company's leadership in the home and lifestyle space.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the overall design strategy and creative direction for the business.

- Drive end-to-end product development across home textiles, furnishings, carpets, rugs, and lifestyle accessories.

- Translate consumer trends, buyer insights, colour forecasts, and market intelligence into commercially successful collections.

- Collaborate closely with merchandising, sourcing, production, and business teams to ensure seamless product execution.

- Build and mentor a high-performing design team of approximately 8 members.

- Introduce innovative concepts, materials, techniques, colours, prints, and product narratives aligned with global design trends.

- Strengthen the organization's design-led growth agenda and identify future opportunities in both domestic retail and export markets.

- Work extensively with international buyers and customers to understand evolving design requirements and market preferences.

- Maintain a strong balance between creativity, technical feasibility, manufacturing capability, and commercial viability.

Functional Expertise:

- Product Development

- Design Conceptualization

- Colour and Print Development

- Material Innovation

- Trend Forecasting

- Buyer Engagement

- Design-to-Manufacturing Processes

- Technical Understanding of Product Construction