Robert Ruiz

+ Draft and creation of the Digital / IoT strategy focus on Smart Home + Pursue digital innovation among the rest of stakeholders and creation product pipeline + Execute the initiatives & Lab-Launches from 2019 - 2023 and a technical leader + Management of external subcontractors & strategic partners

+ Global technical responsible for IoT-Digital L&HC activities + Global innovation Manager for Packaging L&HC activities

+ Global Innovation manager for Henkel Home care and Laundry brands + Technical Lead on devices / Digital projects for Laundry and HomeCare brands + Establish collaborations with innovation agencies and universities + Develop new packaging concepts for our Home Care and Laundry brands

• Industrial Design and Product Development: Responsible of Industrial design and follow up of design and brand values across all technical stages, from engineers team to factory production team. Apply design and creativity knowledge on engineering stage to get innovative technical solutions. • Creativity and Innovation Management: Apply creative processes to boost creativity throughout all product development departments. Ensure a good matching between creativity muscle and brand values such as aesthetics, functionality … • Communication: Responsible of communication among all creative departments involved on product launching and other departments, such as sales, through meetings and briefing reports. • Time control: Follow up of milestones and deadlines in accordance with Management and Marketing team through project management techniques. Control risks and evaluation of all project issues to get a fast response in order to face unexpected problems.

• Industrial Design: Responsible of aesthetic concept, sketching, renderization, models and prototipes related all new products of the company mainly focus on Idapt I4 model • Product Development: Responsible of all technical steps from Design concept to Preproduction stage, include: 3d models, moldflow analisys and technical specifications. • Suppliers sourcing: Find new suppliers and assure design values in a final plastic pieces most of them in China

• Industrial Design: Responsible of aesthetic concept, sketching, renderization, models and prototipes related all projects of our customers • Innovation Management: Responsible of processes that boost creativity and innovation focus on plastic capabilities such as packaging, consumer electronics, lighting …. • Packaging Development: Responsible for all steps from Design concept to Preproduction stage, include: 3d models, moldflow analisys and technical specifications focus on injection, injection-blowing packaging, glass….. “ As an industrial design manager, I lead several industrial design projects for different kind of markets such as; Food packaging, Sport, Furniture, Lighting …we worked with multinational companies like Inditex, Nutrexpa, Laboratorios Faes, Tempe, Simon, BJC-Siemens, Legrand “.

• Industrial Design Assistant: Assist to Senior Designer on tasks such as 3d modelling, conceptualization and rendering "As a Junior assistant I had the opportunity to learn the roots of good design and also I had the chance to testing myself in big professional challenges for big enterprises like Marset, Roca, Tombow, ABR products, Astralpool, Resol "