Director, Manufacturing Strategy PMO

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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Job Description

In this role, the Director, Manufacturing Strategy Project Management will be responsible for alignment, execution, and benefit realization of cross-functional projects that are necessary to deliver the Manufacturing Operations Strategy and meet our financial goals. This role will play a pivotal role in ensuring the portfolio of projects are prioritized, staffed, and aligned across operations so that our teams are efficiently used to achieve our Business Outcomes.

Position location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield, IL. Effective mid-2025, Fortune Brands will transition to a new world-class campus in Deerfield, bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices, brands, and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration, along with amenities for dining, onsite daycare, fitness and recreation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team tasked with managing cross-functional project teams to accelerate optimization of end-to-end business impact across all brands, regions, and functions in FBIN Operations & Supply Chain organization.
• Execute a portfolio of strategic footprint transformation initiatives (plant/line transitions, buy-to-make, process and equipment changes) while collaborating on NPI’s as needed.
• Develop and execute a strategic plan to mitigate costs as the landscape of tariffs evolve over time.
• Work with/lead groups to ensure project financials and scoping information is properly analyzed and documented prior to project signoff/kickoff.
• Manage the portfolio prioritization of opportunities across operations with leadership.
• Maintain and create standard work, processes, reports, & tools needed for best-in-class projects management for operations.
• Be the Operations point of contact for the business on new opportunities to drive the business forward.
• Align Commercial-Development strategies & projects with operations capabilities.
• Provide fast triage and support to understand and resolve critical issues.
• Help identify opportunities for continuous improvement, automation, and MES resources through interactions with groups and pull in those specific teams for support.
• Facilitate continuous improvement activity by mapping processes, identifying waste, and acting in areas where opportunity exists to better satisfy customers across the enterprise.
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a leadership role leading complex strategic initiatives across manufacturing & operations.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in operations roles of increasing responsibility.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading cross functional project teams through the project life cycle.
• Excellent project management skills with a drive for results and ability to manage complexity & ambiguity.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic initiatives in data and systems, collaborate across all levels of the organization, and build relationships with internal teams.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline is required.
• Project Management certification is preferred, but not required.
• Lean certification is preferred, but not required.
  
  

Additional Information

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $124,000 USD - $190,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts, we invite you to voluntarily share your gender, ethnicity, and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.

Reasonable Accommodations

FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at fbinleave.fbhs@fbin.com and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.