Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Category Manager

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. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

Job Description

The Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Category Manager will lead Strategic Sourcing activities for a complex portfolio of goods & services, provide strategic thought leadership, lead Internal Relationship Management, and support Supplier Relationship Management activities within the MRO & Secondary Packaging categories. This category represents, conservatively, $70M of spend.

In this position you will work closely with business stakeholders across all of the Fortune Brand operating companies to understand business needs and develop/execute sourcing strategies to reduce total cost of ownership by leveraging world-class negotiation skills, tools, and processes. This position will develop strong cross-functional working relationships while executing value-driven projects and implementing best practices. The Category Manager will work closely with Operations and Finance across the organization.

This role is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, reporting into the Deerfield, IL office.

Responsibliities

• Partner with key stakeholders and senior leadership to understand strategic direction, business objectives, supply requirements, and priorities in order to develop and execute effective sourcing and demand management strategies
• Build and manage overall project pipeline through category expertise and stakeholder collaboration and buy-in
• Overall responsibility for developing, communicating, and implementing procurement strategies for spend categories
• Achieve stakeholders’ business objectives using best practice to effectively capture value (i.e. cost improvements, supplier consolidation, cost avoidance, process improvements, risk mitigation)
• Develop and maintain deep subject matter expertise and industry knowledge within the established portfolio set to provide insights that influence actionable outcomes, driving best practices through cross-functional engagement
• Negotiate supplier agreements with the appropriate commercial, legal, and risk considerations
• Drive the use of new and existing supply market data sources in conjunction with best practices to improve current and long-term performance
• Ensure stakeholders, team members, and suppliers are in compliance with all FBIN policies and procedures
  
  

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in Indirect Procurement
• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 5 years experience in sourcing MRO / industrial supplies, PPE, consumables, pallets, shrink/stretch wrap and more.
• Deep understanding of best-in-class procurement practices including extensive end-to-end experience in Sourcing process, Negotiations, Supplier Analysis, Industry Analysis, and RFx expertise
• Strong contract negotiations skillset, including the redlining and partnering with Legal
• Experience with Agile business methodology a plus
• Able to travel as required (up to 20%)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• A self-starter who can prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand business needs
• Exceptional strategy development, interpersonal, consultative, presentation, relationship building, leadership, organizational, written and verbal skills
• Strong project management and analytical skills that include the ability to work independently and lead teams on large cross-functional projects
• Ensures accountability; holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Demonstrate a strategic business mindset, organizational savvy, and balance multiple stakeholder interests simultaneously
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement
• Cultivates innovation; introduces new, creative ideas and ways of looking at problems while encouraging diverse thinking
• Strategic Mindset; prepares for the future and creates competitive and breakthrough strategies connected to the vision
• Ability to lead others in decision-making processes and influence others at all levels of the organization
• Knowledgeable or able to quickly learn and apply agile methodologies
• Empowers others to safely fail quickly, learn, and grow
  
  

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: $107,000 USD - $165,000 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

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