Company Description
About Us
Fortune Brands began its journey as a publicly traded company (NYSE: FBHS or “Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.”) in 2011, as a successful spin-off from Fortune Brands, Inc. Since then, we have grown organically and through acquisitions and have delivered strong financial performance. We have also proven our resilience and execution excellence. We outperformed and expanded in our categories through the housing market recovery, and executed our strategies through global disruptions, while refining our portfolio for the future.
On December 14, 2022, we completed the separation of our Cabinets business, enabling us to pursue our unique and exciting path for accelerating growth and productivity.
Today, we are a new company: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: FBIN). We are focused on driving our brand, innovation and channel leadership, and winning in supercharged categories.
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.
Why work with us?
You will gain the flexibility to balance your life at every stage with Total Rewards that support your physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We also support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be authentic, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength
In Fortune Brands Innovation, Inc. We are seeking a results-driven and collaborative NPD Engineering Manager to lead cross-functional engineering efforts across multiple product categories. You will be accountable for the successful execution of engineering activities during all phases of the new product development lifecycle—from concept to production readiness. This role requires strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to create and manage high-performing, globally integrated teams.
Job Description
- Accountable and responsible for New Product Development (NPD) Engineering activities (concept creation, engineering analysis, prototyping, CAD design, etc.) for all components/assemblies across multiple products/categories including: faucets, tub/shower faucets, entry door systems and security products.
- Lead global coordination and assignment of technical project work, design reviews and DRBFM/DFM/DFA. Create detailed plans to accomplish goals and manage the integration of technical activities
- Standardize work to meet changing customer demands while facilitating efficient capture, sharing and reuse of knowledge.
- Develop departmental plans and set organizational priorities. Create a cohesive and flexible team to execute the NPD plans.
- Lead engineering to collaborate with other Product Development Organizations globally to specify functional requirements, designs, and tests for the FBIN portfolio
- Serve as a key member of and thought leader to the Product Development Engineering Leadership Team. Participate in the development and implementation of the Product Development Strategy to enable and drive growth, maximize efficiency and value, and execute with excellence. Develop and execute strategic objectives.
- Hire, develop, and manage a team of managers, technical managers, principal engineers, product engineers and designers in a state-of-the-art, team focused collaborative engineering organization. Flex team to meet department plans or priorities,including internal and external resources.
- Work openly, cooperatively and collaboratively with Operations, Platforms, and DtV teams to continually improve product efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and profitability.
- Evaluate design effectiveness, cost, reliability and safety. Create product and process evaluation methods (engineering analysis, testing, etc.) to meet product specifications.
- Collaborate with internal and external manufacturing and assembly partners to optimize designs for manufacturability and assembly, ensuring consistency of supply chain performance.
- Collaborate with Marketing and the Innovation team to understand and drive the Consumer Experience into the FBIN portfolio of brands. Understand consumer’s needs/wants/desires and the consumer journey; apply these insights into impactful product innovations, attributes, and features.
- Serve as a key technical and process leader, collaborating with the Product Development Process team for execution and continuous improvement of product development processes and systems.
- Lead the supplier technical interface for supplier-led new product development programs. Create supplier design expectations, design validation methodologies, documentation control, etc.
- Drive creativity, development and implementation of new product consumer-facing innovations through collaboration with Innovation team leaders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Engineering is required; an MBA (or other graduate degree) is preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience in the areas of Quality, Reliability and/or Product Development Engineering in a quality driven, durable goods environment plus experience in product testing, preferably with consumer products
- Strong management and leadership skills
- Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and commitment to world class engineering, manufacturing, quality and continuous improvement
- Working knowledge of test systems (electronic\electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic, etc.)
- Demonstrated success in driving improvement and leading change throughout an organization.
- Project Management experience in Quality and/or Product Project Management experience in Quality and/or Product Development Engineering Function
- A strong passion and vision for Quality and continuous improvement Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent with standard PC tools (i.e. word processor, spreadsheets, database, etc.).
- Bilingual
