Sr. Director, Design to Value (DTV)

Job Description

The purpose of Design-to-Value (DtV) is to shape revenue growth and margin expansion opportunities through a multi-lens view of consumer, competitive, cost and design insights. The DtV Leader will provide overall strategic guidance and management of the end-to-end DtV efforts across Fortune Brands Innovation. This role will build relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure a strategic, holistic and sustainable approach to DtV. Additionally, the leader is responsible for implementing the process, establishing & prioritizing the pipeline, while leading a dedicated team of resources that identify opportunities, develop concepts and provide actionable business recommendations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience, with in-depth business acumen and experience/exposure to Brand, Product Management, R&D Engineering, Consumer Research and Operations (Mfg, Purchasing, Supply Chain), ideally with experience in consumer goods industries
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or other relevant degree required, MBA or advance degree preferred
• Experience leading the DtV competency in an organization that defines new growth and/or strategic cost reduction opportunities
• Proven track record of leading large strategic initiatives that produce actionable business recommendations; owning and managing multi-year $100M+ impact targets
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to balance working across a large, matrixed organization
• Ability to draw strong correlations and manage the tradeoffs from various research techniques (market trends, consumer insights, product platforming, etc).
• Strong influencing skills to create cross functional alignment, create buy-in, and drive tough value-cost tradeoff decisions
• Emphasis on people leadership and mentoring teams through important change in the org
• Change agent with a proven track record of establishing and sustaining corporate wide processes and organizational change management

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide overall direction and strategic guidance for the end-to-end DtV effort and team, in alignment with brand positioning and business strategy
• Establish wave roadmaps and assume accountability for DtV targets and timelines
• Communicate DtV priorities, process, and progress across the organization through regular cadence of updates and dashboards
• Build relationships to ensure DtV process is executed in a holistic, thorough, and timely manner
• Build trust and credibility for DtV by ensuring transparency, partnership with Business unit, Brand and Operations leadership
• Directly lead a dedicated team that executes the overall DtV effort and delivers on targets defined by the business
• Provide leadership and direction to a large indirect team on DtV process – spanning across functions such as Insights, Engineering, Brand, Category Management and Sourcing
• Drive value-cost tradeoffs by engaging the steering committee on recommendations and supporting fact base
• Lead capability building of DtV across enterprise

Additional Information

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

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: $160,000 USD - $264,000 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