Supply Chain Project 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 Supply Chain Project Manager will serve as a key leader of End-to-End supply chain initiatives aimed at building a competitively advantaged supply chain across FBIN. The Supply Chain Project Manager will lead cross-functional, enterprise-wide initiatives to improve customer experience, costs, and inventory productivity, in addition, present project status updates to executive level leadership. This hands-on role will leverage end-to-end supply chain, advanced analytics, change management, and project management expertise.

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule at Deerfield, IL office.

RESPONSIBLIITIES:

• Lead cross-functional, enterprise-wide initiatives to improve customer experience, costs, and inventory productivity.
• Be accountable for delivering initiatives on time, on-budget, and with desired business outcomes.
• Build and execute change management and project management plans (including resource needs and risk management).
• Utilize the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology as the over-arching process by which initiatives will be managed.
• Employ analytics to quantify the value creation opportunity and as part of the solution set and controls as needed.
• Build the business case that will secure executive sponsorship, funding, and people resources.
• Create and present effective and insightful executive level project updates on a regular basis.
• Professionally challenge current and/or traditional ways of thinking and create new approaches that will improve business outcomes.
• Educate and influence key stakeholders on new approaches of analyzing and managing the end-to-end supply chain.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree is required. Master’s Degree is preferred.

• 5 + years of relevant supply chain experience in roles of increasing responsibility to include:
  • Experience in supply chain end-to-end processes including demand planning, supply planning, and/or logistics is required.
  • Experience leading cross-functional strategic initiatives following a formal project management methodology (including tools and techniques) and/or Six Sigma DMAIC discipline is required.
• Global experience as well as experience operating in an ERP environment (SAP preferred)
• Proven track record of delivering results.
• Supply Chain and Six Sigma expertise gained through training, certification, and/or industry associations is preferred (e.g., APICS CSCP, edX courses, Green Belt certification).
• Skillful in building valued partnerships with stakeholders, communicating and influencing effectively across all levels of an organization, leading change, collaborating and working cross-functionally, facilitating workshops, applying emotional intelligence, and employing analytics.
• Experience using ADKAR Change Management methodology and DDI certification are preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

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: $70,000 USD - $110,000 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 be