Director, Product Configuration & Visualization

Company Description

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

Job Summary

The Director of Product Configuration & Visualization is responsible for the development and execution of strategies necessary to ensure timely and accurate product configuration change control and efficient production of product visualizations & instructional guides across Moen, Therma Tru, Master Lock, and other Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) companies.

The scope of work includes leadership of day-to-day operations and the continuous improvement of processes for product visuals & technical literature creation, maintaining engineering product data integrity, governing Enterprise Change Management (ECM), and ensuring that product changes are executed with speed and accuracy across both Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP) environments.

Responsibilities

• Owner of processes and process execution to assure the accurate creation and maintenance of product information; from CAD level component data, through PLM bills of material (BOM) and associated visual assets & technical documentation, and on into manufacturing ERP BOM structures, routings, manufacturing instructions, and material revisions.
• Governs the ECM process in support of multiple global partners including Product Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, and Firmware/Software), Platform Management, NPD Project Management, Product Compliance, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Product Marketing, and integrated external suppliers.
• Leads managers that are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the technical illustration process, and the continuous improvement of that process. The scope of work for their teams includes maintenance and change control of 3D CAD assemblies and their associated bills of materials that are the source content for all downstream product visual and informational assets. From these 3D CAD assemblies, their teams will create, update, and publish product installation guides, product specifications, illustrated part documentation, manufacturing assembly instructions, and consumable neutral data files
• Leads and coordinates workflow across the product configuration and visualization teams based in North America, Europe, and China to communicate priorities, quickly resolve issues, maintain high productivity, and assure adherence to quality requirements.
• Interfaces with Product Development, Engineering, Compliance, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Customer Service to assure all visual assets, instructional guides, and associated data is completed when needed, is accurate, up to date, and effectively communicates the intended information.
• Sets policies that ensure integrity of product master data throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Monitors and measures process performance metrics and develops strategies for further efficiency within the product configuration realm, ECM, and product visualization.  Annually evaluates infrastructure, capacity, and capability across FBIN to satisfy needs globally. Analyzes results with eye towards service, quality, and cost optimization, and makes recommendations for rebalancing capabilities and capacity across locations, and internal vs. external.
• Leads the development, improvement and implementation of product configuration management control, ECM, and product visualization system standards, procedures, and best-practice across FBIN.
• Attract, develop, and retain talent needed to successfully execute product configuration management control and the production of product visualizations & instructional guides in support of FBIN strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field is required; MBA preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience to include prior experience managing teams that work closely with 3D CAD assemblies, 2D/3D technical illustration software, technical wri