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.
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Job Description
The Sr. Category Manager / Product Manager is the champion for assigned product categories and plays a pivotal role in managing the portfolio as a business.
The ability to create and execute successful strategies, build narratives around those strategies, and influence multiple stakeholders internally and externally are necessary for success.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Engineering OR an MBA with at least 7 years experience in product management, marketing, or engineering, preferably in a manufacturing and / or consumer durables industry.
You will be a people person who loves building relationships with internal and external customers and be available to travel up to 15%.
Location : This position is designated hybrid reporting to our office in Oak Creek, WI, Deerfield, IL, or North Olmsted, OH at least 3 days per week (Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday).
We anticipate up to 15% travel.
What you'll be doing :
- Develop long-range strategic plans with annual updates for product, channel, process, and business opportunities. Focus needs to be on leveraging existing and creating new protected value
- Plan and manage new product development projects through the entirety of a stage-gate process. Develop new product development objectives, strategies, and timelines to maximize market share growth and profitability
- Drive category captain leadership with external customers by leveraging analytics and / or insights for our markets, end users, and channels.
Collaborate with sales, finance, and revenue growth management teams to execute product line reviews and assortment updates.
- Deliver on P&L targets for assigned product categories
- Manage the full lifecycle for the assigned portfolio from NPD through obsolescence and inventory disposition
- Leverage and drive market research and consumer understanding to identify new product opportunities, willingness to pay, positioning, purchase triggers, and decision-making.
Market research spans qualitative and quantitative from customer VOC to segmentation studies to concept testing and field trials.
- Plan product line pricing and pricing strategy to manage profitability in line with business objectives
- Collaborate with Brand, Channel Marketing, Digital, and Commercialization teams to support the development of sales assets, public relations campaigns, and advertising activities
- Train internal and external customers on products, marketing programs, and business developments. Communicate regularly with field sales associates including occasional travel to key accounts and end users.
- Respond to daily customer and field sales inquiries, requests, and concerns.
- Develop a library and database of relevant markets, competitors, and complimentary offerings to identify and assess potential acquisitions or market expansions
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications :
- 7+ years of in product management, marketing, or engineering, preferably in a manufacturing and / or consumer durables setting
- Practical knowledge and experience with the new product development process
- Ability to interpret and leverage insights from pro forma and other financial analysis tools
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills including ability to speak and present for groups of all sizes
- Well-versed in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Nice to Have :
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Engineering OR Master's Degree in Business Administration
- Experience driving eCommerce and omnichannel marketing
- Experience with connected products / IoT products
Additional Information
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.
Reasonable Accommodations
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