Human Resource Generalist

Human Resource Generalist

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.

The HR Generalist will provide a full range of day-to-day and project HR support. This role also serves as a primary point of contact to a large Consumer Services organization within Fortune Brands Innovations, for general HR questions and tactical HR support. This role provides operational support in the areas of recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, communication, engagement and HR policies and procedures.

At FBIN, we value individuals who can Think Fast, applying insights with care to make thoughtful, timely decisions; Work It Together, creating a culture of trust and mutual respect across diverse teams; and Make the Hard Call, balancing courage and empathy to navigate complex challenges with clarity and compassion.

Position location : This position will work on a hybrid schedule at our Deerfield, IL campus Tuesdays - Thursdays and primarily remotely on Monday and Fridays.

Effective fall-2025, Fortune Brands will transition to a new world-class campus in Deerfield, bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices, brands, and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration, along with amenities for dining, onsite daycare, fitness and recreation.

What you'll be doing :

• Acts as a primary contact and support to Fortune Brands Innovations Consumer Services associates for HR questions and partners or escalates issues to corresponding HR Business Partner.
• Responsible for onboarding guidance and execution to ensure successful onboarding to Fortune Brands Innovations for all new hires.
• Supports the performance management process for Consumer Services and broadly across Fortune Brands Innovations.
• Drafts communications, announcements and finds creative ways to deploy important talent messages.
• Supports Consumer Services in policy creation and application, ensuring consistency and fairness in approach.
• Supports the HR Business Partner and HR Manager in day-to-day HR support which may include answering employee questions, partnering with people services and employee relations, conducting exit interviews, etc.
• Supports regular HR processes such as merit and bonus, quarterly discretionary equity process, employee engagement survey, etc.
• Supports processing employee changes in HR systems through partnering with various HR team members to execute in various HR systems.
• Supports team building sessions through Predictive Index facilitation, New Leader Assimilation support, team summits.
• Manages projects as part of the broader HR transformation including process mapping, gathering documents, data and information.
• Manages and participates in other HR and ad hoc projects.

Required qualifications : Bachelor's Degree required (degree in HR or relevant field preferred) and a minimum of 4 years working in a HR environment. HR Generalist experience required.

Preferred qualifications :

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range : $56,000 USD - $88,000 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 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 : FBN 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.

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