Director, IT - Manufacturing & Quality

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 is Hybrid in the Deerfield, IL Office.

The Business Technology Leader / Director - Manufacturing & Quality is a strategic IT partner responsible for transforming manufacturing processes using ERP applications and also digital transformation using Agentic AI, Industry 4.0, and Smart factory solutions across both discrete and process manufacturing operations globally across the organization.

The leader will work closely with business and IT stakeholders to reimagine production workflows, elevate product quality, and enhance operational resilience.

This role focuses on building next-generation manufacturing and quality capabilities and practices using cloud based ERP solutions, Industry 4.0 technologies, smart factory systems, and agentic AI.

Key Responsibilities :

Business & IT Collaboration :

• Collaborate with manufacturing and quality leadership team member and act as a trusted technology advisor.
• Own the business-IT relationship for global manufacturing and quality organizations.
• Own system enablement of end-to-end business processes in line with industry leading practices.
• Collaborate with IT and come up with pragmatic IT solutions to meet the strategic objectives and address operational challenges through strong cross-functional collaboration.

Digital Transformation & Innovation :

Change Management & Project Delivery :

Continuous Improvement and compliance :

Qualifications

Additional Information

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 : $140,000 USD - $220,000 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 :

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.

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