Fortune Brands Innovations · 10 hours ago
Senior Director Engineering
North Olmsted, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$150K/yr - $264K/yr
10+ years expFortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. They are seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead the Engineering Center of Excellence, ensuring alignment with business strategies and driving product engineering for growth and value.
Consumer GoodsSecurity
Responsibilities
Serve as a key member of FBINs Portfolio Management team to ensure that the portfolio aligns with the business strategies, provides the right balance between Growth & Value while optimizing efficiency in resource and dollar investments
Partner with the Market SBUs, Innovation and Operations team to supply technical inputs to Growth & Improve product plans, drive global product specifications and execution of product engineering for Growth & Value
Serve as a key member of FBIN’s Global Product Development Technical leadership team to improve consistency of global execution, increase resource flexibility, improve development velocity, drive efficiencies and maximize value creation
Lead Product Engineering, sustaining the Engineering Center of Excellence across FBIN for all brands and markets
Partner with Product Management, Innovation, and Platforms teams to develop, plan and execute the product strategies that achieve Growth and OI objectives and align with FBIN’s overall strategic portfolio requirements
Partner with Operations internal and external suppliers to ensure the critical manufacturing and assembly processes needed to successfully execute product strategies
Drive efficiency and speed to market by leveraging CAE and Simulation technologies for product optimization and validation. Lead the transition from physical testing to virtual validation via digital twins
Accountable for the design, development and continuous improvement of the product portfolio. Lead global coordination and assignment of technical project work, design reviews, DFMA, and attribute development for products
Accountable for the execution of the engineering teams and ensuring they meet aggressive timing, performance, cost and quality objectives. Establish and manage global engineering budgets
Responsible for monitoring and measuring the performance of the development teams against the defined objectives and provide regular cadence of updates to the FBIN leadership team
Responsible for attracting, developing and maintaining the engineering, technical and design talent needed to successfully execute the product development strategies
Responsible for leading major change management initiatives
Collaborate with Marketing and Innovation leaders to understand and drive the Consumer Experience into FBIN’s products. Understand consumer’s needs/wants/desires; apply these insights into impactful product attributes and features
Implement and drive execution of Technology Road Maps - driving cost and performance improvements across all products
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering required
A minimum of 10 years of experience in progressively responsible positions in design, development and testing of consumer durable products
A minimum of 5 years of experience in successfully leading multiple cross-functional teams
Broad knowledge of manufacturing techniques and processes
Working knowledge of FMEA, DTV, DFA, and DFM
A proven leader with well-developed business acumen
Team oriented, excellent verbal and written skills
Preferred
MBA preferred
Benefits
Robust health plans
A market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
Product discounts
Flexible time off benefits
Adoption benefits
Company
Fortune Brands Innovations
Fortune Brands Innovations is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$900M2022-03-28Post Ipo Debt· $900M
2011-10-04IPO
Leadership Team
Todd R. Teter
Senior Vice President and General Manager Global Plumbing Group House of Rohl
Recent News
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