Director, Advanced Engineering
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Job Description
The Director of Advanced Engineering is a member of the Product Development Strategy leadership team and is responsible for leading the technology development process managing the finishing and packaging COEs and providing advanced technical services for the FBIN organization. The role requires broad experience in product development and life cycle management as well as the capability to develop and execute strategic plans.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a multi-group organization consisting of advanced design packaging finishing material and analytical engineers. Responsibilities include performance and workload management career development and engagement on employee feedback.
- Lead Technology Development process and projects including managing technology roadmaps resource identification delivering projects and continuous process improvements.
- Deliver revenue margin and share growth by partnering with FBIN business units to execute top projects. This includes project prioritization deployment of resources and driving accountability to deliver projects on time / budget.
- Develop strategic vision and framework for various functions within the group that includes goals future state tools needed and resourcing.
- Build an FBIN-wide technical community around advanced problem solving analytics methods and tools. This includes driving organizational awareness and utilization of critical processes tools and methods such as FEA CFD TRIZ and internally developed design tools.
- Interface with key stakeholders of various FBIN functions and BUs to clearly define expected interactions and outcomes between groups.
- Create plans for interaction between the team and newly acquired companies to ensure appropriate adoption of standards methods best practices.
- Communicate technical information and project status to senior leadership.
- Connect subject matter experts across the organization to deliver robust solutions.
- Evolve and create processes that help utilize and streamline resources and capabilities.
- Conduct organization assessments of future needs and gaps in skillsets and tools.
Qualifications :
- 10 years managing engineering teams in design-for-manufacturing environments global experience preferred.
- Bachelors degree in engineering or related technical field Masters degree and/or MBA preferred.
- Experience in the full spectrum of product development (definition development launch and life cycle management).
- Experience in defining implementing and managing technical development processes.
- Proven ability to manage an engineering team with the entire corporation in mind (incorporating finance manufacturing sourcing product management etc).
- Proven ability to make data driven decisions.
- Proven ability to develop high performing teams.
- Desire to think creativity and innovate; comfortable with ambiguity.
- Ability to work cross functionally at varying organizational levels.
- Proven ability to communicate (verbal and written) at a Senior Leadership level.
- Brings a positive problem solving collaborative approach to work everyday.
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: $140000 USD - $220000 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.
Reasonable Accommodations:
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.
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