Senior Product Line Manager

Master Lock; Deerfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in home products is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Performance and Compliance. This hybrid role focuses on driving margin and profitability for B2B products, working closely with architects, designers, and contractors. The candidate will influence product strategies, manage projects, and support marketing efforts while ensuring compliance with regional codes.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans

401(k) program with company contribution

Flexible time off benefits

Employee Resource Groups for inclusivity

Product discounts

Qualifications

• 5 years of product management experience in durable goods manufacturing.
• Ability to communicate effectively and present product strategies.
• Technical background to understand product development needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop product performance and certification strategies.
• Analyze product performance data and competitive portfolios.
• Manage new product development projects through the stage-gate process.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical understanding

Team player

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering

MBA in Marketing, Engineering, Business

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SAP

Job description

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

This role is designated as a hybrid role which includes working at least 3 days per week in office (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) to foster better collaboration, connection, and innovation. This role is responsible for a managing the portfolio of performance and compliance related products.

As aSenior Product Manager, Performance and Compliance, you will be empowered and expected to grow margin and profitability of your product lines within the Outdoors business focused on the B2B Primary Purchasers and influencers including Architect/Designer, General Contractors, and Builders enabling the BU to meet its overall financial objective. You will provide thought leadership and direction to ensure we have the right product certifications, with the necessary performance ratings, in the right channels, with the right pricing architecture. You will have a deep understanding of regional and national codes and compliance, and necessary performance required to increase market share and profitability throughout the product lifecycle.The ability to create and execute successful strategies, build narratives around those strategies, and influence multiple stakeholders internally and externally are necessary for success.

YOUR ROLE:

The bullet points below reflect roughly 80% of your job. We are a fast-paced company, you may be pulled in a variety of different directions with tasks added or changed.

• Champion the “Voice of the Customer” by developing a thorough understanding of our B2B Primary Purchasers and the performance and certification needs. Conduct competitive analysis and gain insight to certification gaps or advantages.
• In collaboration with the FBIN COE’s and functions, Create Product Performance and Certification Strategies that align to and enable the BU’s strategic plan. Articulate the strategy on what we should sell and innovate more or less of, and how we will position our performance products to different B2B channels on a regional and national level.
• Collaborate with internal teams and customers to gather requirements, prioritize certifications and performance needs, and translate them into technical specifications and properly scoped test plans.
• Analyze product performance data, user behavior, regional and national codes and compliance needs, and competitive portfolios to inform product decisions and identify areas for improvement.
• Develop and execute annual product plans in partnership with Outdoors Product Managersfocused on certification and performance needs to meet growth, market share, and profitability goals. Manage trade-offs and balance conflicting demands to execute required initiatives.
• Plan and manage new product development projects through the entirety of a stage-gate process.
• Educate the Organization on the various code requirements and performance certifications and our product solutions to enable market growth.
• Partner with Revenue Growth Management, sales, analytics and finance teams to understand channel dynamics & competitive positioning. Develop business cases to initiative new product develop projects or new certification testing that enables profitable growth.
• Influence and educate the business on how we go to market. Provide thought leadership and direction within and outside the organization for business, technical or competitive issues

• Effectively communicate and explain the rationale of product line strategies, positioning, channel needs, financial impact, priorities and customer requirements.
• Provide sales and product training support to drive revenue and profitability goals of our performance product lines. Attend industry-related trade shows, sales meetings, and maintain trade association contacts as needed. Maintain a deep understanding of pertinent industry standards, regional and national codes, and certifications required to best position our performance product lines.
• Collaborate with Brand, Channel Marketing, Digital, and Commercialization teams to support the development and maintenance of technical product documentation and provide internal and customer training on product usage. Develop self-service and simplified solutions enabling access to our portfolio of certifications and product ratings.
• Support Brand Marketing / Marketing Services with review of technical content and messages of all collateral materials and communications for performance product lines. Ensure the accuracy of product offering, descriptions, pricing, etc in all company communications.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in, Marketing, Business, Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of product management or engineering experience in durable goods manufacturing
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to arrive at insights from analytical data, is essential for market and competitive evaluation, pricing and line management
• Possess a strong technical background to understand the feasibility and technical needs of product development.
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player with skills to lead/participate in cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated effective verbal, written and presentation skills
• Advanced computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SAP)
• Ability to travel approximately 25%, mainly to customer locations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA in Marketing, Engineering, Business or related field
• Experience with Residential Building Codes and Certifications
• Fenestration (Window and Door) Industry Experience
• Prior consumer/durable goods experience

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:$130,000 - $150,000 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.

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 [e-mail] let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.