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

As the Senior Director, Indirect Sourcing, you will play a key role in guiding and executing Fortune Brands Innovations' indirect sourcing strategy, ensuring the thoughtful and strategic procurement of goods and services across multiple brands ($800-900M spend).You will build and nurture a high-performing team, foster strong supplier relationships, and partner with key stakeholders to develop collaborative sourcing initiatives that drive shared success.

We value individuals who can Think Fast, identifying opportunities and making informed sourcing decisions, Work it Together, fostering meaningful connection and cooperation across teams and supplier networks, and Make the Hard Call, balancing cost, quality, and efficiency with a considerate and thoughtful approach.

This role is eligible for a hybrid schedule, reporting into the Deerfield, IL office Tuesday-Wednesday with the option to work remotely on Monday & Friday. 

What You Will Be Doing:

Lead and support sourcing strategies that create efficiency, foster trust, and drive long-term value.Develop and cultivate a collaborative sourcing structure, ensuring alignment with business priorities and enterprise goals.Create and guide an inclusive corporate indirect spend plan, optimizing cost while strengthening supplier partnerships.Consider and analyze market trends and industry insights, prioritizing initiatives that encourage long-term, sustainable success.Build strong, trusting relationships with suppliers, leading negotiations that emphasize cooperation, fairness, and shared goals.Provide guidance and mentorship on supplier negotiations and partnership development, ensuring sustainable, people-centered outcomes.Support and nurture a high-performing team, creating opportunities for growth and development while fostering a warm and inclusive work environment.Encourage collaboration in supplier selection and preferred vendor programs, ensuring informed and cooperative decision-making.Measure and track success, ensuring sourcing strategies align with compliance, risk management, and overall business goals.Develop and implement sourcing policies and best practices, promoting shared responsibility, accountability, and trust across teams.

Qualifications10+ years of sourcing leadership experience5+ years managing indirect procurement and strategic sourcing.Proven expertise in building strong supplier relationships, negotiating collaborative partnerships, and leading procurement initiatives.Demonstrated ability to connect market insights with sourcing strategies, ensuring sustainable and thoughtful solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

MBAExperience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP.Familiarity with Agile business methodologies.

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: $159,000 USD - $262,000 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.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts, we invite you to voluntarily share your gender, ethnicity, and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.

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 [email protected] 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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