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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In this role, you be responsible for the day to day management of materials planning and buying to support both manufacturing’s needs and customer orders.  Managing and optimizing  inventory to maintain min/max levels to help the company achieve working capital goals.  Responsible for maintaining MRP/ERP system to support the program schedule. Develop and maintain all material planning, purchasing, and production scheduling activities, assess requirements and plans for business needs; ensures adequate flow of goods, services and information. Collaborates with internal customers to understand the needs of the business.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, reporting to the New London, NC location on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday with the option to work remotely on Monday & Friday. 

YOUR ROLE:

• Managing and maintaining proper stock levels based on forecasts and seasonality
• Ability to maintain clear and effective communication channels, both internally and externally
• Use MRP/ERP and other planning tools to ensure a continuous supply of needed materials to support our customers while maintaining targeted inventory levels
• Creating and managing bill of materials in an MRP system
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with vendors and distributors to ensure real time delivery information and work in progress
• Interact with multiple departments, at all levels of internal and external organizations,  to professionally  resolve problems in a fair and ethical manner
• Proactively update internal teams on all critical supply issues
• Analyze supply chain data and report out metrics
• Provide guidance as needed to other buyers

• 5+ years of Supply Chain Buying/Planning experience
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Thorough working knowledge of purchasing policies, processes and procedures.
• Extensive knowledge of production scheduling, bills of material and MRP
• Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of Oracle or similar ERP/MRP systems, MS Excel, MS Word and MS Outlook
•  APICS Certification

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $71,000 - $107,800 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.