Associate Product Manager

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

The Associate Product Manager will be responsible for being a product expert and developing a comprehensive understanding of consumer and customer needs. The Associate Product Manger will be responsible for the full product lifecycle and will work to develop, manage and maintain our product portfolio. The Associate Product Manager will work to continuously improve products and new product development.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical input to situational analysis for assigned product portfolio as part of the annual strategic planning process.
• Develop and execute on 3-year product plan conducting ongoing analysis to align timing and resources.
• With approval from the Group Product Manager, provide pricing for assigned product portfolio driving revenue and margin contribution to achieve P&L objectives.
• Lead cross-functional product development teams and provide marketing leadership at tollgates
• Partner with Innovation on the definition and scoping of projects. Ensure alignment with brand and SBU objectives.
• Develop and conduct research with key customer base to gain market insight on design, functionality, and configuration.
• Partner with Global Brand Marketing to ensure alignment of product with brand plan
• Create and maintain market landscapes that inform the product roadmap of gaps and opportunities with pricing, technology, functionality, and offering.
• Partner with cross-functional product development teams (project management, engineering, supply chain, sourcing, and sales) on product plan execution.
• Partner with channel marketing to establish Go to Market strategies and plans to achieve P&L objectives.
• Partner with Marketing Services/Digital to develop 2D, 3D and digital product collateral.
• Provide direction on value proposition, price, margin and supply for new product development
• Develop and deliver product training content to customer service, sales team, and customers
• Provide price book, spec sheet, website, and e-commerce support to ensure accuracy of messaging, pricing, and images.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business or a related field is required
• Minimum of 3 years of product management experience is required. Prior consumer/durable goods experience is preferred
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to arrive at insights from analytical data, is essential for market and competitive evaluation, pricing and line management
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player with skills to lead/participate in cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated verbal, written and presentation skills
• Advanced computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SAP)
• Ability to travel approximately 15%, mainly to customer locations

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: $70,000 USD - $110,000 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:

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