Merchandising Manager

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

The Merchandising Manager manages merchandising initiatives and projects across the U.S. House of Rohl business. This role will deliver on defined scope, timeline, and budget while working with the internal and external cross-functional teams. This includes responsibility for planning and overseeing the deployment of Merchandising go-to-market strategies by supporting key product launches, strategic initiatives, identifying project scope, developing timelines, providing status reporting, leading risk mitigation and prioritizing the day-to-day tasks across several functions. The ideal candidate for this role will effectively and strategically manage these initiatives to drive customer engagement in the showroom environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as a shared resource for the internal Marketing Communications Team supporting product commercialization and initiatives 
• Deliver and plan the Merchandising portfolio of projects and expenditure annually
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop accurate and complete project specifications, and take each assignment through to completion
• Serve as the primary leader of all merchandising initiatives
• Proactively manage expectations regarding all production activity and logistical tasks including the communication of design requirements with vendors
• Manage and implement special projects as assigned to include process improvements, project management tools and software tracking, and in-house operations; lead continuously improvement efforts and gain efficiencies across the organization
• Support forecasting and collaborate with leaders across the organization; report spend variances to budgets/forecasts and merchandising operations leadership throughout the lifecycle of projects
• Ensure merchandising is delivered on time and on budget, while recommending efficient, time-saving project production flows
• Manage the workflow and work closely with logistics on all tactical/executional aspects of merchandising
• Manage analytics and reporting of weekly overview to identify impending due dates and new project requests
• Develop and track project plans from hypotheses, design and conduct analyses, and track progress
• Is responsible and accountable for accurate order management and planning

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Business Administration or a related field is required
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Marketing to include a minimum of 3 years of project management experience and/or experience leading cross-functional efforts involving multiple linkages across an organization
• Ideal candidate has experience working with external partners and  has worked with or alongside an in-house creative team and/or marketing communications team
• Must have strong interpersonal skills 
• Must have a strong understanding of merchandising, production processes and vendor management
• Proficiency in software applications such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Strong organization, communications, and coordination skills; must be very detail-oriented
• Demonstrated understanding of process management principles, including strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects from multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrates perseverance in pursuit of business, group and personal objectives
• Demonstrated ability to track, analyze and interpret business inputs and data

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

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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