Lead Global Application Owner

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

The Lead Global Application Analyst is responsible for ensuring that the advanced supply chain planning system configurations are accurate and meet business requirements to help create a competitively advantaged supply chain for Fortune Brands Innovations. Primary focus will be on Orchestr8 (O8) cloud software configuration, interfaced with various ERPs systems such as SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and EFACS. Responsibilities include partnering and collaborating effectively across all levels of Supply Chain globally to advance a center-led approach of governance and help achieve sustainable customer experience, cost and inventory productivity outcomes. Collectively, these activities will create value by capturing synergies, improving overall supply chain performance, and enabling business growth.

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule working in our Deerfield, IL office. Onsite days will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday with remote days being Monday and Friday. 

RESPONSIBLIITIES:

• Gatekeeper of overall O8 configuration integrity. Responsible for ensuring that O8 system configurations are accurate and meet business requirements. The scope of this role includes the O8 Supply Planning and Demand Planning modules across FBIN and relevant parameters in the host ERP system.
• Owner of master configuration document. Responsible for keeping the master configuration document updated.
• First contact point for power-users, planners, and buffer managers for system configuration related questions. Also partner with O8 and FBIN IT to seek guidance and solve problems. Manage Jira tickets with internal and software teams.
• Provide governance oversight and expertise to buffer managers and planners related to various configurations. Oversee diagnosis of major issues, enabling users to be more self-sufficient.
• Develop and validate analytics products to advance business processes in collaboration with supply chain planning, supply chain analytics, software developers and software implementation teams. May include manager reports, buffer quality reports, configuration reports, etc.
• Deep dive specific problems to analyze and identify solutions that impact service levels and inventory. Provide feedback to members of the organization impacted by the problem to brainstorm and communicate the solution.
• Identify and execute continuous improvement analyses and actions in O8 including performing simulations to refine the master configuration for optimal service, inventory levels and maximized efficiency.
• Responsible for convening the Change Review Board, comprised of key supply chain leaders, when needed to seek approval for key recommended changes to the configuration. Also document the change, expected benefits and decision.
• Provide key configuration decision support to DDP implementation project team for various business units in FBIN. Lead buffer calculations, forward plan validation and master data validation for new implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, IT or other related field is required. (Master's Degree is preferred) 
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility, including continuous improvement experience. Supply Chain Planning experience required.
• Experience utilizing an ERP system (SAP or Oracle preferred) is required. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with natural curiosity to investigate and validate data.
• Advanced MS Excel skills. 
• Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 10-15%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience utilizing Orchestr8 (O8), DDMRP or other advanced planning software preferred.
• Previous experience in inventory modeling, master data management, supply chain systems, DDMRP buffer management, Lean/pull replenishment planning.
• SQL and database skills preferred.
• Supply Chain expertise gained through training, certification, and/or industry associations (e.g., APICS CSCP, Gartner Membership, edX courses, Demand Driven Institute - DDPP, DDLP, etc).

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: $81,000 USD - $124,300 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.