Global Sourcing NPD Project Manager

Emtek - Maumee, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Maumee, OH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Global Sourcing NPD Project Manager at Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is responsible for leading the strategic sourcing function for new product development (NPD) across various business units, including Water, Security, and Outdoors. This role involves managing the sourcing process, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that NPD milestones are met while maintaining quality, cost, and schedule targets. The position requires engagement with suppliers and the execution of supplier assessments, part qualification, and approval processes to support the successful launch of new products.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate completing supply chain product development stage gate deliverables and keep project team updated with supply chain statuses.
• Ensure NPD milestones and requirements are understood, monitored, and completed for quality, cost and schedule targets.
• Ensure design compatibility with supplier capabilities and approval including design reviews and supplier assessment work.
• Negotiate with internal and external suppliers, solve problems, develop win-win resolutions, and develop positive relations.
• Lead and support cross-functional teams in developing solutions to complex business and technical problems and issues related to or impacting the supply base.
• Proactively engage with strategic suppliers in Early Supplier Involvement initiatives and coordinate cross functional team activities related to specification development, technical and design for manufacturability reviews, part validation, and delivered part quality.
• Support project team in executing supplier assessments, part qualification & approval process.
• Support project team in defining the supply chain capital tooling requirements.
• Support project / material control team in defining inventory model on purchased parts.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of work-related experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience working in a cross functional supply/new product development team environment (or related field)
• Manufacturing sourcing experience required.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Material Management, Engineering or Technology
• Experience in stage-gate project management, preferably in a global manufacturing company
• NPD project management experience preferred.
• Experience working in a major ERP environment. SAP or Oracle preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Adoption assistance
• 401(k) matching