Director, IT - SAP ERP Applications

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 IT leader – SAP ERP Applications for Supply Chain Planning, Sourcing, and Manufacturing will lead the design, implementation, and support of SAP ERP applications and solutions focused on supply chain planning, sourcing, and manufacturing.

This individual will collaborate closely with business process experts to ensure SAP ERP applications solutions aligns with strategic business goals, enables end-to-end process transformation, and supports continuous innovation.

This role is accountable for overseeing the migration to SAP Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, with a strong focus on leveraging agentic AI to modernize and optimize supply chain operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

Define, execute, and own the SAP ERP roadmap in alignment with enterprise supply chain goals and in line with organization’s Supply Chain IT strategy.

Collaborate with business process experts, and lead implementation and continuous improvement initiatives of SAP ERP applications particularly in areas of supply chain planning, sourcing, and manufacturing.

Evaluate and deploy best-in-class technologies including emerging technologies like agentic AI to enable transformation of overall supply chain planning, sourcing and manufacturing capabilities, streamline business processes and productivity.

SAP ERP Ownership:

Design, implement, support, and own SAP ERP solutions for supply chain planning, manufacturing, and sourcing.

Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with industry leading practices.

Collaboration and solution delivery:

Collaborate with business process experts to understand operational pain points, gather requirements, and deliver SAP ERP technology solutions that meet the evolving needs of the business in area of business transformation as well as continuous improvements.

Serve as a trusted advisor to supply chain, sourcing, procurement, and manufacturing leaders and business process experts.

Technology Transformation & AI Enablement:

Drive the migration to SAP SaaS solutions to enhance agility and cost-effectiveness.

Leverage agentic AI technologies to improve forecast accuracy, demand planning, procurement automation, decision-making and others.

Team leadership & Vendor Management:

Lead and mentor the team of SAP experts including senior SAP ERP analysts, solution architects, and others.

Oversee vendor performance and contract negotiations for SAP ERP platforms, AI tools, and other relevant partners.

Governance & Delivery:

Lead cross-functional SAP project teams, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and effective change management.

Ensure system integrity, compliance, and high availability across global SAP landscapes.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; MBA or Master’s preferred.

10+ years of IT leadership experience with a focus on SAP ERP systems, especially in supply chain planning, procurement, and manufacturing.

Deep expertise and 10+ years of experience in successfully leading the implementation of SAP modules for supply chain planning, sourcing, and manufacturing (e.g., Materials Management, Production Planning, Quality Management, Sales and Distribution, and others in on-premises and cloud) and their integration with third-party supply chain tools.

Experience in leading 2+ complete life cycle implementation of SAP ERP solutions across large global businesses.

Experience in leading at least one complete life cycle implementation of migration to SAP ERP in cloud (SaaS).

5+ years of Experience in leading talented team of SAP experts in areas of Supply Chain planning, sourcing, and manufacturing.

Proven track record of process transformation, ERP migrations, and digital innovation.

Experience with AI/ML initiatives in supply chain planning or procurement is a strong plus.

Excellent communication, vendor management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Strong leadership, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Additional Information

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: $140,000 USD - $220,000 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:

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.

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