Change Management 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.

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Fortune Brands Innovations is looking for a creative, driven, and agile change management professional who can help increase employee adoption of Supply Chain Digital Transformation strategy. As the Change Management Manager, you’ll focus on the people side of change – including changes to business processes, policies, programs, systems and technology, and organization structures. The primary responsibility will be creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance. You’ll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the Fortune Brands supply chain and work as part of a collaborative team, supporting you on your lifelong development journey. Join us!

Position location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield, IL (3 days in office). Effective mid-2025, Fortune Brands will transition to a new world-class campus in Deerfield, bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices, brands, and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration, along with amenities for dining, onsite daycare, fitness and recreation.

What you will be doing:

• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities for Supply Chain transformation.  Leverage the FBIN change management methodology, process, and tools to create a change strategy to support adoption of digital transformation changes or as required by other supply chain projects.
• Support communication efforts by working with communications team to identify key communication needs to support adoption of change and the delivery of communications. 
• Complete change impact analysis as needed per project.  Assess the change readiness, identify key stakeholders impacted and needs to adopt change.
• Develop and own change management plans in coordination with communication, and/or training plans.  Create actionable deliverables for each core stakeholder group.   
• Identify and prepare for risk mitigation related to change plans. 
• Consult and coach project teams on integrating change management activities within their project plans. 
• Define and measure success metrics and monitor the impact of change process. 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years leading and executing change management activities for a large organization.  Change management certification or designation desired. 
• Experience with and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Experience using Prosci change model, not required to be certified. 
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent active listening skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle
• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts.
• Able to work effectively at all levels of an organization.
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $90,000 USD - $143,000 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.

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.

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