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About the Role
The Manufacturing Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and culture of the 1NL manufacturing operations, overseeing a site of approximately 250 associates with direct responsibility for 125 associates. This role provides strategic and hands-on leadership to the production and training teams to ensure safety, quality, cost, and delivery goals are consistently achieved while fostering a positive, engaged, and high-performing workforce. This position plays a critical role in advancing operational excellence, developing strong frontline leadership, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Maintain full accountability for Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) performance.
- Ensure all associates are trained and compliant with safety, quality, and production procedures.
- Champion a proactive safety culture where risks are identified, mitigated, and prevented.
- Provide overall leadership and direction for production and training team.
- Lead, coach, and develop frontline leaders to strengthen leadership capability, accountability, and engagement across the site.
- Foster a culture that reflects company core values, promotes positive associate relations, and encourages open communication.
- Build and sustain strong, high-performing teams through effective talent development, performance management, and succession planning.
- Ensure production goals for safety, quality, cost, and delivery are consistently met or exceeded.
- Lead the execution of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize processes and reduce waste.
- Drive cost, quality, and safety improvements through data-driven decision-making and standardized performance metrics.
- Establish and maintain clear operational standards that are measured, monitored, and continuously improved.
- Develop and execute manufacturing strategies and operational plans aligned with business growth initiatives and corporate objectives.
- Play a key leadership role in new product introductions, ensuring readiness, execution excellence, and successful ramp-up.
- Partner cross-functionally with corporate teams to support long-term capacity, capability, and process improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations or related field preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated success leading managers and frontline leaders in a production setting.
- Proven ability to build, develop, and sustain high-performing teams.
- Strong track record of meeting production, safety, quality, and cost objectives.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and manufacturing-related computer systems.
- Experience leading multi-process manufacturing operations (e.g., PE, PVC, extrusion, or similar).
- Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement experience (Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar).
- Strong change management and communication skills.
Location
- New London, NC
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations or related field preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Hiring Pay Range: $150,000 USD - $190,000 USD
Benefits
- Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
- Robust health plans.
- Market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution.
- Product discounts.
- Flexible time off benefits.
- Adoption benefits.
- Numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging.
About the Company
- Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company.
- Focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets.
- Driving purpose to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens.
- Believes work and brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just business and shareholders, but for people and the planet.
- Advancing exciting innovations in all products and processes.
- Delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style.
- Workplace transformed into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.
- High-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions.
- Supports an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.
- Built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security.
- Makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability.
Equal Opportunity
- Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer.
- Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
- Fortune Brands is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
- Fortune Brands job postings are exclusively hosted on our website at fbin.com/careers via our SmartRecruiters platform.
- Fortune Brands will never request banking information or sensitive personal details until an offer of employment has been accepted and the onboarding process begins.