Lead Platform Manager

Responsibilities:Partner with engineering teams to develop system and subsystem designs that meet business growth requirements for cost, quality, and timing (e.g., valves, handle systems, locking mechanisms, etc.).Develop financial and platform metrics for each global platform that drives sound decision-making for Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) to maximize success in markets and with efficient operations.Partner with Engineering and Operations teams to develop optimal solutions for manufacturing, cost, quality, complexity, and timing using a deep understanding of platform subsystems and component interactions.Lead and define scope for subsystem improvement projects to enable more efficient product development.Partner with project team to ensure critical product specifications, subsystem interfaces, and user defined functions (UDF’s) are documented for use in new product development.Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, Industrial Design, Sourcing and suppliers to tie cross-business activities that affect assigned subsystems.Analyze subsystem usage across FBIN to identify improvement opportunities for cost, quality, timing, and complexity.Support cost, reliability and quality projects within FBIN that improve quality, customer perception, or supply chain issues.Interface with Design to Value (DtV) and Manufacturing Process Development teams to evaluate ideas and drive system level design solutions that optimize both cost and consumer value.Continuously improve the processes, skills, team, and tools necessary to achieve Company’s product leadership strategy.Govern the use of product specifications, subsystem interfaces, and UDF's for use in new product development.