Senior Manager, Global Sourcing NPD

About the role

The Senior Manager, Global Sourcing – New Product Development (NPD) provides strategic, portfolio level leadership for sourcing and supplier development activities supporting new product programs across all business units within Fortune Brands (Water, Security, Outdoors).

Responsibilities

• Own the Global Sourcing NPD portfolio across assigned business units, ensuring alignment with business strategy, category strategies, and innovation roadmaps.
• Guide prioritization and resource allocation across multiple NPD programs, balancing risk, cost, capacity, and time to market.
• Provide executive level visibility into sourcing readiness, risks, and performance for all major NPD initiatives.
• NPD Stage Gate Governance
• Ensure sourcing deliverables are consistently defined, understood, and completed for each stage gate milestone.
• Establish and enforce standard expectations for sourcing participation in phase gate reviews, including supplier selection, cost models, tooling readiness, and launch capacity.
• Proactively identify and escalate sourcing or supplier risks that may impact quality, cost, or schedule.
• People Leadership & Talent Development
• Directly manage and develop Global Sourcing NPD Project Managers, including coaching on cross functional leadership, negotiation, and complex problem solving.
• Set performance expectations, conduct reviews, and build sourcing program management capability across the team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Supplier Strategy & Early Engagement
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing Category Leaders to align NPD programs with long term supplier strategies.
• Ensure strong Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) across all NPD programs, including DFM/DFA reviews, technical collaboration, and capacity planning.
• Provide senior level leadership in supplier negotiations, conflict resolution, and escalation management.
• Cross Functional Integration
• Serve as the senior sourcing interface to Engineering, Product Management, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations leadership during NPD.
• Lead and support cross functional teams in developing solutions to complex business, technical, and supply base challenges.
• Ensure smooth transition from NPD execution into sustaining production and category ownership.
• Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
• Lead the development and improvement of global NPD sourcing processes, tools, and standards to improve execution speed, consistency, and results.
• Drive lessons learned and best practice sharing across business units and programs.
• Support digital enablement and data integration with ERP and PLM systems (SAP, Oracle).

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or NPD program leadership.
• Proven experience leading sourcing activities within a stage gate NPD environment.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience managing and developing professionals.
• Strong background in manufacturing sourcing and supplier development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting global manufacturing and supply bases.
• Experience leading sourcing transformation or process improvement initiatives.
• Strong working knowledge of major ERP systems (SAP or Oracle preferred).
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification a plus.