Product Launch Technician

Fortune Brands • Butler, IN

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About The Position

Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE: FBIN) is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company with a portfolio of trusted brands, including Moen, House of Rohl, Therma-Tru, Larson, Master Lock, Yale residential, and Sentry Safe. We are building a company that is determined to win, and we are clear about how: strong brands, great people, and disciplined execution. You'll join a team that puts customers first, keeps its commitments, and cuts through complexity to deliver meaningful results. If you're looking for an opportunity to make an impact and help shape what's next for our iconic brands, we'd love to meet you. Apply now. Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

Requirements

• Facilitate and administer the RPT process from request development through trial execution, results reporting, and closeout.
• Maintain, support, update, and continuously improve the RPT Excel template, including approver lists, workflows, formulas, VBA code, and related functionality.
• Lead the weekly RPT meeting, communicate trial status, coordinate open actions, and support timely cross-functional decisions.
• Assist requestors with creating complete and accurate RPTs, defining trial requirements, obtaining approvals, and preparing supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with Production, Scheduling, Quality, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Maintenance, and other support teams to schedule trials on the appropriate manufacturing lines.
• Support development of Design Validation Plans and Production Validation Plans (DVP/PVP), trial plans, data collection methods, and acceptance criteria with the responsible project team.
• Coordinate the procurement, receipt, identification, consolidation, sorting, staging, and delivery of materials required for NPD and Continuous Improvement trials.
• Manage the designated RPT material and inventory area to maintain organization, material visibility, and readiness for scheduled trials.
• Collect trial data, perform basic analysis, document observations, and assist with technical reports and project updates.
• Help identify and evaluate Continuous Improvement opportunities throughout the plant, with emphasis on safety, quality, process capability, throughput, cost, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist the NPD team with New Product Development and Continuous Improvement projects, including design reviews, trial preparation, production validation, launch support, and implementation activities.
• Participate in cross-functional improvement projects and lead assigned tasks or smaller workstreams within larger projects.
• Help identify process and quality gaps, support corrective actions, and improve standard work, SOPs, workflows, and other process documentation.
• Support process stabilization, standardization, optimization, and continuous improvement following trials and product launches.
• Track RPT-related spending and support budget and inventory management activities as assigned.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and administer the RPT process from request development through trial execution, results reporting, and closeout.
• Maintain, support, update, and continuously improve the RPT Excel template, including approver lists, workflows, formulas, VBA code, and related functionality.
• Lead the weekly RPT meeting, communicate trial status, coordinate open actions, and support timely cross-functional decisions.
• Assist requestors with creating complete and accurate RPTs, defining trial requirements, obtaining approvals, and preparing supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with Production, Scheduling, Quality, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Maintenance, and other support teams to schedule trials on the appropriate manufacturing lines.
• Support development of Design Validation Plans and Production Validation Plans (DVP/PVP), trial plans, data collection methods, and acceptance criteria with the responsible project team.
• Coordinate the procurement, receipt, identification, consolidation, sorting, staging, and delivery of materials required for NPD and Continuous Improvement trials.
• Manage the designated RPT material and inventory area to maintain organization, material visibility, and readiness for scheduled trials.
• Collect trial data, perform basic analysis, document observations, and assist with technical reports and project updates.
• Help identify and evaluate Continuous Improvement opportunities throughout the plant, with emphasis on safety, quality, process capability, throughput, cost, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist the NPD team with New Product Development and Continuous Improvement projects, including design reviews, trial preparation, production validation, launch support, and implementation activities.
• Participate in cross-functional improvement projects and lead assigned tasks or smaller workstreams within larger projects.
• Help identify process and quality gaps, support corrective actions, and improve standard work, SOPs, workflows, and other process documentation.
• Support process stabilization, standardization, optimization, and continuous improvement following trials and product launches.
• Track RPT-related spending and support budget and inventory management activities as assigned.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs.
• 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 for all associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed