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The Company

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, STANLEY, CRAFTSMAN, BLACK+DECKER, and other strong brands.

The Role

The President & General Manager for DEWALT will drive the market leadership of our iconic $7B DEWALT brand portfolio. Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer of our Tools & Outdoor division, this critical leader will set strategic long-term direction, oversee product roadmaps and E2E product lifecycles, build the marketing plan, own the brand and category P&L and drive the innovation agenda for the DEWALT brand globally.

Key Responsibilities

Set The DEWALT Market Back Growth, Product, & Brand Strategy

• Work with staff to develop and execute a defined roadmap (i.e. product categories and verticals, product attributes, features, design requirements) required for each of the categories / segment to profitably grow market share.

• Activate and refine the brand purpose, target segment, and end user to support overall growth, margin objectives, and long-term profitability, owning the innovation and marketing agenda for the full product portfolio.

• Lead strategic insights & end user research to identify and prioritize key growth opportunities (across regions, product categories, and channels).

• Establish Category Management acumen to drive growth for SBD and our retailers, bring best practices from outside industries.

• Own innovation strategy & agenda for the full DEWALT product portfolio, ensuring user focus and NPD performance.

Own Platform Strategy, Marketing Execution, and Portfolio P&L

• Manage DEWALT P&L drive to growth/ profitability through the allocation of resources across NPD, Quality, Cost, and Productivity.

• Develop the platform strategy for each category across brand; build common, best in class capabilities / processes across product the enterprise (E.g., Pricing, Complexity Reduction, NPD Process).

• Implement digital marketing, content studio, and other marketing tactics to support brand and product strategy.

Collaborate With Leaders To Execute Product Strategy & Build Robust Team

• Leverage engineering resources, platforming technologies & outsourced partners to deliver NPD & margin optimization.

• Support supply chain optimization, manufacturability & NPD execution (on time, within cost) with global supply chain team.

• Support sales growth strategies with commercial teams through strong partnerships both internally and externally. Partner to deliver best in class service levels for our customers.

• Foster strong a learning culture that is focused on speed and agility to deliver growth objectives.

• Lead through teaching to drive change management.

Candidate Profile

General Management

• Extensive experience managing global P&Ls for large, distinct product portfolios, establishing strategic positioning, and brokering trade-offs; drives a multi-generational platform perspective. (Ideally over $3B global brand ownership experience and 3 or more years of experience in a GM capacity of this size).

• Demonstrates the ability to lead across different functional areas including sales, operations, product development, marketing, supply chain and corporate functions; possesses a “GM” and business ownership mindset.

Transformation & Innovation

• Experience elevating a diverse portfolio of brands and developing a product marketing agenda into a sustainable growth engine. A deep understanding of digital and traditional marketing channels, emerging trends, and customer insights.

• An innate understanding of technology and how to use it to provide competitive advantage that translates into building outstanding products; tapped into key tech capabilities of the kind that have made Stanley Black & Decker successful.

• Strong background in innovation strategy and experience successfully developing new products, including creating strategic roadmaps, and establishing cadence for product lifecycle management.

Market Knowledge

• Experience working in a complex, global, forward thinking, consumer engineered/hard goods or branded industrial products company of similar scale and complexity.

• Ability to blend business acumen, technical understanding, and industry knowledge to convert market opportunities into executable brand portfolio strategies; demonstrates a strong understanding of the competitive and customer landscape.

Stakeholder Management and Enterprise Impact

• Strong relationship builder with a collaborative approach; effective at building relationships across the ELT and all levels of the organization. Highly effective at working in a matrixed environment to influence and drive results.

Leadership Capabilities

• Leader of Leaders: Track record leading and developing senior level leaders and building strong succession pipeline.

• Develop Talent and Teams: A talent magnet who understands team dynamics and empowers, develops, recruits and retains a high performing leadership team. Actively and regularly deepens high quality talent bench using best in class standards and builds/strengthens organizational capability to sustain enterprise growth.

• Holds Self and Team Accountable: Translates strategy into clear execution plan with clear markers of success. Ensures a culture of accountability in the execution of the strategic priorities and drives a high level of ownership and operational excellence. Ability to balance risks with company’s needs and able to make the tough decisions when needed.

• Teamwork, Collaboration & Trust: A good listener with ego in check. Creates a culture of frequent, open two-way communication with people; fostering openness and trust with constructive feedback and coaching with a collaborative operating environment driven by trust and respect. Strong EQ, able to build influencing relationships across internal and external stakeholder. Appreciates and recognizes people’s performance.

• Ethics & Integrity: Demonstrates high level of ethics and integrity. Unquestionable ethics, driven to do the right thing exemplary and setting tone at the top.

• Performance Orientation: Has high expectations for performance and accountability for actions and results. Is a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mind set. Encourages people to innovate, create and be open to change. Empowering people and having a bias for action and an urgency to move forward.

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.

• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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