Vice President Category Management

Vice President Category Management

Towson, MD, preferred

Come build something that matters.

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™. Sound like you? 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®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

The Vice President of Category Management/Strategy is responsible for achieving a competitive advantage, customer success, and margin growth and is accountable for converting insights into winning ideas with Customers. This role leads the development of team vision, strategies, and goals, which will drive the development of unique and credible insights that will enable successful execution of our business objectives across key Customers. The successful individual will design & communicate category strategies that align with the global brand strategy, ensuring delivery across all portfolios. The role communicates key market learnings from the customer back to our leaders to drive future strategy and platform work.

• Translation of brand strategy into category strategy & deliverables
• Cross-functional communication and leadership of the category strategy – across the category, product, brand, and commercial/sales teams.
• Understand the trends in the industry & competitors to identify opportunities
• Understand the commercial environment and retailer needs to deliver optimized launches
• Ownership of the overall category to deliver profitable growth
• Marketing budget allocation & management for category.
• Responsibility for the category P&L and business performance reporting (month/qtr.)
• Drive monthly review of business by summarizing data from other teams (financials, POS, UFR, ratings)
• Co-own internal report outs (i.e., PCM with product mgmt.)
• Conduct white space & low/negative margin analysis on the portfolio and support assortment strategy analysis.
• Recommend product changes and white space areas from performance/analysis
• Inform IBP process of strategy/portfolio changes; ensure changes are reflected
• Ensure demand planning is aligned with category growth plans; ops/finance teams are all aligned
• Coordinate cross-functional roadmap reviews; drive NPD prioritization as a brand-agnostic partner

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• BS in Business, Marketing, or a related field; MBA preferred
• At least 15+ years of experience in category management, product, brand, or a related field
• Proven ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment, demonstrating strategic thinking and an ability to drive initiatives forward.

• Strong analytical skills, with a record of accomplishment in using data to inform decisions and drive results. Adept at Storytelling with Data
• Demonstrated experience building and developing the process, tools, and technologies that support category management and insights.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels and contributing constructively to strategic discussions.
• Broad understanding of marketing strategies, customer development, supply chain implications, and financial literacy.
• Demonstrated capability to navigate complex organizational structures, translating strategic objectives into operational execution.
• Ability to approach the market with humility and curiosity to dig deep and anticipate issues/opportunities
• Delivering innovations that meet and exceed target end-user needs
• Re-establishing our unique market-leading brand portfolio & innovation that channels need to prioritize
• Being end-user and demand space-centric

The Details:

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.

And More:

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!  

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The base pay range for this position in Maryland is $138,500- $215,000 per year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Stanley Black and Decker’s internal or external careers site. 

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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