Vice President Manufacturing Excellence-Towson, MD-United States-Hybrid

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

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®.

Stanley Black & Decker has embarked on a transformation of its global supply chain, and one of the main workstreams of this program is ‘Manufacturing Excellence.’ This workstream is responsible for the implementation of sustainable operational improvements that will translate into financial benefits for the company.

The Vice President of Manufacturing Excellence will play a pivotal role in our Operational Excellence (OpX) team, partnering with other OpX Capabilities teams to deploy operational improvements across our global manufacturing network and supply chain. Your contributions will directly impact our company's success and future growth.

The Job:

As a Vice President of Manufacturing Excellence, you’ll be part of our Operational Excellence team working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to:

• Lead the execution of multiple Fast Forward Site (12 weeks) deployments and targeted improvement interventions (4 weeks) at manufacturing sites to achieve value capture initiatives and performance improvement opportunities.

• Lead governance and management systems to ensure corporate targets are achieved, and transformational goals are attained and sustained.

• Identify and develop Manufacturing Excellence short and long-term strategies and execution plans to achieve assigned financial targets while considering site context and local execution.

• Ensure the Manufacturing Excellence team develops and maintains exceptional operational, consultative, and change management skills.

• Support the deployment of the Stanley Production System (SPS) across manufacturing sites.

• Help shape the agenda for Continuous Improvement and support implementation across the global manufacturing network and supply chain.

• Identifying and managing risk and dependencies associated with the portfolio of operational improvement projects underway.

• Management of budgets, resources, critical milestones, and actions to ensure success.

• Build a world-class Manufacturing Excellence team through the development of an operational excellence curriculum that includes both field-based and classroom-based training.

• Facilitate operational excellence training for manufacturing leadership to increase the capability of leaders in the global manufacturing network and supply chain.

• Identify and leverage high-impact operational best practices, including internal and external benchmarks.

• Lead codification of any newly developed approaches, methodologies, and results.

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 15 years of manufacturing experience

• Master or MBA preferred.

• Manufacturing experience to include line responsibility and experience with the main manufacturing functions: production, maintenance, quality, production engineering, internal logistics, and launch (NPI)

• Prior operational consulting experience preferred.

• Deep experience in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement methodologies

• Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement certification.

• Proficiency with financial statements, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement

• Ability to travel up to 60-75% of the time, global and domestic; travel may vary based on business needs.

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 Lean Academy and online university.

• 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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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.

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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For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843.

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