Senior Director, Value Creation Strategy

Senior Director, Value Creation Strategy - Remote

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 approximately 43,500 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:  

As a Senior Director, Value Creation Strategy, you’ll be part of our Value Creation team working as a remote employee.    You’ll get to:  

Value Creation Strategy & Framework - Support

• Support the development of financial and operational goals to deliver business targets, including margin improvement, cash generation, and operating margin across the strategic horizon.
• Support development and implementation of a new value creation framework to support T&O business to help unlock margin improvements to re-invest in growth, capability and market share expansion.
• Support the design and development of three phase approach to drive business led, value creation model that provides strategic partnership to business teams, orchestrating efforts and optimizing for the collective good.
• Support the build of a breakage plan to address operational gaps, investment needs and assumption changes.
• Work with VP to align value creation initiatives with broader corporate goals and strategic priorities, ensuring every dollar of value created is reinvested to drive sustainable growth, capability building and market leadership.
• Work with VP to build and strengthen SBD business development capability by fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Support the development of a common value creation framework and methodology.
• Ensure cross sharing of best practices and industry benchmarks to relentlessly drive for continuous step change in margin, profit and cash competitiveness.

Identification and Assessment of Improvement Opportunities

• Assess and prioritize new improvement opportunities across the full P&L.
• Define data requirements, resources and timing to build business cases and assess feasibility.
• Define project scope and objectives.
• Build compelling cross functional business case for change.
• Identify risks and opportunities and assess feasibility accordingly.
• Accelerate ideation, approval and execution of known business cross functional initiatives for example DTV, CTS.
• Enable teams to succeed, uncover unseen opportunities and proactively solve problems to strengthen the operating model and overall business success.
• Create and build a tariff mitigation strategy and solutions to mitigate the impact of changes in US trade policy by identifying, assessing and developing next wave of initiatives to reduce tariff burden beyond end of 2026.

Execution of Priority Initiatives

• Lead and execute business cross functional initiatives including tariff mitigation from concept design to delivery as well as support both functional and cross functional initiatives led by the rest of the business.
• Execute project on time in cost as per approved business case.
• Develop and drive a standard global project methodology.

• Help to drive value creation initiatives to generate $750M or 550 bps in net productivity over the next 3 years of the strategic horizon to deliver AGM of 36.1 percent by end of 2028.

Governance and Operating Model

• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of a robust governance model for T&O business to drive value creation and business integration.
• Support the build of a robust governance model, project implementation and risk mitigation plans and budgets in conjunction with Regional teams.
• Support the design and development of global business rituals and routines to govern and drive overall business performance including value creation.
• Define cadence, agenda, inputs, outputs to drive efficiency and effectiveness of T&O operating model.
• Ensure regular, transparent reporting of progress, risks and outcomes to executive leadership and key stakeholders across the business as part of governance model.

Capability Building

• Develop strategic modelling, opportunity analysis and business case development capability within the Value Creation Office.
• Ensure cross sharing of best practices and industry benchmarks to relentlessly drive for continuous step change in margin, profit and cash competitiveness.
• Support the development of functional expertise within team.
• Support the build and strengthening of the SBD business development capability by fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Change/Thought Leadership – Demonstrated ability to identify the problem the organisation is trying to fix, construct and articulate a new vision, prepare the organization for change, build and execute a roadmap taking the organization from the current state to the new vision whilst managing stakeholders through the change.
• Results Driven – Creates a results-based organization by consistently pushing self and others, sets aggressive goals and has high standards. Actively seeks input from a diverse set of sources to make timely and well-informed decisions to deliver exceptional results.
• Dealing with Ambiguity - Adapts quickly to changing conditions and scenarios, able to embraces situations that are highly ambiguous making sound and timely decisions. Proven ability to simplify complex issues, analyse potential options, develop recommendations including business value and risks and then bring forward to key stakeholders for decision.
• Effective Communication – Demonstrated ability to connect and influence multiple levels of the organization both internally and externally through strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to challenge the status quo in a constructive way
• Business and Financial Acumen - In-depth understanding of SBD operating model, businesses and supply chains. Able to evaluate scenarios and implications of complex decisions and how to leverage key stakeholders to drive fast, efficient and effective business process and results.
• Building Diverse / Collaborative Teams - Fosters a “One Team, One Plan, One Set of P&L Results” mindset, building strong relationships across functions and geographies to deliver business targets
• Program / Project Management – Develop project plans, communicate scope, budgetary and/or resource changes and progress, and complete projects on time in budget. Proven ability to lead large programs in a matrixed environment

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:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or related business discipline.
• 15 years of related experience is required with a minimum of 10 years of proven experience across a number of supply chain, business and/or enterprise leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience in supply chain/business strategy and/or change project/program leadership roles in a multinational company and/or in an commercial/operations practice group in a strategic consulting company.
• International experience and a drive to work with diverse teams and cultures.

The Details:

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

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• 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 a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• 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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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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