Job Description

Job Description
Lead Category Manager, Specialty MRO -- Remote

We Dont Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

This is the career youve been waiting for your whole life. 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, youll get the unique chance to impact some of the worlds 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
Were the Worlds largest tool company. Were industry visionaries. Were 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.

Who You Are
Youre a curious problem solver who has the ability to bring big ideas to life. Youre creative and scrappy but can navigate a large organization with ease. Youre agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure we deliver top-notch customer experiences, always. You also have:

* A Bachelors degree in business or engineering
* 5 to 10 years of strategic sourcing with experience driving change within matrixed organizations
* 1 to 5+ years of experience in General distribution MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) category
* Proven experience developing, selling and implementing category strategies in a large matrixed organization
* Demonstrated ability to manage complex commercial and contractual negotiations
* Experience in advanced sourcing techniques and tools, and supplier management
* Proficiency in driving value through SKU rationalization and Value engineering techniques
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, particularly at the C-level, VP and Director levels
* Influencing without direct authority while being comfortable with conflict of opinions with a demonstrated track record of positive and constructive outcomes
* Must be able to travel 20% of the time.

What Youll Do
Reporting to the Director MRO, Facilities, Capex Procurement, the Lead Category Manager General MRO is an important role in the Global Indirect Supply Management team.
To be successful, this procurement expert will continue consolidation of our supply base and drive SKU rationalization. This role will interface with plant managers, site champions and finance controllers to drive SBDs North America category strategy for Specialty MRO in alignment with the Global MRO Category strategy of 5S (Simplify, Standardize, SRM and Source Internally and Spend data cleanse)
SBDs current North America manufacturing footprint involves 50+ locations across three business units
This role will also be responsible for overseeing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) value creation for these categories through a combination of productivity, quality, innovation, service excellence, risk management and margin resiliency.
Specifically, youll:

* Develop and implement the global MRO category strategies in the area of General MRO in North America
* Drive $1M+ in Year over Year productivity through SKU/OEM Brand rationalization and base consolidation
* Navigate multiple ERP and procurement systems to establish a spend baseline
* Consolidate a supply base with 100+ suppliers to a select pool of a few preferred vendors by collecting data, bundling purchases and driving consolidation through effective contract management
* Select suppliers and driving negotiations within the North America Region
* Drive creation of visual management dashboard within the North America Specialty MRO space
* Build sustainable business partnerships with internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers

Benefits & Perks
Youll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401k, 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 Youll Also Get

* Career Opportunity: Career paths arent 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 youll 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 thats how the best work gets done. Youll find we like to have fun here, too.
* Purpose-Driven Company: Youll 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.

Stanley Black & Decker is one of the world's largest, fastest growing and most dynamic companies. SBD, a Fortune 200 company is a world-leading provider of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems, with unique growth platforms and a track record of sustained profitable growth.

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EEO:
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, veterans status or any other protected characteristic.