Associate Product Manager - Black & Decker (U.S.) : Job Details

Associate Product Manager - Towson, Maryland

Hybrid (3 days a week in office - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

Come build your career.

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 worlds most beloved brands, including DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, CUB CADET, and HUSTLER.

The Job:

As the Associate Product Manager position you will be part of the Nail & Stapling team working as a hybrid employee. In this role you will support projects and initiatives that will help drive growth in a core category within the DEWALT brand.

• Manage and grow existing business: create plans to increase sales of existing categories and identify cost reduction/value improvement opportunities.
• Build a strategic product plan for several categories within the Nailing & Stapling portfolio including developing and/or updating the 3-year product road. This will require situational assessment, competitive overview, strategic goals, portfolio analysis, and action plans.
• Lead the cross functional team throughout the entire lifecycle of product development. This includes the ability to facilitate and coordinate a diverse group of teams including engineering, channel, brand, graphics, sourcing, manufacturing, legal, finance, supply, and quality teams.
• Develop project schedules and review with your manager to leverage experiences for how to eliminate wasted time and gain insight of the opportunities that will speed delivery.
• Actively communicate status of projects to all project stakeholders, including cross functional teams and senior management.
• Develop all marketing materials including packaging, presentations, merchandising, and other collateral to commercially launch new products.
• Conduct comprehensive pricing analysis which drives product positioning in marketplace relative to competition and margin targets.
• Work closely with the global team to deliver projects that drive new product development in EANZ and GEM.
• Prepare financial analysis for portfolio evaluation and decision making.
• Participate in forecasting/capacity planning with channel, sales, and supply chain.
• Perform competitive tracking analysis and market data collection.
• Create and execute end-user-based research to build a clear understanding of all relevant product applications becoming the product expert for all categories.

The Job:

• Bachelors degree in business, Marketing or related field.
• 3+ years of sales/marketing experience; Field sales, Product or Channel Marketing experience preferred.
• Consumer Goods or industry experience preferred.
• High proficiency with Power Point, Outlook, Excel, Word, SAP, and BW.
• Ability to travel for business including work on residential and commercial jobsites is required.

The Details:

Youll 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 youll want to be and stay. Being part of our team means youll 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.

Whats more, youll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. Were more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. Were visionaries and innovators. As successful as weve been in the past, we have so much further to go. Thats where you come in. Join us!#LI-LG1

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The base pay range for this position in Maryland is $49,500 - 89,0 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 Deckers internal or external careers site.

We Dont 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, 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.

Benefits & Perks

Youll 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 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.

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, veterans status or any other protected characteristic.

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