Group Product Manager – Stanley Power Tools – Wood & Metalworking

Title: Group Product Manager – Stanley Power Tools – Wood & Metalworking

Location: remote (UK with access to Maidenhead office)

Our people make all the difference in our success.

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 approximately 48,000 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:

• Own and deliver the total sales and margin targets for the Business Unit (BU), across both CORE SKUs and New Product Development (NPD), providing monthly performance analysis, forecasting, and proactive gap closure strategies.
• Lead the NPD Milestone | Phase Gate Process from ideation through to launch, ensuring all Gates are achieved on time, on quality, and in full, and driving continuous process improvement.
• Oversee and optimize the full product lifecycle management for the category, including phase-in/phase-out, SKU rationalization, and end-of-life strategies.
• Develop and execute comprehensive commercialization plans in partnership with Product Commercialization, Regional Marketing, and Sales teams to maximize sales and profitability.
• Identify and validate market gaps and product opportunities, leveraging advanced market intelligence and customer insights to inform the product roadmap.
• Drive and support pricing and product strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market dynamics.
• Ensure timely and effective communication of new product launches, SKU deletions, and promotions to regional teams, and provide strategic guidance on go-to-market activities.
• Consolidate and distribute advanced product information and launch packs for all regions, ensuring readiness and alignment across stakeholders.
• Serve as a key contributor to the global strategic development of the portfolio, support the different regions in their execution.

• Lead assigned product groups, setting strategic direction and ensuring executional excellence.
• Mentor and provide guidance to Product Managers and cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
• Align all New Product Introductions and launches with Brand & Channel strategies, collaborating closely with senior leadership (Director Marketing, VP Sales, CGO).
• Champion end-user research and voice-of-customer initiatives, integrating insights into the product development lifecycle.
• Act as the subject matter expert for assigned product categories, consolidating regional product information and driving best practices in training and knowledge sharing.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the supply chain, finance, marketing, sales, and engineering to ensure business objectives are met.
• Set and manage pricing and strategy for the product range, balancing profitability and market competitiveness.
• Ensure regional teams are informed and aligned on the 6-18 month product roadmap, utilizing standardized tools and processes.
• Present at key customer engagements, including line reviews, presentations, and strategic visits.
• Drive packaging requirements and ensure compliance with regional standards.
• Lead the creation and adaptation of supporting materials for new product launches, collaborating with Brand & Communications teams.
• Monitor and optimize E&O inventory and SKU counts, driving improved working capital turns.
• Identify, commission, and interpret market research to inform strategic decisions.
• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead global and regional meetings to drive category growth and share best practices.

The Details:

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

• An attractive salary & benefits package
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs
• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development

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!

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, 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.

Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire. 

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.