Stanley Black & Decker Leadership Program (SLP) – Commercial SLP

The Role: Commercial SLP, Stanley Leadership Program

Location:  Hybrid, Maidenhead

Employment: 24 Month rotational

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 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:

Stanley Black & Decker is seeking an enthusiastic and driven candidate to join the Stanley Leadership Program (SLP) – Commercial Track. This rotational program is designed to accelerate development across key commercial functions through structured placements in Trade Marketing, National Sales / Account Management, Field Sales & Activation roles which are 6 months, 6 months and 12 months respectively.

SLP members are offered a unique opportunity to develop broad commercial capability, deepen market and product knowledge, and contribute directly to sales growth, customer success, and brand strength across Stanley Black & Decker’s portfolio. Through this rotational program, you will build skills in customer engagement, market analysis, go-to-market activation, technical product support, and solution-oriented selling. If you are looking for a role where you can learn quickly, grow professionally, and make a meaningful impact, this is an exciting opportunity to begin your career.

What You’ll Do:

• Support commercial growth initiatives across multiple channels, customers, and end-user segments.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Trade Marketing, Brand Marketing, Customer Support, Operations, and other key stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams, customers, dealers, and end users while representing Stanley Black & Decker professionally as a brand ambassador.
• Help execute commercial priorities including product launches, promotional campaigns, customer engagement activities, and seasonal/channel initiatives.
• Develop and maintain sales enablement and product support materials, including presentations, buying guides, digital content, and product data.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, customer needs, and key performance indicators to support reporting, analysis, and informed decision-making.
• Provide field and customer-facing support through product training, demonstrations, troubleshooting, dealer visits, events, and follow-up on sales opportunities.

The Person:

You always strive to do a good job…but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also:

• Are at an early stage in your career, whether as a recent graduate or with some initial professional experience
• Have a proactive and results-oriented mindset, with excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Have exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and train diverse audiences.
• Are commercially minded, with an interest in both product performance and customer value
• Have a University Degree, with an area of study of Business or Marketing preferred.
• Hold a full UK driving licence

The Details:

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! 

#LI-Hybrid

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 43,500 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.