Vice President Manufacturing Excellence

VP of Manufacturing Excellence (Operational Excellence Team)

Remote

Travel: 70-80% near-term, 40% long-term

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 more than 50,000 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®.

Stanley Black & Decker has embarked on a transformation of its global manufacturing operations and global supply chain, and one of the main workstreams of this program is ‘Manufacturing Excellence’. This workstream is responsible for implementing sustainable operational improvements that will translate into financial benefits for the company.  To support this workstream, Stanley Black & Decker are building a world-class Manufacturing Excellence team that will work closely with manufacturing leadership and their teams to deliver these improvements. 

The VP of Manufacturing Excellence will be a key member of the Operational Excellence (OpX) team, and will partner with the other OpX teams to deploy operational improvements across the global manufacturing network and supply chain.

Key responsibilities include deploying Manufacturing Excellence team members (30+ persons) to support multiple plant improvement initiatives. You will be responsible for managing the execution of improvement activities to achieve targeted results, managing key stakeholders (from shop floor to C-suite) through regular written and verbal updates, and managing the ongoing development of the Manufacturing Excellence team. More importantly, the Manufacturing Excellence team will leave each site far better prepared to execute great improvement projects on their own (i.e., moving from “feeding them a fish” to “teaching them to fish”).

This role will require strong involvement in the design, development, and deployment of the Stanley Production System to ensure the improvement actions are sustained across the global manufacturing network and supply chain. You will also be pivotal in shaping the agenda for Continuous Improvement and supporting implementation across Stanley Black & Decker. 

The Job:  

The VP of Manufacturing Excellence must influence operational leaders by demonstrating world-class operational expertise as well as collaborative leadership behaviors.  This is a unique opportunity to bring together world-class operations experience and transformational change management expertise.  The bar is set high, so if this sounds like your kind of challenge, then you might be the right leader for this opportunity.  Success will lead to substantial business impact and future career growth. You’ll get to:  

• Lead the execution of multiple improvement activities at manufacturing sites to achieve value capture initiatives and performance improvement opportunities
• Lead governance and management systems to ensure corporate targets are achieved and transformational goals are attained and sustained.
• Identify and develop Manufacturing Excellence short and long-term strategies and execution plans to achieve assigned financial targets.
• Ensure the Manufacturing Excellence team develops and maintains exceptional operational, consultative, and change management skills.
• Support the deployment of the Stanley Production System (SPS) across manufacturing sites 
• Help shape the agenda for Continuous Improvement and support implementation across the global manufacturing network and supply chain.
• Identification and management of risk and dependencies associated with the portfolio of operational improvement projects underway
• Management of budgets, resources, critical milestones, and actions to ensure success
• Build a world-class Manufacturing Excellence team through the development of an operational excellence curriculum that includes both field-based and classroom-based training
• Ensure that you and your Manufacturing Excellence team members are trainers as well as doers.  We will train the local manufacturing teams (at all levels) to execute great projects on their own.
• Assist in the launch and growth of the Continuous Improvement Academy.
• Identify and leverage high-impact operational best practices (identified through both internal and external benchmarking).
• Develop relationships with key leaders in Power Tools, Outdoor and Hand Tools & Storage business units
• Ensure the thorough documentation of any newly developed approaches, methodologies, and results

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: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Minimum of 15 years of manufacturing experience
• Master of Engineering or MBA preferred
• Manufacturing experience to include significant experience with the main manufacturing functions: production, maintenance, quality, production engineering, internal logistics, and launch (NPI)
• Prior operational consulting experience preferred – with a great track record of shop-floor improvements
• Deep experience in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement methodologies 
• Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement certification preferred
• Proficiency with financial statements, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement
• Demonstrated ability to establish followership through action and influence bias for action and urgency in driving results
• Ability to travel up to 70-80% of the time (near-term), global and domestic. Travel may vary based on business needs - and is expected to drop to 40% as we execute the plans

The Details:  

You’ll 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 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 Lean Academy, Coursera® and online university.
• 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.

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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!

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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