Director, CMF Development

About us: Stanley - Built for Life since 1913.

Stanley 1913 has fueled the human experience since the iconic Stanley vacuum bottle revolutionized the way people enjoyed food and beverage. Today our colorful and thoughtfully designed products including the popular QuencherTM series go beyond function elevating everyday moments with style and empowering active lifestyles. Were a community of creators builders and inventors who believe in creating sustainable products for a better life and world that minimize our impact on the planet. Learn more at .

Position Overview

We are seeking a Director to lead all aspects of Color Material and Finish guiding and rapidly growing efforts in developing and integrating global strategies. As the Director CMF you will drive operational excellence consistency and innovation while ensuring regulatory compliance and alignment with brand identity manufacturability and sustainability priorities. This role leads cross-functional partnerships and orchestrates process optimization to enable efficiency quality and timely delivery across all programs.

What Youll Do

• Develop the vision and strategy for the appearance and feel of hard goods in accordance with brand strategy market trends and company goals.
• Establish enterprise-wide standards governance frameworks and tools to ensure scalability and global consistency.
• Collaborate with Innovation and Materials teams to discover validate and bring to market new materials coatings and finish technologies that improve sustainability and product distinctiveness.
• Build develop and encourage a high-performing team encouraging accountability collaboration and operational excellence.
• Lead long-range planning and prioritization to balance creative exploration with executional excellence and speed to market.
• Lead all aspects of the full operational lifecycle of color and finish development from standardization of design palette through development supplier briefing to commercialization through sampling validation production readiness and final approval.
• Implement process improvements and digital tools to enhance workflow efficiency documentation accuracy and cross-functional visibility.
• Partner with Sourcing to drive vendor performance management through developer-led metrics audits and feedback loops to ensure adherence to quality cost and delivery expectations.
• Establish and lead all aspects of critical metrics for development timelines cost efficiencies and compliance performance across the portfolio.
• Lead and report on development progress including development sample status item setup and communications to key partners on status.
• Ensure all CMF programs meet aesthetic functional and regulatory standards including global food safety and chemical compliance requirements.

Who You Are

• Ability to partner with Design Brand and Product Management leadership to translate creative direction into scalable manufacturable color and finish solutions.
• Collaborate with Engineering Quality and Compliance to ensure materials and coatings meet performance durability and regulatory requirements.
• Engage with Sourcing Supplier Quality and Operations teams to identify and develop vendor capabilities lead capacity planning and mitigate production risks.
• Serve as the key liaison between internal creative intent and external manufacturing execution ensuring clarity consistency and excellence at every development stage.
• Deep expertise in color theory pigment formulation and surface finishing techniques (rotary printing powder coating anodizing hydro graphics etc.) across multiple substrates (stainless steel plastics soft goods etc.).
• Validated experience leading global operations or development teams with a focus on process design system implementation and organizational scalability.
• Proficiency in color evaluation and digital specification tools (spectrophotometer lightbox digital color libraries) and PLM systems for workflow and data management.
• Strong understanding of international regulatory frameworks (FDA EFSA REACH Prop 65) and sustainability standards related to coatings materials and manufacturing.
• Strategic approach that effectively balances creative intent manufacturability and business objectives.
• Exceptional organizational project management and communication with the ability to drive clarity and execution across multiple concurrent programs.
• Proven success in leading cross-functional teams influencing without authority and driving transformation in a fast-paced global environment.

Stanley is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Stanley is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation please reach out to .

Stanley is a total rewards company which includes rewards beyond base salary. At Stanley full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual addition we offer a variety of employee benefits personalized time off 14-Paid holidays dental vision 401(k) and much more.

About our parent company: Morgan Street Holdings

Stanley 1913 is part of Morgan Street Holdings (formerly HAVI) a privately owned enterprise with a diverse portfolio of operating companies. These include HAVI Supply Chain tms Stanley 1913 and Continental which provide best-in-class sourcing and supply chain capabilities brand-defining marketing and promotion services innovative consumer products and dining and refreshment food solutions. Morgan Street Holdings employs over 10000 people and serves 300 customers across the globe.

Morgan Street Holdings supports Stanley 1913 with competitive pay and benefits along with exposure to diverse industries and professional networking and development opportunities.