Group Category Manager (EMEA – STANLEY)

Title: Group Category Manager STANLEY

Location: remote (UK with access to Maidenhead office)

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 50000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the worlds most beloved brands including DEWALT BLACKDECKER CRAFTSMAN STANLEY CUB CADET and HUSTLER

The Job:

This role is focused on translating global brand strategies into actionable regional merchandising strategies. The Group Category Manager leads cross-functional teams to execute these strategies ensuring they align with user customer and industry trends. The position involves developing a global assortment strategy and optimizing retail planograms to enhance market presence.

Key Responsibilities:

Market Understanding / Insights

Market Insights: Transform market intelligence into actionable insights that drive merchandising initiatives and inform go-to-market plans.

Intelligence Development: Lead the development of intelligence strategies by aligning research and analysis priorities to identify consumer needs preferences and competitive landscapes.

Trend Monitoring: Stay informed about industry trends and innovations to identify new opportunities for growth and differentiation.

Product Portfolio Management

Global Assortment Strategy Implementation: Develop and implement a global assortment strategy that aligns with brand and category strategies ensuring consistency and effectiveness.

- Assortment Strategy Development: Create both top-down and market-back regional assortment strategies that drive growth and align with global brand objectives.

Portfolio Management: Manage in-market portfolio performance by identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) conducting ongoing analysis and proactively organizing efforts to enhance performance.

Commercialization / Measurement

Strategic Alignment: Ensure that assortment strategies are aligned with user customer and industry trends to maintain relevance and competitiveness.

Retail Planogram Optimization: Support regional teams in executing and optimizing retail planograms to maximize product visibility and sales.

Launch Planning: Develop comprehensive launch plans for new products and assortment introductions ensuring successful market entry.

Performance Tracking: Track and analyze the success of merchandising efforts providing performance-based insights to inform future strategies.

Collaboration

Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of assortment strategies fostering collaboration and alignment.

Stakeholder Engagement: Deliver category education and storytelling to internal and external stakeholders enhancing understanding and support.

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. Youre not intimidated by innovation. Wouldnt it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good In fact you embrace it. You also have:

• Bachelors Degree - Business Administration Marketing Business Analytics or other related degree.
• 8 years of experience within the Consumer Products Industry
• 3 years of people leadership experience
• Market & Competitor Analysis
• Assortment Planning and Commercial Execution Experience (Essential)
• Being data-driven

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!

The base pay range for this position in Marylandis $75800 - $136400 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 58000 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 hasnt stopped us from evolving into a vibrant diverse global growth company.

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

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.