[Hiring] Senior Manager, Market Intelligence @Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Role Description

As a virtual Senior Manager, Market Intelligence, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Tools and Outdoor business for the U.S., Europe, and regions across the globe. You will:

• Lead and Continuously Evolve Market Intelligence Capabilities: Develop and enhance our market intelligence function, ensuring we stay ahead of trends and competitors, with an emphasis on continuous improvement.
• Drive Strategic Insights: Provide regular, actionable input into group strategy and key priorities, connecting the dots across complex data sets and business challenges.
• Translate Data into Impact: Transform technical and market data into clear, compelling insights and recommendations for senior leadership and business partners.
• Storytelling & Influence: Craft and deliver engaging presentations and data visualizations that tell the story behind the numbers, influencing decision-makers at all levels.
• Stakeholder & Project Management: Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and external partners. Manage multiple projects simultaneously with speed, purpose, and attention to detail.
• Foster Partnerships: Collaborate with multifunctional teams (category management, brand insights, commercial insights, etc.) to ensure market intelligence is embedded in business decisions.
• Champion Innovation: Advocate for continuous improvement and investment in market intelligence tools, methods, and partnerships.
• Vendor Management: Oversee relationships with data and analytic suppliers, evaluating and integrating innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in Management Consulting, Business Analytics, Market Intelligence, Strategic Insights, or Strategy.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex data from multiple sources (e.g., Numerator, Yipit, NPD, Euromonitor) and translate it into actionable business insights.
• Exceptional communication skills: Able to translate technical language into plain speak and present complex information in a simple, visual, and compelling manner.
• Strong storytelling and influencing abilities: Comfortable presenting to executive committees and senior leadership, building consensus, and driving action.
• Project management expertise: Skilled at managing multiple projects with speed, agility, and a focus on results.
• Stakeholder management: Trusted partner to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Proactive & self-driven: Internally motivated while comfortable working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Mentorship: Ability to develop and inspire direct reports for future growth.
• Big-picture mindset: Sees connections across data, trends, and business objectives.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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: Access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university.
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: A great place to work with mutual respect and appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Purpose-Driven Company: Opportunities to make positive changes in local communities and the broader world through volunteerism and sustainable business practices.

Company Description

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.