Stanley Black & Decker

The Job

• Lead the execution of procurement strategy by the purchased components/commodities team.
• Act as the key single point of contact with Suzhou based business partner leadership.
• Ensure the Suzhou team adopts and executes the goals and objectives as managed by the Regional Head of Procurement Operations, APAC
• Work with a global and diverse team in China, SEA, India, Mexico, and US on project execution and strategy alignment
• Drive world class cost and margin enhancement (TCO Improvement) to deliver YOY productivity.
• Lead and manage supplier relationships as the local representative for global affiliates.
• Build category cost models/clean sheets, and monitoring raw material, FX, and market trends.

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:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in global strategic sourcing or procurement including supplier selection
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area required, mechanical or manufacturing engineering preferred.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, costs, and materials and experience managing mechanical component categories with lean manufacturing or six sigma methodologies
• Prior experience managing a team of sourcing professionals.
• Ability to work independently to deliver results and influence stakeholders internally and externally.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Ability to take accountability for driving team results, overcoming challenges, and working in a highly matrixed environment.
• High degree of creativity, flexibility and resourcefulness
• Personal drive, high energy, strong teaming skills, collaborative style and commitment to continuous professional growth

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 diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

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.

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.