Sr. Category Manager (BLACK + DECKER)

**Location:** Maidenhead, UK

**Work Arrangement:** Preferred hybrid, Ex “10% Travel”

**Employment:** Permanent

**The Job:** As a Sr. Category Manager, you’ll be part of our Tools & Outdoor team working as a remote employee. You’ll get to:

• Execute category strategy across all Category portfolios.
• Guide the NPD process to align with brand direction through the early-stage ideation phase.
• Provide feedback on prioritization of product development projects based on category strategy.
• Gather and synthesize information from various teams to assess competitive positioning, identify opportunities, and understand market dynamics.
• Transform broader market intelligence into actionable insights, drive category growth initiatives, and inform product prioritization and go-to-market plans.
• Product life cycle management, including low/negative margin analysis and SKU rationalization.
• Provide financial analysis by category to the channel marketing team for annual quoting and line review process.
• Deliver Category education & storytelling to internal & external parties.
• Communicate strategy with cross-functional teams (sales, brand, product, channel) and act as point of contact for product launch.
• Lead operational alignment across team (supply chain, manufacturing, marketing) to ensure product availability and readiness are timely and effective.

**The Person:**

• Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration, Marketing
• Demonstrated experience in a similar role
• Market & Competitor Analysis
• Commercial Experience (Essential)
• Being data-driven

**The Details:** You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• 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 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.

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!

**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.