Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions

Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions

The Company

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™.  Join our top-notch team of more than 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Role

The Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions provides strategic senior leadership and direction for Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate functions and consults with the senior leadership team on a broad array of issues across Finance, IT, Legal, Strategy and other enterprise-wide support areas.  The VP HR, Corporate Functions supports the mission and strategic plan of the company, ensures compliance with all applicable human resources laws, regulations, and policies, establishes best practices, and creates a human resources organization that provides excellent consultative, strategic, and operational services.

Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the company, the Vice President of HR, Corporate Functions will lead a team of HR professionals who interface directly with our employees and business leaders to meet the business's current and future operational needs. This person will leverage our global HR operating model to accomplish key business objectives, implement culture change, develop the business model and ensure the business has the resource capability and leadership bench strength to achieve our growth strategies. 

This position will be a part of Stanley Black & Decker’s HR Leadership Team (HRLT) and can be based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Towson, Maryland or New Britain, Connecticut.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate as a strategic partner to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, General Counsel, Chief Information Officer and their global leadership teams to align people strategies with business objectives across global markets.
• Provide HR leadership and guidance for corporate functions, establishing overall goals, objectives, and team vision while providing training and development opportunities for direct reports supporting their continuous growth and learning.
• Drive global effectiveness and lead people change management initiatives, ensuring stakeholder engagement and connectivity within a highly matrixed environment.
• Ensure alignment with HR partners across the business units, corporate functions and Centers of Excellence (COEs) with cross-functional activities and priorities.
• Drive adoption of new global HR operating model and standardized processes within Corporate HR.
• Partner with COEs to develop and implement “best in class” human resources processes in assessment, selection, leadership and employee development, employee engagement, labor relations, reward and recognition, communication and organizational effectiveness.
• Develop and execute an HR plan aligned with business objectives, to include organizational design, succession planning, talent management, goal alignment, and internal communications.
• Develop critical metrics to measure the performance/health of the business, ensuring functional success, as well as ensuring achievement of business commitments to customers.
• Champion Stanley Black & Decker’s evolving business strategy and culture change transformation.  Lead transformation efforts required to build organizational capability to achieve business results.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have demonstrated success leading a company through significant transformation in a global public company. This individual will have exceptional leadership skills in organizational strategy, effective program and process execution, identifying and developing organizational capability, and change management.

• 15+ years of experience with progressive responsibility in human resources roles, ideally in a combination of plant, commercial, and corporate environments for a global public company.
• Deep understanding of business needs with global scope is essential; the successful candidate must be able to gain confidence from the business leadership team and HR partners around the globe. Exceptional interpersonal, influencing and communication skills in a matrixed environment are a must.
• Significant experience in strategy, organizational capability, change management, business partnering and labor relations; Exposure to manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders and proven track record of enterprise-wide impact.
• Strong academic background supported by a bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, I/O Psychology, Labor Relations or related field required; an MBA or master’s degree is preferred.
• Proven ability to gain confidence from the business leadership team and HR partners.  Demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership.
• Understanding of global labor relations and experience with both union and non-union sites around the world. Experience with European Works councils is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze business, financial and people related data and determine appropriate actions.

You will receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• 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.

We want our company to be a place you will want to be – and stay:

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

You will 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 are visionaries and innovators. As successful as we have been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in.

• This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker. ​

• The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.​

• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases. ​

• 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 tool sand other partner programs.

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. 

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.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

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.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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