Stanley Black & Decker Leadership Program - Global Supply Chain

Stanley Black & Decker Leadership Program – Global Supply Chain Martin, TN | Jackson, TN | Northlake, TX | Farmers Branch, TX Come build your career. 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 approximately 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®. Why SLP? The Stanley Black & Decker Leadership Program (“SLP”) is a high-profile two-year rotational program that is an integrated process for accelerating the development of our future leaders. It is geared toward recent graduates with Supply Chain and Operations internship experience and a relevant business degree with a passion for a long-term career in Global Supply Chain. Our program offers invaluable experiences for early-career associates seeking challenging developmental opportunities to jump-start their careers Program Overview: The Global Supply Chain Leadership Program is an entry-level development experience for recent graduates who want to build a long-term career in manufacturing and supply chain leadership. Participants complete three rotations over two years, typically in 6- or 12-month assignments. Each rotation provides meaningful ownership, site-level experience, functional depth, and exposure to different businesses, facilities, products, and leaders across the United States. Rotational Experiences: Assignments are selected based on development needs and business priorities and may include: Purchasing: Manage supplier and material issues, support sourcing or cost initiatives, improve supplier performance, and reduce supply risk. Continuous Improvement: Lead Lean projects, develop standard work, improve flow and productivity, facilitate kaizen activity, and strengthen daily management. Quality: Lead defect reduction and corrective-action work, improve process capability, support quality systems, and strengthen customer-quality performance. Planning: Translate demand into executable supply and production plans, improve inventory and schedule performance, and support capacity and constraint decisions. Operations: Own daily performance improvement within a manufacturing or distribution area, supporting safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, and asset results. Development and Support: Rotation manager and project sponsor for each assignment. Program leadership, peer cohort, alumni network, mentoring, and exposure to senior Global Supply Chain leaders. Structured learning focused on manufacturing fundamentals, Lean and continuous improvement, business acumen, communication, and people leadership. Formal performance and development reviews at key points in each rotation. Post-program placement consideration based on performance, capability, career interests, location flexibility, and business need. The Job: As an SLP, you’ll be part of our Global Supply Chain team working as an on-site employee. As part of the program, you’ll get to: Own defined business results and deliver measurable improvement, not only observe or support the work. Build credibility on the floor by learning the process, engaging employees, following standard work, and responding to issues with urgency. Use structured problem-solving, data analysis, and change-management skills to move from root cause to sustained countermeasure. Lead cross-functional work with operations, engineering, quality, planning, purchasing, finance, maintenance, EHS, HR, suppliers, and other partners. Communicate progress, risks, and recommendations clearly to site and Global Supply Chain leaders. Actively manage an individual development plan, seek feedback, build a network, and prepar…

View the full posting and apply