Global Associate Brand Manager (Product Strateggy- DEWALT) - Hybrid

Towson, MD

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®.

The Job:  
Global Brand Management builds and executes comprehensive global brand strategies aligned to achieve organizational brand growth goals. This function is laser focused by brand and aligned by category/trade to identify, understand and drive end-user messaging and build equity strategies that will be relevant, creative and compelling. Global Brand Management will create brand positioning, brand fundamentals and brand equity creative & messaging. The Brand’s Category Marketing function will develop key global category, product messaging and marketing playbooks for NPD. The Global Brand Management teams will also influence product and category decisions, brand visual design language and brand digital master creative and architecture. This team will ensure regional activation teams, licensing partners and other organizational stakeholders are executing in a manner supporting the Global Brand Equity. 

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of innovative and dynamic brand strategy across our iconic brand portfolio in North America. You will manage day to day project activities as well as contributing to comprehensive brand marketing strategy that will enable the STANLEY Black & Decker marketing strategy. The Associate Brand Manager will further be responsible for owning a project portfolio and managing deliverables with the cross-functional team.  

We are seeking an enthusiastic, out-of-the-box thinker, who will be proactive and look to identify opportunities to streamline processes and work cross-functionally with the business and North America Marketing teams to drive strategic and creative marketing solutions.  

You’ll get to:  

• Support coordination and strategic partnership with multi-functional marketing team in development and implementation of plans with excellence 

• Help manage creative development process: Start new jobs, develop creative briefs, review creative provided by internal studio partners and provides feedback.  

• Be a steward of the Brand portfolio across the organization - lead development and adherence to Brand Guidelines as well as manage brand creative assets (photography, creative, etc.) to provide to multi-functional partners.  

• Collaborate with Product, Sales, and Commercial teams in development of new product innovation to provide Brand input.  

• Lead marketing execution including naming & messaging, packaging, photography, digital and other content development, , video content 

• Collaborate with Product, Design and Structure, as well as our Legal team on packaging development to deliver brand consistency and optimize shopper experience. 
• Full project ownership  
• Execute deliverables by proactively driving collaboration and communication across project stakeholders  
• Call out and brings forward identified gaps, needs, interdependencies, wins, and challenges impacting activation  

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: 

• 1+ years in a marketing or brand role  
• Hungry for data/analytics to dive deep into our end-user needs and problem solve.  
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills that can manage internal/external partners with varying degrees of knowledge of digital marketing  
• Exceptional project management, organizational, and communication skills.  
• Accountability  
• Works with integrity  
• Responds with speed  
• Communicate consistently & effectively throughout organization (up, across and down)  
• Excel at listening  
• Flexible with changing environment  
• Organized to plan effectively and avoid ‘fire drills’  

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!

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• 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 43,500 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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