Senior Manager, Supply Chain Risk and Response-Prepare

Stanley Black & Decker; New Britain (CT); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tool discounts

Great benefits plan

Retirement plan

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker in New Britain, CT is seeking a Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Risk and Response – Prepare – Hybrid.

You will lead data-driven risk identification and prioritization across materials, suppliers, and operations to strengthen resilience and preparedness. You will collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics and finance leaders to develop pre-vetted mitigation strategies, run scenario planning, and maintain dynamic playbooks while reporting to executives on readiness and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Risk Management, or related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA or related) preferred.
• 8-10+ progressive leadership experience in supply chain strategy, procurement transformation, consulting or risk management.
• Experience with risk assessment frameworks and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured, data-driven processes to identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate supply chain risks across materials, suppliers, and operational nodes before disruptions occur.
• Champion the risk register and regular review process by evaluating business impact, supply exposure, resilience needs, financial impact, time-to-recover, and supply criticality.
• Identify critical materials, suppliers, and dependencies requiring focused mitigation, continuity planning, and resilience investment decisions.
• Partner cross-functionally across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and related teams to strengthen the organization’s ability to avoid, absorb, and recover from disruption impacts.
• Develop, maintain and perform stress test exercises to validate plans, improve organizational readiness and resilience capabilities.
• Prepare risk analyses, observations, and actionable recommendations for leadership, in alignment with broader set of stakeholders.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Risk management

Scenario modeling

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Engineering/related

MBA preferred

Tools

Palantir

Resilinc

Everstream

Excel

Job description

SR Manager, Supply Chain Risk and Response – Prepare – Hybrid

New Britian, CT, United States

Come build something that matters.

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

As a Sr. Manager, you will strengthen our global supply chain preparedness and resilience by leading structured, data-driven risk identification, assessment, and prioritization across materials, suppliers, and operations.

The role is responsible for improving resilience-based decision-making through the evaluation of critical vulnerabilities, the application of risk-ranking methodologies based on business impact, financial exposure, and time-to-recover, and the alignment of mitigation actions to enterprise priorities.

The role will be highly collaborative with cross functional leaders (procurement, manufacturing, logistics, finance, etc.) to develop pre-vetted mitigation strategies, execute scenario planning exercises, and maintain dynamic playbooks.

The role will drive stronger governance, preparedness routines, and leadership reporting to enhance the organization’s ability to anticipate, absorb, and recover from supply disruptions.

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:

Accountability /Objectives

• Strengthen supply chain preparedness through structured risk review and prioritization processes across materials, suppliers, and operations.
• Improve resilience-based decision-making by identifying critical vulnerabilities and aligning mitigation actions to business impact.
• Support capital and operational decision-making through risk-ranking methodologies based on financial impact and time-to-recover.
• Build stronger cross-functional routines to improve readiness for potential supply disruptions.
  

Key responsibilities

• Lead structured, data-driven processes to identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate supply chain risks across materials, suppliers, and operational nodes before disruptions occur.
• Champion the risk register and regular review process by evaluating business impact, supply exposure, resilience needs, financial impact, time-to-recover, and supply criticality.
• Identify critical materials, suppliers, and dependencies requiring focused mitigation, continuity planning, and resilience investment decisions.
• Partner cross-functionally across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and related teams to strengthen the organization’s ability to avoid, absorb, and recover from disruption impacts.
• Support and guide mitigation planning for high-priority risks, including alternate sourcing, inventory strategies, continuity actions, operational contingencies, and essential capital prioritization.
• Develop, maintain and perform stress test exercises to validate plans, improve organizational readiness and resilience capabilities.
• Prepare risk analyses, observations, and actionable recommendations for leadership, in alignment with broader set of stakeholders.

Technical Skills & Professional Aptitudes

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Risk Management, or related field.

• Advanced degree (MBA or related) preferred
• 8-10+ progressive leadership experience in supply chain strategy, procurement transformation, consulting or risk management
• Scenario Modeling – working knowledge of digital twin environments, supply chain visualization platforms (Palantir, Resilinc, Everstream)
• Risk assessment and prioritization frameworks
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word for executive reporting and storytelling

• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid decisiveness & synthesize tradeoffs quickly
• Systems thinking and strategic vision
• Demonstrated experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating supply chain risks (material risk, supplier risk, and manufacturing resilience).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, with the ability to translate complex risk data into clear action plans and executive-level reporting.
• Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills (ability to influence functional VPs, plant managers etc)
• Experience operating in complex, multi-site manufacturing or global supply chain environments, including exposure to geopolitical and macroeconomic risks affecting global supply networks.
• Excellent Analytical and data drive decision making skills, with the ability to translate complex risk data into clear action plans

Preferred Certifications

• Lean Six Signma Green or Black Belt
• PMP

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 Lean Academy, Coursera® and online university.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for.
• 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 role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).

The Salary range for this position is $102,300.00 - $156,833.33

• 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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