Strategic Insights Manager, Outdoor Hybrid in Towson, MD or Valley City, OH

• Strategic Insights Manager, Outdoor
• Hybrid in Towson, MD or Valley City, OH

United States

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:
• As the Strategic Insights Manager for Outdoor, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of our business. This role is pivotal in driving impactful changes by influencing our business strategy, our brand and product portfolio, and integrated marketing planning. With a relentless focus on understanding the end user, shopper, and marketplace dynamics, the Strategic Insights Manager will lead the charge in providing insights for new product development and portfolio management, ensuring that Stanley Black & Decker remains a leader in the Outdoor Power Equipment business.

You will:

Leverage consumer and market understanding to identify and drive into strategic plans promising growth opportunities for the brand, retailer and channel

Create immersive experiences that bring the needs of the consumer and shopper to life for business teams

Build and share compelling stories with business leaders that provide insight into how end users are influencing our categories

Create and implement strategic learning plans to address the most critical questions for the business

Acquire, synthesize, and socialize trends to inspire innovation

Guide specific research development and execution using expertise in a variety of research methods

Synthesize disparate data and make recommendations grounded in consumer and market knowledge and guided by a broader sense of the business

Vet agency and vendor partner capabilities for regional and global scale

• •Select suppliers to partner with and share experiences openly with the consumer insights community
• •Identify innovative tools and new ways of working to deliver more impactful results
• •Build advocacy for sustained organizational investment in consumer and shopper understanding
• •Coach and mentor more junior team members

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:

Bachelor’s Degree, MBA a plus

5+ years of professional experience in Consumer Insights and/or a combination of Brand Development, Marketing Strategy, or at a research vendor

Experience building holistic learning plans that integrate data, trends, and primary research

Experience blending quantitative & qualitative learning for a clear story and action plan

• •Proven ability to influence a diverse set of stakeholders, including external partners
• •Travel 5-10%

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.
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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!

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc.).

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The Salary range for this position is $77,600.00 - $124,900.00

• •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