Portfolio Specialist-Suzhou

Come Make the World With Us

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 team of nearly 60,000 professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s beloved brands, including DEWALT®, CRAFTSMAN®, CUB CADET®, STANLEY® and BLACK+DECKER®

The Job

Position Summary

The Global Customer Experience (GCX) team at Stanley Black and Decker is looking for someone who likes the challenge of operationalizing processes and improving efficiency. They will streamline the workflow of global packaging by acting as the liaison between Program Managers, PMOs and the GCX teams. By facilitating program management within GCX they will increase accuracy and alignment of Milestone schedules for all global cross-functional teams.

As a Portfolio Specialist Here, you’ll be part of our GCX team located in Suzhou. You’ll get to:

• Lead NPD Program Development within GCX

• Review incoming NPD Programs for accuracy.

• Create schedule framework, align project deliverables and route to cross-functional teams.

• Follow-up with Program Managers and PMOs for information and/or scheduling issues

• Drive Cross-functional Communication:

• Lead weekly status meetings with Program Managers and attend monthly Product Development Reviews to maintain production schedules.

• Anticipate and address when issues arise throughout the Milestone process.

• Maintain continuous communication to all parties involved in each Program for capacity planning and on time delivery of packaging deliverables.

• Connect with packaging focused Project Coordinators to streamline project deliverable routing of programs.

• Workfront Administration:

• Utilize our project management system in order to coordinate projects and capture metrics.

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 (B.A./B.S.) and 3+ years professional experience in a project management, or operations role. In-house creative team, agency or marketing background preferred

• Ability to lead and delegate. Experience managing other people’s workload/assignments

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize workflow, and effectively meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Highly organized, process focused, desire for continuous improvement

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong work ethic with the desire to learn and grow

• Solid experience using the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Experience in Project Management Software (Workfront) preferred

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 diversity, equity and inclusion.

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

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.

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.

Global Benefits & Perks

You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

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.

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.

For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843.

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