Assistant Category Manager

About this role

Job Title:   Assistant Category Manager  - Remote

Business Unit:   DEWALT Category Team  

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 an Assistant Category Manager, you’ll be part of our team working as a Remote employee. You’ll get to:        

• Assist   in managing enterprise solutions across the DEWALT portfolio.  

• Responsible for driving margin growth, portfolio and brand optimization and strategy through best-in-class analytics, insights, and reporting  

• Guide   market   pricing and margin   expectations.  

• Support budget process with tracking and providing inputs for budget allocation decisions made by more senior team members  

• Build category financial P&L forecast on a bi-annual basis to analyze core and NPD product assortment and margin mix for a 3-year horizon  

• Understand the competitive product assortment, trends in the industry & commercial environment, and translate gaps into opportunities for growth  

• Analyze and define our product range by brand and retail channel  

• Partner with pricing team to   establish   market-based pricing for NPD and Core SKUs annually and quantify   financial impact   of any proposed pricing changes at the portfolio and customer account level  

• Provide strategic counsel to cross-functional partners  in regard to   category strategy, pricing, product assortment, margin and growth expectations, and product launch plans  

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: 

• Portfolio Management  

• Strategy Execution & Communication  

• Financial Reporting & Tracking  

• Market & Competitor Analysis  

• Represent SBD To Customers & End Users  

• Launch Planning  

• Complexity Management  

• NPD & Core SKU Process Governance  

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!  

#LI-Remote  


The Salary range for this position is $51,700.00 - $83,300.00
 • 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, dive

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