Director, IT Vendor Management

Director, IT Vendor Management United States Remote

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

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 more than 50,000 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 Director of IT Vendor Management, you’ll be part of our Corporate IT team working as a remote employee. This role is ideally filled by someone with a unique blend of technical and business acumen, the ability to look holistically at the landscape while identifying requirements and solutions to make our combined vision a reality.

This role involves close collaboration with all levels of the IT team and some corporate functions.

You’ll get to :

• Review HW, SW and SaaS contracts to ensure correctly structured and priced
• Support functional leadership in defining framework to ensure service providers, are being held accountable to SLA terms and performance standards
• Use ROI and financial modeling tools and other available data to help internal stakeholders make informed decisions on existing HW, SW, and SaaS contracts, license structures and license levels.
• Address performance and other issues for key providers
• Work with Stanley Black and Decker Procurement to determine and define optimal pricing / rates and key business terms for HW, SW and SaaS providers
• Define an optimal sourcing strategy for HW. SW and SaaS suppliers partner with EA, business stakeholders and procurement to ensure the solution meets the organizations’ needs and deliver the most advantageous terms and conditions for SBD
• Influences individuals within and outside the IT department.
• Prepares and presents reports and analysis to all levels of leadership and staff.
• Core Competencies : Analytical Skills (Data / Financial / Price Analysis), Project / Time Management, Problem Solving, Communication / Presentation, Results Orientation, Contract Interpretational Accuracy, Relationship Building, Business & Professional Acumen.
• Demonstrated financial modeling experience

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 :

12+ years Vendor Management (Strategic Supplier, Contract Management) experience with global, complex, strategic initiatives required.

Management consulting background preferred.

• 8+ years IT Technology category (hardware, software, IT related labor) required. Software highly preferred.
• Excellent analytical planning and execution skills
• Expertise in budget planning and financial management
• Strong supplier management and partner relation skills to leverage resources, both internally and externally to the enterprise, to enhance capabilities that support business objectives
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Strategy, Finance, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Legal, or other quantitative discipline. MBA preferred.

The Details :

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including :

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• 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 :

• Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• 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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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.

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.

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.

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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