Assistant Product Manager

An Assistant Product Manager role supporting the development, launch, and lifecycle management of automotive hand tools while collaborating with global product, marketing, and sales teams.

Come Build 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 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 Assistant Product Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of our Automotive Hand Tools portfolio. You’ll support the Product Manager and cross-functional teams in launching new products, driving commercial success, and delivering solutions that matter to our customers.

What You’ll Do

• Working Globally, you will collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Sales teams to launch innovative products and drive portfolio growth.

• Lead and support the end-to-end New Product Development (NPD) process, ensuring timely and high-quality launches, on time, on quality, on cost.

• Track and report on sales performance, helping to identify opportunities and address challenges.

• Help manage the product lifecycle, including phase in and phase out activities.

• Coordinate communications for product launches, promotions, and lifecycle changes.

• Conduct market research and engage with end-users to uncover new opportunities.

• Help create engaging training materials and product information for regional teams.

• Build strong relationships across supply chain, finance, and commercial teams to support the global STANLEY Strategy

• Maintain product roadmaps and support inventory optimisation.

The Person:

• Recent Graduate with a degree in business, marketing, engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.

• Some Experience in product management, marketing, or project coordination is preferred but not essential.

• Strong organisational and communication skills.

• Team player with a positive, proactive attitude.

• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.

• Collaborative, proactive approach and willingness to learn.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and business intelligence tools.

• Passion for product development.

• Holds a full, clean UK driving licence.

The Details:

An attractive salary & benefits package

Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs

Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development

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! 

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.

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.