As a participant in the prestigious Stanley Black & Decker Leadership Program (SLP), you’ll gain real-world experience to help you become an innovative and results-driven leader.
The multiyear program offers high-potential, early-career employees a variety of challenging rotational assignments and experiences that give you direct exposure to and interaction with colleagues and leaders across our iconic brands and businesses.
Explore Our Functional Tracks:
Global Supply Chain
Engineering
Technology & Data Analytics
Finance
Sales
Product & Marketing
Human Resources
“The rotational aspect of the SLP exposed me to different tool systems, management styles and differing sets of product design challenges that gave me a diverse portfolio of experiences to draw from in my career.”
Develop your skills through various projects and assignments to more quickly identify your functional strengths.
Be considered for new assignments and opportunities geared toward agile, high-achieving, early-career talented employees (that could include relocation considerations).
Get paired with a mentor and gain ongoing coaching that will help you to better identify your strengths, areas for development and career motivators – all geared to help you succeed in your current and future roles.
Have the opportunity to network with and learn from various leaders across the organization.
Lead the design, development and implementation of a lean project that improves and adds value to your business area.
Share and present your impactful project to the global SLP community and internal lean experts.
Join a group of cross-functional peers through a series of training events to collaborate and participate in a robust learning curriculum.
Committee groups are available to influence the overall SLP community experience and include community involvement, engagement, leader podcast development and more.
As an alumni program member, opt-in to participate in the Social Impact Fellowship Program to expand your personal purpose and make an impact in your community.
Functional Tracks
Global Supply Chain
Manufacturing
Supply / Demand Planning
Sourcing / Procurement
Engineering
Mechanical
Electrical
New Product Design
Electro-Mechanical
Technology & Data Analytics
Enterprise Architecture
Data Science
Business Insights
Intelligent Automation
Finance
Accounting/Controllership
Operational Finance
Commercial Finance
Financial Planning & Analysis
Internal Audit
Sales
Retail
Construction & Industrial
Channel
Sales Operations
Product & Marketing
Product Management
Market Insights
Brand Marketing
Digital Marketing
Human Resources
HR Generalist
Talent Analytics
Learning & Development
Talent Acquisition
Building Careers, Comradery and Connections
For participants of the SLP, mentorship can be an invaluable tool for building career success. See what two participants in the SLP — Fran and Rebecca — are saying about their experiences with mentorship.
“I wanted to find a leadership program that shared my values regarding community engagement, and with the leadership program’s Social Impact Fellowship opportunity, I knew I’d found the right fit. Thanks to the program, I have experience that would take years to gain elsewhere.”
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