Take the Lead in Your Career
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
- Human Resources
- Commercial
Charles J.“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.”
Engineering SLP Graduate
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What Can You Expect from the SLP?
- 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
Human Resources
- HR Generalist
- Talent Analytics
- Learning & Development
- Talent Acquisition
Commercial
- Digital Marketing
- Product Marketing
- Field Marketing
- Brand Marketing
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.
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