Manager - Packaging, Graphics, Manuals

Manager - Packaging, Graphics, and Manuals

Valley City, OH – Hybrid 3 days on-site in Valley City, OH facility

Come build your career. 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 Manager – Packaging, Graphics and Manuals, you’ll be part of our Engineering Management team working as a Managerial (hybrid) employee.

This role leads teams responsible for structural packaging design, product graphics, safety labeling, user manuals, and related product literature to support successful product launches. The position ensures packaging and communication materials meet customer, quality, regulatory, legal, and brand requirements while partnering cross-functionally with Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Legal, and Operations. It also drives process improvement, workload prioritization, and change management to deliver accurate, compliant, and timely updates across the product lifecycle.

• Lead and develop the teams responsible for structural packaging design and execution, on-product decorative and branding graphics applications, safety and instructional labeling, user manuals, quick-start guides, and related product literature.

• Ensure that new products have the right structural packaging engineering specifications to meet end customer requirements including transportation and drop test requirements.

• Collaborate with external suppliers to define, align on, and maintain packaging, labeling, and manual material specifications to ensure compliance with quality and business requirements.

• Establish team priorities, assign work, and manage workload across multiple product development programs to support on-time product launches.

• Oversee the creation, review, and approval of packaging, labeling, and manual design and content to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with applicable regulatory, legal, safety, and brand requirements.

• Partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, Brand Marketing, Industrial Design, Quality, Regulatory, Legal, and Operations teams to ensure all product communication materials reflect final product specifications.

• Drive execution of structural packaging, manuals, and product labeling deliverables through the product development lifecycle, from concept through production release and post-launch updates.

• Maintain and improve processes, templates, workflows, and governance for packaging, labeling, and manuals development to improve efficiency, quality, and consistency across product lines.

• Manage change control for packaging, labeling, and manuals updates resulting from engineering changes, regulatory updates, quality issues, or product enhancements.

• Monitor team performance, provide regular feedback, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Marketing, or a related field.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in structural packaging, labeling, technical documentation, or other related work experience within Consumer Products or a related industry.

• Leadership experience is required; experience leading teams is preferred.

• Experience working with cross-functional product development teams in consumer products development environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong project management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Familiarity with safety and compliance requirements for consumer products is preferred

• Experience with PLM, document management, or artwork workflow and approval systems is a plus.

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!

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).

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The Salary range for this position is $110,600.00 - $178,000.00

• 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, diverse, global growth company.

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.

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.

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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