Finance Director, Product & Engineering (m/f/d)

Location: Linden, Germany (Hybrid)
Business: SEF (Stanley Engineered Fastening)
Reports to: CFO Automotive

Finance Director, Product & Engineering (m/f/d) is a senior finance leader within Stanley Black & Decker’s Stanley Engineered Fastening (SEF) Business Segment, directly partnering with VP Product Management and VP Engineering across the Industrial and Automotive verticals. This role leads financial planning, full product line P&L support, investment analysis, and performance management to drive profitable growth and disciplined resource allocation across SEF’s global product portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead finance business partner to Product and Engineering leadership, linking strategy to financial plans and performance actions.
• Support the full product line P&L, including revenue, margin, operating income, and profitability drivers.
• Partner on portfolio decisions, product line performance, and actions to improve growth and returns including cost-out governance.
• Evaluate new product development and engineering investments through business cases, return analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Support engineering productivity and resource allocation to align investment with strategic priorities.
• Lead the Strategic Plan, Annual Operating Plan and forecast processes for Product and Engineering.
• Provide financial leadership for SG&A and CAPEX planning tied to product and engineering priorities.
• Develop KPIs and decision support that improve visibility to performance, investment effectiveness and execution.
• Partner with FP&A and cross-functional leaders to connect product, engineering, and business performance.
• Build organizational capability over time, including future team leadership as business needs evolve.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related degree.
• 10+ years of relevant financial work experience, with a focus on product development and engineering strategy.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to develop and maintain financial models.
• Experience in strategic planning and execution along with critical thinking, strong analytic and communication skills.
• Demonstrated problem solving and process improvement capabilities.
• Strong cross functional leadership skills and experience catalyzing change in a matrixed, international environment.
• High business acumen and increased collaboration with both functional and business leaders, passion for change and doing things in new ways.
• The ability to quickly assess the operational efficiency of a functional group or process and prioritize improvement processes.
• Fluent German and English skills.

Benefits

• An exciting role in an innovative and international environment.
• A wide range of development opportunities tailored to your individual needs.
• An attractive remuneration package.
• A permanent position.
• 30 days of vacation.
• Flexible working time models & mobile working.
• 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.