Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Announces Appointment of John T. Lucas to Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
January 25, 2023 at 08:05 am EST
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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. announced the appointment of John T. Lucas to Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). He will join the executive team and report to Stanley Black & Decker President & CEO, Donald Allan, Jr. In this role, Lucas will be responsible for the company's global human resources strategy and operations; talent management, including recruitment and leadership development; and compensation and benefits. Current interim CHRO Deborah K. Wintner will assume the role of CHRO for the company's largest segment, Tools & Outdoor.
Lucas has more than 35 years of human resources experience, serving for the last 10 years as the most senior HR executive for global multinational companies in the Fortune 50 and Fortune 150, including Lockheed Martin and Goodyear. He has also held senior human resources roles at Microsoft, Kodak and Merck. Lucas was most recently the founder of True North Human Capital Consulting, LLC, where he provided counsel to Fortune 200 and private companies across all areas of human capital strategies, including institutionalizing best-in-class HR programs and establishing global talent management systems. Lucas earned a M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations from St.
Francis University and a B.A. in Economics from Washington and Jefferson College. He was awarded the Maurice Cleveland Waltersdorf Award for distinguished and innovation leadership from Washington and Jefferson College in 2017.
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of tools and engineering solutions for professional, industrial and construction and consumer use. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- electric tools and accessories (71.1%): tools and electric devices (drills wire, sanders, saws, grinders, batteries, etc.), garden tools (shears, cutting edge, trimmers, aerators , grinders, chainsaws, etc.), vacuum cleaners, lamps, lights, battery chargers, starter batteries, power converters, hand tools (measuring and leveling tools, planes, hammers, knives, blades, screwdrivers, saws, etc.), consumer mechanics tools (wrenches and sockets), plastic tool boxes, pneumatic tools and fasteners (nail guns, staplers, staples, etc.);
- industrial products (16.2%): professional and automotive mechanics tools (wrenches, sockets, electronic diagnostic tools, etc.), storage systems, plumbing, heating and air conditioning tools (pipe wrenches, pliers, tubing cutters, etc.), hydraulic tools, etc.;
- access and security products (12.7%): automatic doors, door closers, emergency exit devices, locking mechanisms, integrated security devices, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (60.5%), Canada (4.7%), Americas (4.2%), France (4%), Europe (19.2%) and Asia (7.4%).
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