Stanley Black & Decker has appointed Agustin Lopez Diaz as Chief Global Supply Chain Officer, effective 15 December 2025.
In his new position, Lopez Diaz is responsible for leading the company's end-to-end global supply chain strategy and operations, ensuring that the supply chain drives growth, innovation and operational excellence.
Reporting to Chris Nelson, President and CEO of Stanley Black & Decker, Lopez Diaz is also tasked with developing and executing a “world-class, future-ready” supply chain aligned with the company’s business objectives and growth strategy.
Stanley Black & Decker said Lopez Diaz specialises in Kaizen, Lean, continuous improvement, customer experience and quality control. Lean is a management approach centred on reducing waste and improving efficiency to maximise customer value, while Kaizen — a Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement — emphasises small, incremental changes that together deliver significant long-term gains in efficiency, quality and performance.
Nelson said: “Agustin’s global experience – having worked and lived in six countries and managed teams in more than 80 – combined with his expertise in manufacturing, planning, logistics, operational excellence, sustainability, quality and customer experience makes him uniquely qualified to lead our supply chain organisation.
“He brings exceptional expertise in continuous improvement, global network optimisation and process digitisation to deliver transformative results in complex, dynamic markets. He will be instrumental in driving our long-term growth objectives.”
Prior to joining Stanley Black & Decker, Lopez Diaz served as North America Supply Chain Officer at Schneider Electric, where he had end-to-end supply chain responsibility for more than 50 manufacturing sites and 13 distribution centres across North America and Central America.
Before this, he also held the position of Chief Sustainability, Customer Experience and Quality Officer at Schneider Electric's global headquarters in Switzerland, where he led group-wide sustainability, customer experience and quality programmes.
