Stanley Black & Decker names new chief global supply chain officer
Stanley Black & Decker has named Agustin Lopez Diaz its new chief global supply chain officer.
Lopez Diaz joins the company from Schneider Electric and brings more than 20 years of manufacturing, P&L and supply chain leadership experience. He will report to Chris Nelson, Stanley Black & Decker’s president and CEO.
“Agustin’s global experience — having worked and lived in six countries and managed teams in over 80 countries — combined with his expertise in manufacturing, planning, logistics, operational excellence, sustainability, quality, and customer experience makes him uniquely qualified to lead our supply chain organization,” Nelson said. “He brings exceptional expertise in continuous improvement, global network optimization, and process digitization to produce transformative results in complex, dynamic markets. He will be instrumental in driving our long-term growth objectives.”
In the new role, Lopez Diaz will oversee the company’s end-to-end global supply chain strategy and operations, with a focus on delivering growth, innovation and operational excellence. He will be responsible for building and executing a future-ready supply chain aligned with the company’s broader business strategy.
Lopez Diaz most recently served as North America supply chain officer at Schneider Electric, overseeing more than 50 manufacturing sites and 13 distribution centers across North America and Central America. Before that, he was the company’s chief sustainability, customer experience and quality officer at its global headquarters in Switzerland.
Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles in quality, customer satisfaction, and environment, health and safety at Faurecia (now Forvia), GE Power, Rockwell and Vestas. He is recognized for expertise in Kaizen, lean practices, continuous improvement, customer experience and quality control.
Lopez Diaz holds degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration from the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla in Mexico, along with postgraduate studies in negotiation from the University of Michigan.
