Be the reason

Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

What you’ll be doing: 

Our merchandising team aims to deliver the best value and selection to our customers through products, services, and solutions all centered around our customers’ needs. We are driven by customer insights and analytics to bring products and solutions to market seamlessly. We’re inclusive, well-rounded professionals who have deep experience in buying, selling, negotiating, operations, design, innovation, finance, and more.

This position is a part of a hybrid work model, 3 days in the office and 2 days remote, and based in Framingham, MA.

What you bring to the table: 

• Responsible for managing the SKU throughout its lifecycle: item set up, maintenance, inactivations, and RTVs/destroy. Partner with content and inventory throughout the process.
• Manage the Master Assortment tracker for all items to be utilized across all BUs; provide SKU needs: adds, deletes, and maintenance, so all channels know their active assortment
• Facilitate communication of new items and forecasts across all BU Counterparts (.com, SBA, Quill, Essendant, HiTouch, and other acquisitions), Inventory & Planning, own brand, Vendor Management, etc.
• Identify, track, and provide matches to the merch ops team that can be used to ALT products when needed
• Become a system expert and be responsible for running reporting covering sales and margin performance, vendor purchases, BU performance, and ad hoc reporting
• Responsible for financial analysis of vendor and assortment and recommending opportunities to improve performance
• Process and communicate any cost increases via PCW Process with the vendors or own brand team
• Ability to handle a high volume of Field inquiries daily, and provide support by utilizing problem-solving skills quickly and efficiently
• Communicate effectively and proactively with the Distribution network and Wholesaler team to identify assortment gaps, and add new items at the best cost to the Master assortment as necessary
• Support Merchandising teams as well as Generalist salesforce with RFPs and Proposals.
• Support merchant on the execution of activities to deliver vendor and category strategies

Chez Staples, « inclusion » est un mot d'action. Il représente ce que nous faisons pour garantir que tous les employés se sentent valorisés et soutenus afin de contribuer à leur plein potentiel. Lorsque nous opérons de manière inclusive, la diversité suit naturellement. C'est pourquoi nous travaillons dur pour favoriser une culture inclusive, car nous recherchons des employés ayant des perspectives uniques et variées et des domaines d'expertise divers. Le résultat est un meilleur environnement de travail et une réflexion innovante qui nous aide à dépasser les attentes de nos clients – grâce à la force des personnes derrière notre marque emblématique.

Staples est un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, couleur, religion, âge, sexe, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, origine nationale, statut de vétéran protégé, handicap ou toute autre base protégée par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale.