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Staples Canada · 1 week ago

Category Merchant ( Safety & PPE )

Framingham, MA, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Staples Canada is a business-to-business company focused on delivering value and selection to customers. The Category Merchant for Safety & PPE will own sales and inventory goals, leverage data insights, and develop strategies to enhance the customer shopping experience.

E-CommerceInformation TechnologyOffice Supplies

Responsibilities

Own delivering sales, margin, and inventory goals across two channels

Leverage data insights to develop an understanding of their business, identify opportunities and gaps in the current strategy and to drive decision making

Ensure products are optimally represented online for all customers to create an optimal shopping experience

Develop deep understanding of customer needs and shopping behaviors

Define then accelerate emerging trends in the technology space and how our strategy should evolve based on industry, competitor, and technology trends

Responsible for selecting vendors, brands, and products to be sold; negotiate for lower net costs through volume incentives, rebates, advertising or promotional price support

Demonstrate clear ownership and knowledge of strategy and assortment, be able to communicate and answer questions of senior leadership

Develop plans and partner cross functionally with marketing, sales, supply chain, pricing, site merchandising and more

Qualification

Buying experienceP&L managementECommerce sales tacticsExcel proficiencyInfluencing skillsStrategic partnershipsCommunication skillsTime managementOrganizational skills