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Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Business Growthunmatched
- Business Operationsunmatched
- Business Planunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Consultingunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Collectionunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Inventory Planningunmatched
- Market Shareunmatched
- Market Trend Analysisunmatched
- Merchandisingunmatched
- Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
- Negotiation Skillsunmatched
- Outbound Marketingunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Pricingunmatched
- Product Planningunmatched
- Revenue Growthunmatched
- Revenue Planningunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Sales Presentationunmatched
- Sales Strategyunmatched
- Strategic Planningunmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
Description
Job Description
Staples is business to business. You're what binds us together.
The Director Marketplace, Merchandising is a pivotal role responsible for driving the strategic direction of our Marketplace merchandising unit. This roleinvolves making significant contributions to the formulation and execution of strategies and operating plans across our marketplace platforms.
What you'll be doing:
What's needed- Basic Qualifications:
About Us
Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
Staples is business to business. You're what binds us together.
The Director Marketplace, Merchandising is a pivotal role responsible for driving the strategic direction of our Marketplace merchandising unit. This roleinvolves making significant contributions to the formulation and execution of strategies and operating plans across our marketplace platforms.
What you'll be doing:
- Work closely with marketplace, merchant, and supply chain departments to ensure alignment and efficiency.
- Develop and implement merchandising strategies that align our category merchant organization with rapidly evolving Marketplace opportunities.
- Work closely with data to help drive insights and direction for the team.
- Employ data to drive insights in real time.
- Analyze financial information to make decisions.
- Connects strategies driven by data insights to business operations.
- Consult closely with business partners within the organization.
- Analyze, develop and communicate near and medium-term strategic plan for product lines, considering cross-functional implications, including guiding the team on business plan execution.
- Develop a strategic business plan for each product line to achieve target revenue, margin, market share and inventory goals.
- Develop and approve inventory disposition plans.
- Create innovative market-leading selling strategies leveraging presentation, pricing and promotion inspired by the customer.
- Utilize appropriate resources to gather, analyze, present and act upon data.
- Study the market trends, consumer(s) and competition by subcategory and turn insights into actionable plans to grow the business.
- Construct and drive category marketing and sales programs.
- Create an inclusive team culture and environment which enables every associate to thrive. Develop direct reports and their directs via coaching, stretch assignments, and consistent feedback.
- Responsibilities will evolve as business needs dictate.
- Strong financial acumen.
- Strong communicator: verbal, written, via presentations.
- Ability to objectively interpreting data, extracting insights and linking to strategies.
- Ability to develop direct reports and their directs via coaching, stretch assignments, and consistent feedback.
- Aptitude to anticipate changes and identify alternatives for driving sales in the face of negative trends.
What's needed- Basic Qualifications:
- 10 + years relevant experience in merchandising, consulting OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 5 + years people management experience, motivating teams.
- Prior negotiation experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with both qualitative and quantitative data.
- Experience executing both data gathering and data analysis.
About Us
Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Framingham |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://careers.staples.com/ |
About Company
We’re more than simply paper, ink, and toner. At Staples, we provide the supplies that thousands of businesses around the world need to succeed. We’re the experts in technology and conferencing equipment, cleaning products, furniture, and even breakroom items like snacks and coffee, too. (After all, innovation requires plenty of fuel!) This is a company of more than 13,000 smart, insightful experts who believe in the power of what can be and are driven to make business easier for our customers.