Staples

Procurement

• Lead new category identification and launch, leveraging market insights, customer needs, and competitive intelligence to size opportunities and bring differentiated product assortments to market.
• Own end‑to‑end category strategy and execution across brick‑and‑mortar, ensuring relevant go‑to‑market plans and flawless execution from concept to launch.
• Develop and manage strategic assortments, actively managing the product lifecycle to drive sales, margin, and market differentiation.
• Drive financial performance, including sales, margin, pricing competitiveness, inventory productivity, and forecast accuracy, while maximizing ROI and inventory turnover.
• Build and manage strong vendor partnerships, leading negotiations, managing funding and promotional support, and collaborating on innovation, assortment growth, and market trends.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Marketing, Digital, Supply Chain, Space Planning, Operations, to deliver effective promotions, merchandising strategies, and an optimized customer experience in‑store.
• Partner with peer Category Managers to support the transition of successful new‑to‑business products to base category portfolios once pilots meet established hurdle rates for viability, ensuring continuity, scalability, and sustained performance.

Category Manager – Innovation, New Business