Staples, Inc.
Associate Category Manager
Richmond Hill, ON, Canada · Mid
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Green-card follow-through: 83%
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About the role
- Working with direction from a Category Manager or Director of Merchandising, the role translates category strategy into assortment, pricing, promotional, vendor, and inventory plans.
- The role applies independent judgment within established category strategies, financial guardrails, policies, and approval authorities.
Responsibilities
- The role partners with Centres of Excellence and cross-functional teams to deliver differentiated, channel-relevant assortments and may provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, or project leadership to Category Specialists without formal people-management accountability.
- ⦁ Own the day-to-day management of assigned categories or subcategories, translating category strategy into assortment, pricing, promotional, vendor, and inventory plans.
- ⦁ Use sales, margin, inventory, customer, and market insights to identify opportunities, address performance risks, and recommend actions that drive profitable growth.
- ⦁ Lead assortment planning and product lifecycle activities, including line reviews, new product launches, SKU rationalization, product transitions, and discontinuations.
- ⦁ Develop competitive pricing and promotional recommendations, secure vendor funding, and partner with Marketing, Digital, and Operations to deliver impactful customer programs.
- ⦁ Build productive supplier relationships and contribute to vendor selection, sourcing, business reviews, negotiations, and performance management.
- ⦁ Partner with Supply Chain and cross-functional teams to improve product availability, inventory productivity, sell-through, and the overall customer experience.
- ⦁ Lead category projects and process improvements while providing functional guidance, knowledge-sharing, and coaching to team members.
- ⦁ Ability to manage defined categories or complex workstreams with moderate independence while balancing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- ⦁ Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with internal partners and suppliers.
Requirements
- ⦁ Occasional travel may be required.
- ⦁ Post-secondary degree or diploma with a focus on retail management, merchandising, business, purchasing, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- ⦁ Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with merchandising, reporting, product-information, or ERP systems is an asset.
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