Senior Manager, Category Development

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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. The Sr.

The Sr. Manager, Category Development leads in the development of strategic category initiatives to drive growth for Staples Private Brands. Their goal is to drive sales and loyalty for Staples, Inc and across our partner channels. This role marries strategic category understanding with both product development and execution. As a member of the Private Brands leadership team, they will be responsible for driving the vision and goals for the Private Brand program across the organization.

What you will be doing :

• Lead product development planning for assigned category; deliver 12 month product roadmap that supports and aligns to Private Brands and merchant goals.
• Demonstrate deep category expertise and partner with merchandising to drive data-informed decisions that support Private Brand growth, influencing all aspects from financial performance to assortment, value positioning, and placement.
• Collaborate across Private Brands org to prioritize and execute category plans.
• Understand how the category contributes to overall Private Brands plans.
• Identify new products to fill gaps or explore new opportunities.
• Builds programs through initiatives to reduce costs, improve product performance, and increase sustainability.
• Develop business cases to support new product development; sell product ideas to VP-level stakeholders.
• Identify key product features and gain cross-functional support for recommendations.
• Collaborate with Brand Strategy to create consumer-focused messaging packaging.
• Analyze consumer and industry trends; maintain competitive research.
• Partner with Insights team to set success metrics, review results and make data-driven recommendations
• Use data and insights to influence stakeholders on product development, assortment and sustainability.
• Identify and drive process improvement to support broader category and Private Brands team.
• Lead at least one direct report, managing priorities and timelines.
• Provide training and coaching to support direct report's growth and development.

What You Bring to the Table :

What's needed : Basic Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

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The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The specific base pay may be influenced by a variety of factors to include the candidate's experience, skill set, education, geography, business considerations, and internal equity. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for bonuses, or other forms of variable compensation.