Merchandising Specialist (Hybrid)
Posted on: 5 Oct 2022
Framingham, MA
Job Description
What you’ll be doing:
Your Primary Responsibilities will be around supplier and item management and researching new category opportunities for our HiTouch marketplace business.
This will include facilitation of new supplier onboarding to support new suppliers supporting HiTouch business and building new assortment via operational support and long-term item maintenance. You will coordinate across multiple projects and prioritize your time in collaboration with your manager.
Together we will monitor item metrics, notify and support remediation efforts with the suppliers and take the steps required with the marketplace partners to keep assortment selling. Internally you will ensure order fulfilment, inventory and item master systems have item flags set correctly and audit full assortment for changes in availability weekly.
You will also be tasked with researching new market opportunities and report to management results of that analysis. You will be an integral part in the planning process for the operations workload on a monthly basis and working with your manager and the HiTouch team to support existing items and suppliers needs versus reach outs for new suppliers in collaboration with the Merchandising operations team
What you bring to the table:
This role requires a detail oriented, highly organized individual with some project management skills and a desire to learn and adapt in a high energy team setting
Ability to work well independently and within a team setting including across multiple internal teams
An individual that adjusts quickly to changing priorities and aggressive timelines
Experience managing multiple deadlines at one time
Qualifications :
What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:
Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office applications, specifically MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications:
BA or BS required or prior work experience
We Offer:
Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
Dynamic, cross functional team and many opportunities for future career that will focus on your long-term career growth
Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays)
Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more perks and benefits
Staples
Framingham, MA
Staples, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates office products superstores. It operates in two segments, North American Delivery and North American Retail. The company offers a range of office supplies, business technology products, facility and breakroom supplies, computers and mobility products, and office furniture under the Staples, Quill, and other proprietary brands. It also provides print and marketing, as well as technology services.
The company sells its office products and services directly to businesses and consumers through its Staples.com, Staples.ca, and Quill.com Websites; and retail stores, as well as Staples Business Advantage contracts. As of January 28, 2017, it operated approximately 1,583 retail stores in 46 states and the District of Columbia in the United States, and 10 provinces and 2 territories in Canada, as well as in Argentina, Australia, and Brazil; 78 distribution and fulfillment centers in 25 states in the United States and 7 provinces in Canada, as well as in China, Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan, and Australia. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. As of September 12, 2017, Staples, Inc. was taken private.
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IndustrySales/Retail
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No. of Employees45,565
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