Senior Category Development Strategist
Staples, Inc.
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Staples, Inc. in Framingham, MA seeks a Senior Specialist, Category Development to transform research into strategic category decisions. You will partner with Merchandising and analytics to strengthen assortments, enable product innovation, and drive margin growth.
You’ll translate complex data into concise, executive-ready recommendations and influence cross-functional teams to act on insights.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, merchandising, analytics, or related field.
- Minimum 2+ years in category management, merchandising, market research, or analytics.
Responsibilities
- Analyze category performance and assortment productivity to identify growth opportunities.
- Benchmark hero products, whitespace, and risks to inform portfolio decisions.
- Support quarterly/annual category reviews with scorecards and analyses.
- Benchmark competitors to inform product development and innovation.
- Monitor competitor assortments and price/value propositions.
- Track reviews and market shifts to identify unmet customer needs.
- Translate research into concise executive-ready presentations and recommendations.
- Collaborate with Merchandising, Product Development, Marketing, and Analytics to drive decisions.
- Maintain competitive intelligence repositories and improve research methods.
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Staples, Inc. in Framingham, MA seeks a Senior Specialist, Category Development to transform research into strategic category decisions. You will partner with Merchandising and analytics to strengthen assortments, enable product innovation, and drive margin growth.
You’ll translate complex data into concise, executive-ready recommendations and influence cross-functional teams to act on insights.
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