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Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. We are not ordinary, and neither are you. You are an extraordinary seller with endless potential. And we have the perfect job for you. This is a hybrid B2B Sales role within a world-class territory-based business-to-business organization. At Staples Advantage, we provide ongoing training to give you the ability to become a top sales... performer. This role will also prepare you for Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.
We are not ordinary, and neither are you.
You are an extraordinary seller with endless potential. And we have the perfect job for you. This is a hybrid B2B Sales role within a world-class territory-based business-to-business organization. At Staples Advantage, we provide ongoing training to give you the ability to become a top sales... performer. This role will also prepare you for a variety of sales roles within Staples.
Staples, Inc. is a B2B industry leader in delivering office products and solutions to enterprise customers, and Staples Advantage is the engine that makes this all happen. We are innovators in digital sales, enabling easy online ordering for customers via our StaplesAdvantage.com eCommerce platform. Our culture puts the customer first, and we continue to transform to ensure that our customers consistently receive the right expertise, services, and products to get the job done and done right.
What you’ll be doing:
You will start as a B2B Territory Sales Representative, where you will participate in instructor-led and on-the-job training for two months, learning about the company, and products we sell while developing sales skills you’ll need to ensure you are successful. You will then put these skills to use. Working within a defined territory, you will prospect for and set appointments with potential business customers, develop new accounts, and further expand our customer base. After several successful months as a B2B Territory Sales Representative, you will be on your way to your first promotion with Staples!
If you love finding new ways to identify growth opportunities for the business, have a knack for identifying customers’ needs, love collaborating and bringing solutions together for the customer, and have a real passion for sales, this is the role for you. Join our professional B2B Sales Team and provide hands-on consultative recommendations to regional customers.
What we offer:

Six Figure earning potential, salary plus uncapped commissions, 1st year guaranteed incentive minimum of $10,200
Competitive benefits paid holidays, and flexible PTO (22 days)
Monthly car and cell phone allowance
Best-in-class sales methodology training, lead distribution system, and CRM
Additional incentives and recognition for top performers
Development programs to prepare you for advanced selling or leadership. Check out Riley’s career story.
Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups and resources such as the Social Justice Resource Center

Qualifications :
What’s needed - Basic Qualifications

Ability to travel within your territory (personal transportation is required; however, car and cell phone allowance is provided)

What’s needed - Preferred Qualifications

1+ years of sales experience
Bachelor’s degree
Time management skills
Highly motivated with the ability to meet and exceed sales quotas

Where you'll be working - Location

Multiple positions are available, and geographically flexible across the continental United States.

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At Staples, “inclusion” is an action word. It represents what we do to ensure that all employees feel valued and supported to contribute to their fullest potential. When we operate inclusively, diversity naturally follows. This is why we work hard to foster an inclusive culture, as we seek employees with unique and varied perspectives and areas of expertise. The result is a better workplace and innovative thinking that helps us exceed our customers’ expectations - through the power of the people behind our iconic brand.
Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Staples believes Inclusion is a verb and we encourage diversity of thinking and ideas as well as backgrounds and experiences. Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law
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Sr Cyber Security Architect Work Model: Hybrid, Framingham MA... Staples is business to business.You’re what binds us together. Our digital solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate Sr Cyber Security Architect

Work Model: Hybrid, Framingham MA...

Staples is business to business.You’re what binds us together.

Our digital solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of our customers and business partners and deliver reliable, customer-centric technology services.

What you’ll be doing:
• Designs and oversees implementation of enterprise information security architectures and solutions.
• Recommends modifications to application development, database design, networking, or infrastructure architecture with the goal of complying with internal information security policies and standards.
• Develops or assists in the development of security policies, standards, and strategies.
• Performs or participates in security audits, identifies security gaps, and develops and implements risk mitigation solutions.
• Handles the most complex issues.
• Be a technology leader collaborating with teams of senior systems engineers, senior network engineers, senior cloud engineers, cybersecurity architects, and software developers.
• Partner with technology and business teams to fully understand business priorities and promote cybersecurity by design.
• Monitors emerging products, technologies, or best practices that will improve security for the organization and its stakeholders.
• Maintain broad knowledge of emerging threats and technologies, and techniques to detect and mitigate them.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity reference architectures for consumption by technical and project teams.
• Development and maintenance of Security Architecture documents and artifacts.

What you bring to the table:
• Strong oral, written, and visual communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability and analytical skills.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of architecture standards and patterns, and a passion for advocating their correct usage.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of best practices for securing networks and computer systems.
• Effective negotiation skills.
• Strong leadership and team-building abilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team. Customer/client orientation. Problem/situation analysis.
• Detail oriented.
• Project management skills

What’s needed- Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related area, or related field or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a cybersecurity role with progressive responsibility experience in Cybersecurity, IT, Systems Administration, Network Architecture, Systems Development, or related fields.
• Experience designing, architecting, or implementing complex systems.
• Experience creating technical documentation and diagrams.
• Proficient in cybersecurity frameworks and standards.

What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications
• Experience leading IT and cybersecurity projects.
• In-depth knowledge of networking systems, Microsoft OS, Linux OS and virtualization technologies.
• In-depth knowledge with cloud architectures and security approaches, particularly in Microsoft Azure.
• Experienced with cloud security, identity management, threat modeling, and incident response.

We Offer:
• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• 22 days of PTO and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays + 1 floating holiday)
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!

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via CareerBuilder posted_at: 18 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Join the Data Solutions Engineering as a Director of Datawarehouse & Analytics and be part of Staples exciting journey to redefine customer experience and deliver new brand, products and services to our customers. We are on a digital transformation journey in which Staples will continue to leverage its data in new and exciting ways including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (ML/AI... We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking Join the Data Solutions Engineering as a Director of Datawarehouse & Analytics and be part of Staples exciting journey to redefine customer experience and deliver new brand, products and services to our customers. We are on a digital transformation journey in which Staples will continue to leverage its data in new and exciting ways including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (ML/AI... We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking director with a specialized focus on ML/AI, Data Architecture, Analytics and Datawarehouse. You'll play a pivotal role in building and defining state-of-the-art analytical models and data solutions architecture for the growing data needs of our North American Delivery (NAD) organization.

As the senior leader of a team of highly skilled data engineers and contractors with varied experience levels, you'll guide the development of data structures and pipelines that organize, collect, and standardize data to generate insights and address reporting needs. Your team will be responsible for writing ELT (Extract / Load / Transform) processes, designing data ingestion/extraction frameworks & systems, and developing tools for real-time and batch analytics processing. You'll also oversee the integration of data from a variety of sources, ensuring that it adheres to data quality and accessibility standards and help lead our ML and AI journey forward. In this role, you'll be responsible for planning and reviewing the work of your associates through code reviews and participating in scrum events and other Agile ceremonies. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact on the future of Staples and drive innovation in our retail ecommerce enterprise.

What you’ll be doing:
• Ensuring that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets.
• Develop strong relationships with business stakeholders and product owners.
• Define and deploy data architecture and enable top-down governance models.
• Develop and communicate a roadmap for the organization's analytics, machine learning, and AI capabilities aligned with business goals and market trends.
• Oversee design and the creation of data architecture (models) and repositories.
• Develop data products from proof of concept to scalable solutions based on business priorities and impact, using modern tools and technologies on cloud.
• Champion technical design whiteboarding sessions to enable open discussion with architects, engineers & technologists.
• Enable data driven decision making: Advance access to information for decision making into wide populations of business users, by enabling them to access data & analytics via easy combinations of elements.
• Increase adoption of data & analytics (D&A) via self-service and data catalog.
• Managing the flow of data from internal and external sources by leveraging both distributed and local data structures.
• Support mission critical applications and near real time data needs in the data platform.
• Participate in design and code reviews.
• Work with cybersecurity teams and infrastructure teams to secure and protect valuable data from inappropriate access or data loss.
• Work with disaster recovery planning and execution with other team members.
• Determine risk potential for various configurations and options for data administration and able to communicate issues to managers and team as required.

What you bring to the table (Soft Skills):
• You will work hand in hand with business stakeholders, product owners, scrum masters to deliver quality work and will be able to exercise independent judgment.
• Work collaboratively with fellow directors, project managers, technical data managers, data architects, data scientists as well as business partners.
• Work as part of an engineering team from concept to operations, providing deep technical subject matter expertise for successful deployment.
• Accountable for the management of several segments in the enterprise data space.
• Interact with direct reports and peers in management / customers / vendors to share information and improve cross-departmental processes.
• Be capable of leading a large and complex team in Data Solutions Engineering.
• Ensure the ongoing training and development of direct and indirect reports.

Qualifications - External

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Sciences, Data Analytics, Management Information Systems, or related quantitative field in Data Engineering
• Demonstrated experience managing and migrating data warehousing capabilities to the Snowflake platform or similar platforms.
• A history of developing managing large complex budgets and drafting compelling business cases.
• Proven experience (8+ years) in leading analytics, machine learning, and AI initiatives, with a track record of successful project delivery.
• Strong understanding of data management, statistical analysis, machine learning algorithms, and AI technologies.
• Previous hands-on experience with languages like Python, PySpark, SQL, UNIX/Linux scripting to access, extract, manipulate and summarize data.
• Demonstrated success leading teams executing enterprise data engineering, database optimization, data processing, data cleansing and automation.
• Experience working with: Airflow, Kubernetes, Cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure, GCP), CI/CD (e.g., Azure DevOps, Git actions, Jenkins, or CircleCI) and automated testing.
• Familiarity with a broad base of analytical methods like data modeling, variable based transformation & summarization, and algorithmic development.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in enabling a data marketplace solution, increasing reach of data products, and simplifying understanding and access for all consumers.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Masters degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or Data Science
• Experience in SnowSQL, GCP - BigQuery, Cloud SQL, DataFlow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions etc.
• Experience in developing User Defined Functions (UDF) in python, SQL, etc.

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via Resume-Library.com posted_at: 18 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Our digital solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of... our customers and business partners and deliver reliable, Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

Our digital solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of... our customers and business partners and deliver reliable, customer-centric technology services.

What you’ll be doing:
• Leverage SIEM and SOAR platforms to create and maintain detections to identify attacker TTPs.
• Create and maintain customized dashboards within SIEM to support Risk-Based Alerting and the SOC's detection and investigation needs.
• Manage Logging Infrastructure supporting both SIEM and SOAR solutions.
• Develop and manage both existing and new custom log integrations and parsers.
• Maintain continuous automated detection testing configurations.
• Perform testing and tuning of SIEM detection logic to minimize false positives, false negatives, and alert duplication.
• Consistently document detection use cases.
• Deliver functional value resulting from research in the form of queries, signatures, rules, and contextual information.
• Assist with advancing security standard operating procedures and incident response reporting.
• May provide 24 / 7 on-call security response.

What you bring to the table:
• Ability to implement and maintain Cloud Security Monitoring
• Ability to write and tune Detection Use Cases and Automation Playbooks
• Proactively monitor SIEM detections for opportunities to improve and tune
• Proactively monitor SIEM Infrastructure for availability and efficiency improvements
• Ability to anticipate and prevent problems and roadblocks before they occur. Ability to identify problems and significantly improve, change, or adapt existing methods and techniques drawing from personal experiences and feedback.
• Ability to interact with internal and external peers and managers to exchange complex information related to areas of specialization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK Tactics and Techniques (or Killchain can be substituted not 100% required)
• Familiarity with Compliance & Regulatory Frameworks like PCI, SOX etc.
Qualifications - External

What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of SIEM detection content creation
• 2+ years of LogicApps, Phantom SOAR or similar experience
• 1+ years of Azure Sentinel or similar experience
• 2+ years of Splunk or similar experience
• 2+ years of writing Custom API integrations and Log Parsers
• 2+ years of supporting logging and routing tools like syslog-ng, rsyslog etc
• 1+ years of experience of Azure Cloud Security Monitoring or similar experience
• 2+ years experience with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, others)

What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications:
• Strong knowledge and understanding of network protocols and devices.
• Strong experience correlating data across very large and diverse datasets
• Strong experience of writing custom code for custom API integrations and Log Parsers
• Strong Attitude to Learn, Develop and Share
• Strong Team Player
• 3+ years of experience with Azure Security Monitoring or similar experience
• Experience analyzing common security logs (e.g. Authentication, DNS, Endpoint, Network, Proxy, etc) to detect security incidents

We Offer:
• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• Flexible PTO (22 days) and Vacation Schedule (7 observed paid holidays)
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!

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via Resume-Library.com posted_at: 13 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Meet the Team... At Staples our Digital Solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, Agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of our customers and business Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

Meet the Team...

At Staples our Digital Solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, Agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of our customers and business partners, and deliver reliable, customer-centric technology services. If you want to be on the front lines, driving one of the greatest technology transformations of the 21st Century, you should join our team!

Staples’ Order Management and Supply Chain Systems team enables scalable, efficient, and intelligent order and delivery solutions, and exceptional customer experience through our expertise in business domains and technologies. We are currently taking a platform re-engineering approach to consolidate, modernize, and simplify legacy applications by standardizing interfaces, building micro-services, and/or integrating with 3rd party software that’ll effectively reduce tech debt and vendor footprint, and improve time to market and service levels.

Your Role

We are looking for dedicated engineering manager to help building applications from the ground up. The Software Engineering Manager will be responsible for designing the architecture, building the software, deploying and scaling solutions. You are deeply interested in product design and innovate relentlessly. You will be responsible for hiring and leading a team of Software/Data/ML/Applied engineers responsible for building high performing applications that interact with large scale distributed systems.

What you’ll be doing:
• Manage a team of very technical engineers working on a complex distributed platform.
• Promote and instill best practices in Software engineering development.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team members, holding regular career path conversations with clear success criteria.
• Ensure design meets requirement and deliver high quality work on tight schedules.
• Instill best practices in recruiting, interviewing, and mentoring excellent team of engineers
• Plan and complete software development projects within and across teams, being accountable for the execution, quality, and service reliability of the team using strong.
• Work closely with product management teams and fellow engineering leaders to handle priorities and lead the development roadmap.

What you bring to the table

You are deeply interested in product design and innovate relentlessly. You are hands-on, producinghigh-level architecture designs, building and operating services at scale /Javaenvironment. You love and are passionate in bringing best practices in hiring and leading a team of Software Engineersresponsible for building high performing applications that interact with large scale distributed systems.
Qualifications - External

What’s needed- Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; Masters degree preferred
• 10+ years of professionalsoftware engineering experience,including managing and leadingstaff / team
• Excellent programming andhigh-level architecturaldesign skillsand computer science fundamentals (Java,OO Design, data structures & algorithms)
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Strong diagnostic, debugging, and troubleshooting skills
• Experience building applications on one or more public Cloud Platform (e.g. Azure, AWS)
• Experience designing and implementing highly reliable, fault-tolerant distributed applications with focus on low-latency and scale
• Experience with maintaining software products throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Understanding of operating distributed data systems at scale.
• Demonstrated success in design large scale big data systems that perform complex event processing

We Offer:
• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups and resources such as the Social Justice Resource Center
• Flexible PTO (22 days) and Vacation Schedule (7 observed paid holidays), Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more perks and benefits

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Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Our world class sales and sales support teams work directly with businesses of all sizes to offer products and services to meet our customers’ unique needs. We are committed to understanding our customers and use best-in-class sales tools and technology to find the best solutions. We’re constantly discovering new ways to reach our goals, taking time to develop our skills and investing Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Our world class sales and sales support teams work directly with businesses of all sizes to offer products and services to meet our customers’ unique needs. We are committed to understanding our customers and use best-in-class sales tools and technology to find the best solutions. We’re constantly discovering new ways to reach our goals, taking time to develop our skills and investing in our career growth, so we can enjoy lucrative opportunities and grow our careers both within and beyond sales. What you’ll be doing: Attain Sales Quota & KPIs (Customer Engagement Metrics, New Opportunities Created, and New Wins) Retain & grow existing programs and accounts Acquire new Print sales within an existing book of business Use Professional Selling Skills to navigate through the Selling Process – identify customer needs through discovery Make a high volume of proactive outbound calls and execute retention and growth activities... Train and educate customers on digital print offerings – perform site demonstrations Effectively manage a funnel of opportunities – maintain detailed opportunity notes and tasks Collaborate with internal partners to drive growth and Deliver for Customers What you bring to the table: Ability to sell and effectively communicate company values and services via phone, email, and video conference tools Strong time management skills Ability to uncover, develop, and close sales Adaptable to a fast-paced organization that changes to continuously improve the customer experience Strong relationship building skills What’s needed- Basic Qualifications High School Diploma/ GED 1+ year of successful sales, customer service, or sales support experience What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications Previous experience in the Printing Industry Previous experience in virtual selling Proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel We Offer: Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups 112 Hours of PTO and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays + 1 floating holiday) Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellnessprograms, and more!
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via Ladders posted_at: 19 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Our eCommerce team delivers customer-centric site experiences to position Staples as a digital selling platform of choice. Our team ensures that our mobile, desktop, and app platforms deliver the digital experience that our customers expect. We do this through customer insights, analytics, and testing to build a strong innovation... pipeline for the future and to bring products and Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Our eCommerce team delivers customer-centric site experiences to position Staples as a digital selling platform of choice. Our team ensures that our mobile, desktop, and app platforms deliver the digital experience that our customers expect. We do this through customer insights, analytics, and testing to build a strong innovation... pipeline for the future and to bring products and solutions to market seamlessly. We utilize online merchandising and campaigns executed by both humans and automated tools to convert new and returning website visitors into customers. We work end-to-end with our sales, merchandising, finance, logistics and technology teams to provide a world-class, holistic digital experience, growing profitable results in a fun and rewarding work environment. We are inclusive, customer-obsessed, and are looking for well-rounded professionals with strong eCommerce business acumen to join our team. What you’ll be doing: Leverage fact-based data insights and business acumen to assess upcoming promotional plans and recommend changes as needed.To do so, you will: Analyze sales and profitability at both a business unit and category level and identify drivers of performance. Determine the incremental impact of coupons and SKU level promotions and recommend follow-up actions. Review engagement metrics for site and marketing vehicles to assess the impact of specific banners and placements. Partner with the Site Merchant teams to provide a holistic view of weekly performance across financial and site KPIs. Build and maintain data models to analyze past performance, conduct “what if” scenario analysis and develop future forecasts. Summarize learnings and recommendations through concise verbal and written communications to senior leadership. Represent the Promotions Team on cross-functional task forces including Back-to-School and Black Friday/Cyber Monday planning. Provide leadership and additional support to the Promotions team through ad-hoc analytics & project management. Serve as the team’s point-of-contact with other analytics and reporting teams within the organization to understand data availability, identify best practices and share findings. What you bring to the table: Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong organizational/project management skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task Works effectively with cross functional partners with competing interests Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including ability to build flexible financial models.Proficiency with other Office programs also required. Proven ability to ramp on different tools & systems. Experience with leading meetings and making presentations to senior leadership. Qualifications: What’s needed- Basic Qualifications 5+ years of work experience in Ecommerce or Merchandising What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree preferred. We Offer: Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups 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!
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via Ladders posted_at: 19 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit by bringing your ideas to life within the Staples Private Brands Team. Our leading brands, along with our high-performing Staples business will provide you with countless opportunities to develop your skills and explore new paths. We are passionate about building the right solutions that enable our customers to work from anywhere most effectively.Our Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together. Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit by bringing your ideas to life within the Staples Private Brands Team. Our leading brands, along with our high-performing Staples business will provide you with countless opportunities to develop your skills and explore new paths. We are passionate about building the right solutions that enable our customers to work from anywhere most effectively.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. We’re inclusive, well-rounded professionals who have deep experience in buying, selling, negotiating, operations, design, innovation, finance and more. The Senior Director of Quality, Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance leads a team of experts in quality, product safety... product regulatory compliance, and risk management. This individual sets the strategy and goals, provides coaching, training, and oversight to ensure the products in our brands are ethically sourced and meet or exceed customer expectations, legal and safety requirements, and cost targets. The person in this role serves as the executive leader and commercial relationship owner for Staples' 3rd party labs and audit agencies. What you’ll be doing: Lead the global quality function for private brands, including quality assurance, quality control, and post launch product quality Act as the executive sponsor and commercial relationship owner for Staples' 3rd party audit, testing and inspection service providers. Conduct regular business reviews and lead program improvement initiatives. Direct the setting of performance and regulatory compliance testing requirements. Lead the identification and execution of proactive product quality improvement projects Lead team responsible for monitoring and addressing quality issues after a product is launched. Develop and maintain reporting tools to drill down to the root causes of all issues. Oversee the resolution of the Critical and Major issues that impact the supply chain (includes both corrective and preventive action). At the direction of the Legal department, oversee the Product Safety Committee and execute the private brands recall process when necessary. Direct the development of strategies to ensure compliance with regulations prior to their implementation. Inform stakeholders of the ongoing status of proposed regulations throughout the world that could affect business (i.e. Conflict Mineral Act, CPSIA, REACH, CARB, etc.). Create the supporting SOPs, provide training and monitor compliance to ensure the procedures are consistently executed by the business teams. Direct the corporate ethical sourcing program to ensure private brand suppliers meet and adhere to the corporate social accountability guidelines laid out in the Staples Supplier Code of Conduct. Work closely with the Legal team and other stakeholders to continually develop the Code and the SA Audits that support it. Follow-up with factories not in compliance to get letters of commitment written and corrective action plans developed and approved. Working with independent third party auditors, follow up and monitor implementation of action items. In cases of continued or prolonged non-conformance, work with the Sourcing teams to develop and implement an exit strategy Direct compliance and provide support for the Direct Import program, Risk Management (legal cases) and supplier PLI requirements. This includes managing day to day correspondence related to approving DI’s for set-up, providing supporting documents for legal issues and reviewing/updating insurance coverage. Lead a multi-site/multi-country team of approximately 10 associates and additional 3rd party contractors. Provide coaching to direct reports that aid their development of their team members. Model the way as a leader to train and inspire individual contributors to advance their career into roles that involve greater levels of responsibility and impact to the business. Oversee hiring decisions, Associate Success Plans, and strengthening of associate engagement Conduct performance reviews for direct reports and provide performance guidance to direct reports for associates they manage. Also recommend merit increases and promotions for the entire team that you lead. Serve on the Product Development, Global Sourcing and Operations leadership team and provide leadership that will drive future strategy for the functions in the coming 3 - 5 years. Also provide leadership related to needed short term adjustments to the current strategies for the functions. Support the innovation function within the private brands team with technical support and project execution guidance As requested, participate on strategic innovation initiatives that are led by the Design and Innovation team. Serve in a sustainability leadership role for the private brands team What you bring to the table: Deep knowledge in the quality, regulatory and product safety disciplines Strong understanding of product manufacturing Experience working at a product testing, inspection and audit organization Experience working in a retail / delivery environment What’s needed- Basic Qualifications: 10+ years of relevant experience inquality, regulatory compliance, and product safety What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience We Offer: Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups 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!
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via Ladders posted_at: 19 days agoschedule_type: Full-time and Part-time
we find the best solution in every challenge. Search Jobs by Keyword Location People Are at the Heart of What We Do.We collaborate, we grow, and we win together. So bring your passion and your expertise. Together with our data and technology, we’ll be unstoppable. When you join the team at Staples, you’ll have the support and resources you need to make a big difference for our customers, for your community, and for your future.Our Career AreasStaples we find the best solution in every challenge. Search Jobs by Keyword Location People Are at the Heart of What We Do.We collaborate, we grow, and we win together. So bring your passion and your expertise. Together with our data and technology, we’ll be unstoppable. When you join the team at Staples, you’ll have the support and resources you need to make a big difference for our customers, for your community, and for your future.Our Career AreasStaples is a place that’s packed with opportunities when it comes to you and your career. Just take a look.The world of work and technology changes fast, and so do we. For more than 35 years, the Staples team has been leading the way. Our job is to help build successful businesses, both big and small. We provide the supplies, products, and technology they need to do what they do best — whether that’s in education, healthcare, government, or banking and finance.We invest in you because you invest in us. It’s that simple. At Staples, you’ll find... many of the great benefits you’d expect from an industry leader — and some that truly stand out. Take a look at everything we offer our full-time and part-time employees.Let’s keep the conversation going with the latest jobopportunities that match your preferences.
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via Ladders posted_at: 27 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Staples is business to business.You’re what binds us together. Our world class sales and sales support teams work directly with businesses of all sizes to offer products and services to meet our customers’ unique needs. We are committed to understanding our customers and use best-in-class sales tools and technology to find the best solutions. We’re constantly discovering new ways to reach our goals, taking time to develop our skills and investing Staples is business to business.You’re what binds us together. Our world class sales and sales support teams work directly with businesses of all sizes to offer products and services to meet our customers’ unique needs. We are committed to understanding our customers and use best-in-class sales tools and technology to find the best solutions. We’re constantly discovering new ways to reach our goals, taking time to develop our skills and investing in our career growth, so we can enjoy lucrative opportunities and grow our careers both within and beyond sales. What you’ll be doing: Utilize prescribed selling tools to prioritize activities and drive efficiency, as well as to document customer engagement and information (ex: Prioritized Insights and SFDC). Lead Key Account selling team (i.e. category experts, site development, CSM, sales engineers, etc.) to execute account growth plan Collaborates with Revenue Management Team on specific opportunities to make discretionary pricing... decisions based on knowledge of the account and assessment of future spend potential, as well as pass BPIs based on contract language. Exhibit high level of business acumen and sales methodologies to discover incremental opportunities and align with the customers vision and initiatives (ex: I&D, sustainability, HR), as well as understand competitive landscape. Expertise of customer industry buying process’ and ability to support product selection and standardization of SA.com products assortments. Engage CSM to manage customer experience and complete customer maintenance requests Profitably grow book of business by hunting programmatic and transactional opportunities at the master account level across all categories. Also drive sales through program compliance at all account sites What you bring to the table: Strong drive and a desire to win Strong aversion to complacency Ability to view rejection as a learning opportunity and double down on next best actions\ Ability to interface at customer’s most senior levels Strong ability to develop and deliver presentations Consultative selling, solutions selling, insight selling, negotiation and advanced client management skills Ability to set targets, design customer growth plans and work with product category sales team members Strong business, financial, operations and technology acumen Ability to analyze customer data, business and industry trends to create tailored solutions for customers based upon Staples value proposition Ability to function independently with minimal daily supervision Qualifications: What’s needed- Basic Qualifications: 4+ years successful sales experience What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's degree Experience and proven track record of managing programs or business development Solid knowledge of Office Supplies including: facility and breakroom, technology products, business furniture, print and promotional products Proficient in Microsoft Office and other basic software tools. Worked cross-functionally in a large, complex company Prior account management and prospecting experience with Fortune 1000 accounts Had responsibility for a sales budget and track record of exceeding quota Managed a complex deal shaping from start to finish Experience with business-to-business sales process Had responsibility to retain and grow accounts We Offer: Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays) Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellnessprograms, and more!
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