Walgreens

Retail pharmacy chain with health services

Merchandise Planner

Inventory ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeDeerfield, IL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree and at least two years of experience in one or more of retail, merchandising, planning, demand planning, inventory management, allocation, analytics, finance, or replenishment; alternatively, a high school diploma or GED and at least four years of experience in two or more of those areas.
Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, including executive-level stakeholders.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to recommend solutions.
Experience developing and delivering presentations to audiences at various levels within an organization.
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including using SUM functions, setting borders and column widths, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers, and adjusting print scaling.
Intermediate Microsoft Word skills, including inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers, and tables, and adjusting table columns.
Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint skills, including applying themes, formatting character spacing, inserting pictures, changing slide layouts and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart styles, and formatting fonts.
Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes, within and outside the state.

Responsibilities

Develop category and/or departmental financial plans to achieve sales and profit goals, and recommend actions based on historical performance and forecasts comparing multiple scenarios.
Partner with areas within Retail Products and cross-functional project teams to drive key initiatives that affect the business and deliver end-to-end profit-and-loss results.
Conceptualize complex analytics to provide insights for proactive issue resolution and evaluation.
Conduct post-mortem analysis of merchant categories to identify trends and recommend ways to maximize results.
Identify item-level opportunities to improve performance while controlling inventory levels, using data and insights; analyze sales trends, item-level data, pricing and promotional plans, markdowns, and budgets to build a demand plan.
Perform annual financial planning and weekly forecasting, and execute reports to drive performance and alignment across category teams and cross-functional partners.
Develop approaches to drive broad-reaching initiatives.
Establish guidelines, best practices, and standards.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree or Master of Business Administration.
Four years of experience in one or more of retail, merchandising, demand planning, inventory management, allocation, analytics, finance, or replenishment.
At least one year of experience in cross-functional team leadership.
Experience with JDA, SAP, or other merchandise planning tools.

Job Summary

The Merchandise Planner works in collaboration with the Category Management Team to deliver on the business strategy by leading the development and ongoing management of the annual and weekly financial plan, creating the business forecast, and evaluating potential pricing decisions and promotional plans. Manages ongoing financial plans through data-driven recommendations and creation of the demand plan. Works highly collaboratively within a matrix organization to ensure the cross functional team is delivering budgeted P&L results.

Job Responsibilities

Develops category and/or departmental financial plans to achieve sales and profit goals. Recommends actions based on historical performance and forecasts comparing various scenarios.
Partners with various areas within Retail Products and cross functional project teams to drive key initiatives that impact the business and deliver end to end P&L results.
Conceptualizes highly complex analytics to provide insights for proactive issue resolution and evaluations.
Provides post mortem analysis of merchant category to identify trends and recommendations to maximize results.
Identifies item level opportunities to drive performance while controlling inventory levels by leveraging data and insights. Analyzes sales trends, item level data, pricing and promotional plans, markdowns and budgets to build a demand plan.
Performs annual financial planning and conducts weekly forecasting. Executes reports to drive performance and alignment across category team and cross functional partners.
Develops approaches to drive the development of broad reaching initiatives.
Establishes guidelines, best practices and standards.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

External Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree and at least 2 years of experience in one or more of the following: retail, merchandising, planning, demand planning, inventory management, allocation, analytics, finance or replenishment, OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 4 years of experience in two or more of the following: retail, merchandising, planning, demand planning, inventory management, allocation, analytics, finance or replenishment.
Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, including the executive level.
Strong analytical skills, problem solving skills and recommends solutions, superior critical thinking skills, and strong communication and presentation skills.
Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within an organization.
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree OR MBA.
4 years of experience in one or more of the following: retail, merchandising demand planning, inventory management, allocation, analytics, finance or replenishment.
At least 1 year of experience in cross functional team leadership.
JDA, SAP or other merchandise planning tools.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Job Function

Merchandising/Procurement

Common Location

200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2

Pay Type

Salaried

Start Rate

65000

Employment Type

Full-time

Maximum Rate

113750

About the Company

Walgreens

Retail pharmacy chain with health services

Walgreens is a retail pharmacy network in the United States that sells prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, health and wellness products, and offers photo services. It operates through a large network of stores and an online platform, enabling customers to order prescriptions or products online and pick them up the same day. Walgreens’ photo service lets customers print photos and create personalized gifts such as photo books, cards, invitations, and other custom items via in-store kiosks or online. The company differentiates itself with a nationwide store footprint, integrated pharmacy and health services, and the ability to deliver convenience through online ordering and same-day pickup. Its goal is to provide convenient access to medications and health-related products while expanding personalized consumer services to improve everyday wellness.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $25M
Headquarters: Deerfield, IL
Founded: 1901

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