Analyst Senior Digital Commerce Strategy & Planning at Walgreens

Job Summary

Works cross-functionally to deliver on the Digital Commerce and omni-channel business goals by shaping business plans and strategic decisions. Responsible for analyzing data and trends and making decisions that align with strategic objectives. Performs analysis to develop strategic initiatives, helps drive implementation, measures results, and provides actionable recommendations based on outcomes. Works highly collaboratively within a matrix organization to ensure the cross functional team is delivering against departmental objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Plays a key role in creating and performing analysis related to sales trends and strategic initiatives. Delivers complex analysis with analytical tools and uses insights to develop, enhance and maintain business strategy.
• Assists in building plans to achieve sales and profit goals. Recommends actions based on historical performance and forecasts comparing various scenarios.
• Reviews reports and metrics and identifies opportunities to grow and optimize results. Monitors performance against objectives, uncovers root causes, and provides actionable insights and recommendations.
• Assesses customer behavior, sales trends, and promotional effectiveness to help build more effective merchandising and promotional programs.
• Monitors category, industry, and competitive trends and insights; develops solutions to improve merchandising and promotional strategies
• May assist in development of new programs and enhancing current programs to meet performance objectives.
• May perform annual financial planning and weekly forecasting, as well as execute reports to align teams on results.
• Presents deliverables and analyses to key internal clients.
• Continuously evaluates best practices, methodology and tools and seeks to improve deliverables in order to maintain alignment with business needs.
• Collaborates cross-functionally to accomplish activities. Interacts with internal and external peers and makes tactical and strategic recommendations to key stakeholders based on historical data and/or current trends.

About Walgreens

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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 1 year of experience in one or more of the following areas: strategy, consulting, merchandising, finance, operations, or marketing. OR High School/GED and at least 4 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: strategy, consulting, merchandising, finance, operations, or marketing.
• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Experience with MS Office Suite.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in economics, supply chain, finance, marketing, or business.
• Experience working in the digital space.
• Experience working with P&L concepts – revenue, cogs, gross profit margin, operating expenses and income.

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

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
Salary Range:

$79300 - $127000 / Salaried