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Analyst Space Management - Puerto Rico

Address: B7 TABONUCO ST,SUITE 301,GUAYNABO,PR,00968--01313-1

Job ID 1647488BR

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Job Summary:

The Analyst of Space Management is responsible for acting as the central partner for the Merchandising organization around shelf planning and execution of merchandising strategies. Contributes to the development of item level and presentation strategy for all reset and revision events; collaborates with store operations, supply chain, merchandise planning, suppliers, and third-party vendors to develop, execute, and deliver the go-forward strategy of a category, to deliver on sales, profit, and penetration goals. Incorporates and leverages competitive benchmarking, current and future-looking analyses, assortment recommendations, markdowns, forecasting, store labor impact, and consumer-centric principles to promote the sale of goods by their representation on an optimized and targeted planogram.

Job Responsibilities:

Performs and coordinates day-to-day activities to meet departmental objectives using allocated resources; demonstrates mastery in one area of specialization and generalist knowledge of a broader functional area.
Integrates robust data analysis and variables to develop and maintain planograms that reflect the category’s strategic vision, optimal assortments, mass localization, merchandising guidelines, and size requirements.
Recommends and executes on assortment recommendations with category managers for revisions that directly contribute to improved category performance, including but not limited to: Sales, Gross Profit, Days of Supply, Turns, and GMROII.
Year-round innovation, enhancement, and maintenance of strategic sets used in executive reviews.
Collaborates with suppliers, third-party vendors, contractors, and project teams.
Contributes to, participates in, and supports continuous improvement and technological advancement efforts
Develops and works with analytical tools to deliver ad hoc space productivity analysis. Includes tables, highlights, charts, labels, and reports within the JDA Intactix Suite, including Data Manager.
Communicates and presents to Category Managers, Divisional Merchandise Managers, General Merchandise Managers, and other Merchandising Senior Executives.

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.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in Retail, Sales, and/or Category Management and/or analyzing data OR a high school diploma/GED and at least 5 years of experience in Retail, Sales, and/or Category Management and/or analyzing data.
Experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
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 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).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
Bilingual – English/Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, or analytical field.
Knowledge of Retail Mathematics.
Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to execute tactical plans and initiatives that align to organizational goals, strategies and measures.
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).
Advanced level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: changing picture styles, customizing animation and/or setting automatic slide timings).
Experience balancing the art and science of presentation.
Experience and/or certified in leading space management tools such as JDA Space Planning, Floor Planning, Intactix Knowledge Base (IKB), Data Manager, Planogram Generator, and/or AutoCAD.
Experience in Retail, Sales, and/or Category Management and/or analyzing related data such as sales trends, assortment selections, or financial planning.