Functional Manager, Category Strategy
Address: 200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2
ID de la oferta 1639051BR
Job Summary
Manages a process designed to develop and operationalize a customer-led and data-driven approach to achieve category at strategic objectives. Outcomes managed have an impact on category at initiatives. Additional responsibilities include development and/or maintenance of tools and reporting that support continuous process improvement.
Job Responsibilities
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.
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Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Salary Range: $102800 - $164400 / Salaried
Manages a process designed to develop and operationalize a customer-led and data-driven approach to achieve category at strategic objectives. Outcomes managed have an impact on category at initiatives. Additional responsibilities include development and/or maintenance of tools and reporting that support continuous process improvement.
Job Responsibilities
- Manages the daily strategic activities that develop and operationalizing a customer-led and data-driven approach to multiple components / processes for a specified section of work within Category/Format Strategy
- Collaborates with a team and / or cross-functional partners responsible for developing and implementing strategies that support category at growth within established policies, procedures and standards of the specified discipline
- Outcomes managed have an impact on category at initiatives
- May become actively involved, as required, to meet schedules and resolve problems highly complex in nature
- May make recommended changes to strategy/roadmap for area of responsibility
- Develops protocols to support established standards
- Manages the development and implementation of processes and /or tools
- May oversee team(s) assigned to projects and manages the execution processes
- Collaborates and works cross-functionally to develop strategies to mitigate loss and/or optimize profitability
- Shares information cross-functionally to improve workflow processes
- Interacts with direct reports and peers in management / customers / vendors to share information and improve cross-departmental processes and relationships
- Continuously evaluates best practices, methodology and tools and seeks to improve deliverables to maintain alignment with business needs
- Reviews reports and metrics and identifies opportunities to grow and optimize specified area of responsibility
- Analyzes the competitive marketplace for patterns and trends and makes recommendations for application of findings
- Provides recommendations in creation and development of templates, methodologies, and presentations relating to strategies for area of responsibility
- May create and execute divisional projects based on strategic need
- Utilizes project management skills to create client-focused deliverables, delegate work, execute project analysis, and deliver strategic results
- Provides guidance, direction, coaching, and counseling to a team of analysts and/or cross-functional partners
- Allocates available resources to meet strategic objectives
- Fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace
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.
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Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in promotions, marketing, retail, analytics, pricing, consumer packaged goods, insights, vendor collaboration, consumer research, inventory, category management and/or business analysis
- OR High School Diploma /GED and at least 5 years of experience in promotions, marketing, retail, analytics, pricing, consumer packaged goods, insights, vendor collaboration, consumer research, inventory, category management and/or business analysis
- Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization
- Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates
- Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions
- Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop strategies that meet department goals within budget and established timelines
- At least 1 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership
- Willing to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
Salary Range: $102800 - $164400 / Salaried
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