Analyst, Market Planning and Research

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking an Analyst, Market Planning and Research to provide research and quantitative/qualitative analysis and modeling for assessing business opportunities, competition, optimization, and expansion.

You will collaborate with leadership across healthcare and market planning, develop growth strategies, deliver presentations to senior leaders, and help deploy Walgreens’ strategies in growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher; GPA ≥3.0; internships in business, strategy or healthcare.
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, Word at an intermediate level.
• Experience delivering presentations to various audience levels.
• Willing to travel up to 30% for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with leadership and management from various business units.
• Contributes to growth strategies, plans and goals.
• Provides research, analysis, and modeling of opportunities and competition.
• Supports planning of Walgreens strategies including mergers and acquisitions and store growth.
• Develops strategic recommendations for clients, markets, and the company.
• Quantifies competitive threat and growth opportunities.
• Creates and presents concise presentations to leadership.
• Designs processes to generate high-quality deliverables for multiple clients.
• Builds relationships to stay ahead in market planning and healthcare research.
• Manages multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA or Master’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Summary:

As an Analyst, Market Planning and Research, you will be responsible for providing research and quantitative/qualitative analysis and modeling for the assessment of business opportunities, competition, business optimization, and business expansion.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborates and meets with business unit leadership, executives, and the management team from areas which may include healthcare related business units or leadership from market planning related areas.
• Contributes to the creation, development, and prioritization of growth strategies, plans, and goals.
• Provides research, quantitative analysis, and modeling to analyze opportunities, business plan development, the competition, and performance and/or evaluation of business opportunities – current or potential.
• Supports planning and deployment of Walgreens key strategies in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, new store growth, ancillary services, store concept optimization, and/or growth in the healthcare arena.
• Researches and develops strategic recommendations to create critical value to clients, markets, business units and the company.
• Applies analytical methods to quantify competitive threat and to identify opportunities to increase market share and/or identify organic growth opportunities.
• Creates and presents impactful, concise presentations delivered to company leadership.
• Designs and or maximizes processes to generate high-quality, consistent deliverables for multiple clients.
• Develops relationships in the industry to stay abreast of industry nuances and cultivates a well-known and respected presence in market planning, healthcare and/or geographic research.
• Works in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, self-managing multiple tasks and ad hoc requests.

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 previous internships in business, strategy or healthcare, or High School Diploma/ GED and at least 3 years of experience using statistical methods and analytical tools.
• GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
• 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).
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within an organization.
• Willing to travel up to 30% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master’s Degree.
• Experience in statistics, modeling, business intelligence or spatial analytics.
• Experience in creating retail content and format recommendations.

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. #VHDEI

Salary Range: $65000 - $$113,750.00 / Salaried