Assistant Category Manager - Home Diagnostics

CVS Health; Woonsocket (RI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as an Assistant Category Manager at a leading health innovation company. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the success of our Front Store Health & Wellness business unit, driving sales, margin, and market share. Your responsibilities will include leveraging insights to stay ahead in the market, managing assortment across channels, and preparing impactful presentations for senior leadership. Join a dynamic team committed to transforming healthcare and making it more accessible and personal for millions of Americans. If you are a creative merchandising leader with a passion for health and wellness, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Short-term and Long-term Disability Benefits

Education Assistance

CVS Store Discount

Well-being Programs

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in relevant roles, especially in retail merchandising.
• Strong analytical and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive pricing, product, display, reporting, and go-to-market strategy.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and suppliers for operational improvements.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Financial Acumen

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Merchandising Tools

Job description

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.

Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an assistant category manager in our Front Store Health & Wellness business unit at CVS Health. As an Assistant Category Manager, you will be a critical contributor to the categories and their respective P&Ls. You will be accountable in attaining budgeted sales, margin, and winning market share within the business. This role will be directly involved with driving pricing, product, display, reporting, and go-to-market strategy.

CVS Health is the nation's premier health innovation company with a purpose of helping people on their path to better health. CVS is pioneering a bold new approach to total health by making quality care more affordable, accessible, simple and seamless. We're reinventing our front store to be the front door to healthcare. For millions of Americans, that journey begins with one of our 8,000+ retail stores, and our goal is to help each of our customers take that next step in their self-care journey. To achieve this goal we are looking for creative merchandising leaders who push boundaries, for the consumer and for the business.

Key Responsibilities

1. Leverage insights and data to ensure that CVS is and continues to be ahead of the market in Health and Wellness for our customers
2. Monitor operational opportunities and communicate with team on ideas for improvement of shrink, sales, and expenses
3. Close collaboration with key internal stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and suppliers
4. Superior financial acumen
5. Responsible for promotional strategy and planning
6. Key support in the budgeting and forecasting process
7. Manage assortment across store and digital channels
8. Prepare high quality materials to support presentations to senior leadership and other internal groups

Required Qualifications

1. 3+ years relevant experience
2. 3+ years of experience working on cross-functional teams, internally and/or with suppliers
3. May be asked to travel at least 10-15%

Preferred Qualifications

1. Corporate retail merchandising experience
2. Experience managing a retail Profit and Loss (P&L)
3. Omni-channel experience
4. Working knowledge of modern merchandising tools and systems (promotions, assortment, pricing, and optimization)
5. Strong analytical skills
6. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
7. Superb interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with both colleagues and suppliers
8. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
9. Able to work comfortably in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Education

1. Bachelor's degree

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$63,300.00 - $139,200.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.

CVS Health requires certain colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, religious belief, or other legally recognized reasons that prevents them from being vaccinated.

You are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status or apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 10 days of your employment. Please note that in some states and roles, you may be required to provide proof of full vaccination or an approved reasonable accommodation before you can begin to actively work.

CVS Health is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, advancing, and retaining individuals with disabilities. As such, we strive to provide equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment, including the provision of a reasonable accommodation to perform essential job functions. CVS Health can provide a request for a reasonable accommodation, including a qualified interpreter, written information in other formats, translation or other services through [e-mail]. If you have a speech or hearing disability, please call 7-1-1 to utilize Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). We will make every effort to respond to your request within 48 business hours and do everything we can to work towards a solution.