Associate Category Manager: Merchandising & Analytics

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a Category Merchandising Professional to collaborate with Category Managers to select and purchase merchandise across multiple categories, ensuring cost efficiency and policy alignment. You will develop promotional plans and distribution services to meet consumer and store needs with data-driven insights.

The role involves planning, forecasting, and implementing merchandising techniques, while leveraging market data to optimize pricing and assortment decisions for Walgreens

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years in retail, procurement, merchandising, vendor relations or related areas.
• Or a high school diploma/GED with 4+ years in two or more relevant areas.
• Experience with P&L concepts, revenue, COGS and gross profit margins.
• Knowledge of customer-centric retailing and analytics of purchase behavior.

Responsibilities

• Plans and recommends sales, gross profit, inventory control and turnover targets.
• Develops merchandising, display, advertising, distribution and pricing plans.
• Negotiates buying contracts and reviews them with managers.
• Analyzes market, competitive data and price levels for recommendations.
• Reviews performance data and sets category goals and accountability.
• Builds category insights with merchandising planning and planograms input.
• Projects sales forecasts and gross profit for assigned categories.

Skills

Negotiation

Merchandising

Vendor relations

Data analysis

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Walgreens is seeking a Category Merchandising Professional to collaborate with Category Managers to select and purchase merchandise across multiple categories, ensuring cost efficiency and policy alignment. You will develop promotional plans and distribution services to meet consumer and store needs with data-driven insights.

The role involves planning, forecasting, and implementing merchandising techniques, while leveraging market data to optimize pricing and assortment decisions for Walgreens