Business Analyst Senior

Walgreens Co.; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens Co. in Deerfield, IL seeks a Data Analyst to collect and summarize data, provide analysis, and support strategic planning for Pharmacy Management System. You will analyze processes, build ROI cases, and deliver actionable insights to drive improvements across pharmacy and retail operations.

You will lead complex analyses, design and deploy reports, and collaborate with IT, legal, regulatory, and operations teams while mentoring junior analysts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 1+ year data analysis experience.
• 1+ year experience querying databases (SQL, Business Objects, EDW, SAS and/or SQL Server).
• Experience identifying operational issues and proposing solutions.
• Ability to communicate analytics impact to business leaders.
• Intermediate Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Collect, summarize data and provide analysis to assist Pharmacy & Retail Operations management in long- and short-range planning.
• Maintain understanding of business processes in Pharmacy & Retail Operations within the Retail Hub.
• Perform complex analyses to build cost/benefit and ROI summaries for proposed changes.
• Serve as project contact to drive execution and communicate with stakeholders.
• Collect, analyze, make recommendations, and present information to meet business goals.
• Plan, design and deploy reports and tools.
• Collaborate with Pharmacy & Retail Operations, IT, legal and regulatory teams to develop solutions.
• Coaches and mentors junior Business Analysts.

Skills

Data analysis

Trend analysis

Business communication

Project collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

SQL

Golden

Business Objects

EDW

SAS

SQL Server

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary

Responsible for collecting, summarizing data and providing analysis that will assist Pharmacy Management System in both long- and short-range strategic planning, and the development and implementation of programs. Maintains a thorough understanding of business processes pertaining to all aspects of Pharmacy Management System. Provides more complex analysis to develop cost benefits of proposed programs through collection and data. Work on projects in Pharmacy Management System including process improvement, strategy development, industry trends, competitive analysis, and company positioning. Manages complex ad-hoc projects and analyses, as needed.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for collecting, summarizing data and providing analysis that will assist Pharmacy & Retail Operations management in both long- and short-range strategic planning, and the development and implementation of programs
• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of business processes and practices pertaining to all aspects of Pharmacy & Retail Operations within the Retail Hub.
• Provides more complex analysis of corresponding data to build business case for system and operational procedure changes, enhancements, development of functional specifications or interface opportunities with costs and or return on investment summarized.
• Serves as operation point of contact for various projects to drive project execution. Communicates relevant project information to stakeholders, both corporately and in the field.
• Collects, analyzes, makes specific recommendations, and presents information pertaining to proposed programs to meet the business and strategic goals of Pharmacy & Retail Operations and the Company. Manages complex ad-hoc projects and analyses, as needed.
• Plans, designs and deploys appropriate reports and tools.
• Collaborates across Pharmacy & Retail Operations, IT, legal and regulatory, process improvement teams, and others, to develop operational solutions.
• Coaches, mentors, guides, and provides oversight to less senior Business Analysts.

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.

External Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 1 year of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions; OR, High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• At least 1 year of experience querying databases (for example: SQL, Golden, Business Objects, EDW, SAS and/or SQL Server).
• Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve issues and problems.
• Experience communicating the impact of business analysis results to business leaders.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• 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).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Retail Pharmacy Experience.

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. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits

Job Function

Retail

Common Location

200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2

Pay Type

Salaried

Start Rate

58500

Employment Type

Full-time

Maximum Rate

102375