Category Merchandising Associate — Data-Driven Buyer

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

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a category manager candidate to collaborate with Category Managers to select and purchase merchandise within defined categories, optimizing cost through thorough market analysis and supplier evaluation.

The role involves supporting merchandising plans, promotional programs, and distribution services to meet consumer and store needs, with input from Category Managers on merchandising techniques and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years’ experience in two or more of: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, or retail marketing.
• Experience with P&L concepts – revenue, cogs, gross profit margin, operating expenses and income.
• Knowledge of customer centric retailing principles and analytics of customer purchase behavior.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, and recommends sales, gross profit level, inventory control, and merchandise turnover objectives for the assigned department(s) and item(s).
• Develops and recommends merchandising, display, advertising, distribution, packaging and sales plans and programs for assigned items and merchandise departments.
• Negotiates buying contracts on categories or subsets of categories and reviews contracts with the CM.
• Analyzes market, competitive, and customer perception data, and provides recommendations on price levels.

Skills

P&L concepts

Data analytics

Customer behavior analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Merchandising strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Walgreens is seeking a category manager candidate to collaborate with Category Managers to select and purchase merchandise within defined categories, optimizing cost through thorough market analysis and supplier evaluation.

The role involves supporting merchandising plans, promotional programs, and distribution services to meet consumer and store needs, with input from Category Managers on merchandising techniques and procedures.