Senior Analyst, Space Planning & Category Strategy

Cardinal Health; Dublin (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

MyFlexPay access

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks a Senior Analyst, Category Management focused on Space Planning, to develop and maintain Consumer Health planograms that optimize front-end space for independent retail pharmacy customers.

The role partners with multiple functions to execute annual resets, maintain data accuracy, and respond to evolving business needs, applying category management and retail merchandising expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, merchandising, marketing, analytics, supply chain, retail management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Developing and Maintaining Planograms: Create, revise, version, and publish planograms for assigned Consumer Health categories using the approved space-planning platform, ensuring product placement, shelf fit, facings, adjacencies, and merchandising standards are accurately represented.
• Executing the Reset Calendar: Manage assigned work against the annual category reset calendar, including strategy inputs, sample and image readiness, line-review decisions, and assortment changes
• Translating Category Strategy into Shelf Execution: Partner with Category Managers to convert assortment decisions, category strategies, shopper needs, market trends, and product priorities into clear and executable shelf layouts
• Maintaining Product and Planogram Data: Capture, validate, and maintain item dimensions, images, identifiers, descriptions, hierarchy, status, and other attributes required for accurate planogram production and downstream reporting
• Conducting Space to Sales Analysis: Use internal sales, inventory, item, customer, and syndicated market information to evaluate product productivity, space allocation, assortment opportunities, and potential planogram changes
• Monitoring Inventory Readiness: Review planogram item availability and inventory reporting, identify risks to planogram release or customer execution, and coordinate with Category Management, Planning, Inventory Management, and suppliers on substitutions or corrective actions
• Improving Processes and Documentation: Create and maintain standard operating procedures, templates, checklists, file structures, naming conventions, and controls that improve accuracy, cycle time, scalability, and team continuity
• Partnering Across Functions: Build effective working relationships with Category Management, Planning and Analytics, Marketing, Supply Chain, Account Management, and Internal Sales Team by clarifying needs, communicating status, and closing the loop on deliverables
• Supporting Business Reviews and Special Projects: Prepare planogram metrics, category or customer analyses, visual merchandising recommendations, and concise summaries of risks and opportunities for meetings, initiatives, and leadership decisions

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Business communication

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

NIQ Spaceman

Blue Yonder/JDA

Apollo

SQL querying

Job description

Cardinal Health seeks a Senior Analyst, Category Management focused on Space Planning, to develop and maintain Consumer Health planograms that optimize front-end space for independent retail pharmacy customers.

The role partners with multiple functions to execute annual resets, maintain data accuracy, and respond to evolving business needs, applying category management and retail merchandising expertise.