Senior Business Analyst: Pharmacy & Retail Strategy

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

Job summary

Walgreens Co. in Deerfield, IL is seeking a data analyst to collect, summarize, and analyze data to support Pharmacy Management System planning and program development. You will work on projects related to process improvement, strategy development, and ROI assessments.

The role requires collaborating across Pharmacy & Retail Operations, IT, and regulatory teams, coaching junior analysts, and delivering actionable reports and tools to guide decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 1 year of experience with analyzing and reporting data 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).

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 allaspects of Pharmacy & Retail Operations within the Retail Hub.
• Provides more complex analysis of corresponding data to build business case for system andoperational procedure changes, enhancements, development of functional specifications orinterface opportunities with costs and or return on investment summarized.
• Serves as operation point of contact for various projects to drive project execution. Communicatesrelevant project information to stakeholders, both corporately and in the field.
• Collects, analyzes, makes specific recommendations, and presents information pertaining toproposed programs to meet the business and strategic goals of Pharmacy & Retail Operations andthe 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 improvementteams, and others, to develop operational solutions.
• Coaches, mentors, guides, and provides oversight to less senior Business Analysts.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

SQL Server

SAS

Business Objects

EDW

Job description

Walgreens Co. in Deerfield, IL is seeking a data analyst to collect, summarize, and analyze data to support Pharmacy Management System planning and program development. You will work on projects related to process improvement, strategy development, and ROI assessments.

The role requires collaborating across Pharmacy & Retail Operations, IT, and regulatory teams, coaching junior analysts, and delivering actionable reports and tools to guide decision making.