Sr. Merchandising Analyst

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens seeks a Senior Analyst, Macro Space Planning to develop, maintain, and optimize store floor plans that support merchandising strategies, business objectives, and customer experience goals.

You will partner with Merchandising, Category Management, Store Planning, and Operations to implement space initiatives and deliver analytical insights that drive space productivity and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Time management and ability to handle multiple projects with deadlines.
• Intermediate MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills required.
• MBA or Master’s degree preferred for advanced planning roles.
• Experience in purchasing/merchandising or related space planning.
• Minimum 3 years in retail, procurement, merchandising, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Develops merchandising strategies aligned with company goals and customer value.
• Create communications and guides for field execution of strategies.
• Lead day-to-day activities to meet departmental objectives and improve processes.
• Collaborate with vendors, cross-functional teams to drive results.
• Provide complex analytical insights for program design and management decisions.
• Ensure programs align with customer value proposition.
• Apply knowledge of merchandising processes and trends for improvements.
• Utilize KPIs and targeted strategies to boost store results.
• Develop analyses to interpret results and trends.
• Execute high-profile plans to enhance consumer awareness and market share.
• Contribute to development of standards and alignment of strategies.

Skills

Time management

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Education

MBA or Master’s Degree

Tools

Blue Yonder Floor Planning

Space planning tools

Job description

Job Summary:

The Senior Analyst, Macro Space Planning is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing store floor plans that support merchandising strategies, business objectives, and customer experience goals. This role partners closely with Merchandising, Category Management, Store Planning, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to update floor plans, execute space initiatives, and provide analytical insights that drive space productivity and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and skilled at translating business strategies into effective store layouts while managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develops and executes merchandising strategies that are aligned with Company goals and are focused on delivering value to the customer.


• May develop communication and guides to support the field in the effective execution of merchandising strategies at the store level. Provides clarification and technical support for more complex merchandising issues and questions.


• Leads day-to-day activities to meet departmental objectives. Masters and innovates within one area of specialization and provides input to streamline and improves processes within a broader functional area.


• Partners with various areas within the Company, vendors, suppliers, contractors and cross-functional project teams to drive results through enhanced merchandising programs and policies.


• Completes and provides complex analytical analysis to provide insights for program design and management decision-making.


• Ensures that merchandising programs are developed to align with the customer value proposition.


• Utilizes an advanced knowledge of internal merchandising processes and external best practices and trends to provide recommendations for continuous improvements and advancement efforts for Walgreens merchandising programs.


• Utilizes an advanced knowledge of KPIs and targeted merchandising strategies that will drive store results.


• Engages and develops analysis for interpretation of results and analyzing trends.


• Develops and executes assigned high profile plans/programs to enhance/maximize consumer awareness, market share and support specified initiatives.


• Participates in development of programs that establish and enhance standards.


• Reviews alignment of functional area strategies with assumed outcomes.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.


• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Suite - MS Excel, Word and Powerpoint.


• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master’s Degree.


• Experience in purchasing and/or merchandising (such as format design, analytics, promotional merchandise management, space planning, visual merchandising, merchandising systems, forecasting) or related experience


• 3 years of experience in one or more of the following: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, or retail marketing.

• Experience with Blue Yonder Floor Planning and space planning tools within a retail environment.


• Retail 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

Salary Range: $65000 - $130000 / Salaried