Strategic Category Leader — P&L, Merchandising & Growth

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a results-driven Senior Merchandiser to lead revenue growth and ROIC optimization across assigned departments. You will manage profit and loss, set pricing, assortments, and vendor strategies, and translate insights into category plans.

Responsibilities include developing plans for sales, gross profit, inventory, and turnover; negotiating terms with vendors; building financial models; and guiding cross-functional teams to maximize category performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, pharmacy operations, or retail marketing.
• At least 2 years of experience with P&L concepts – revenue, COGS, gross-profit margin, operating expense and income.
• Knowledge of customer centric retailing principles and analytics of customer purchase behavior.
• At least 4 years of experience developing strategic merchandising, vendor relations, and marketing in retail.
• Knowledge of retail business financial concepts, including penny-profit, mark-up, turns and ROI.
• Experience collaborating on market-potential evaluation, pricing, and promotions.
• Knowledge of marketing and promotional strategies and methods.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, and is accountable for sales, gross-profit level, inventory control, and merchandise-turnover objectives for the assigned department(s) and item(s).
• Develops and determines merchandising, display, advertising, distribution, packaging and sales plans and programs.
• Negotiates buying contracts and obtains advantageous pricing; manages vendor relationships.
• Uses market, competitive, and customer analyses to set item price levels.
• Manages category performance by establishing goals and building financial models to predict ROIC.
• Creates and defends planogram category strategies with analytics; delegates tasks to support functions.
• Provides business cases for promotions/ROTO spots including productivity forecasts and performance analyses.
• Translates marketing insights into assortment decisions and leads weekly category meetings.
• Understands Walgreens private brands and works with DMM to project sales and gross-profit.
• Cultivates team morale and provides training, mentoring, and constructive feedback.

Job description

Walgreens is seeking a results-driven Senior Merchandiser to lead revenue growth and ROIC optimization across assigned departments. You will manage profit and loss, set pricing, assortments, and vendor strategies, and translate insights into category plans.

Responsibilities include developing plans for sales, gross profit, inventory, and turnover; negotiating terms with vendors; building financial models; and guiding cross-functional teams to maximize category performance.