Strategic Owned Brand Commercialization Lead

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

Job summary

Walgreens, a leading retail pharmacy and health services company, seeks a strategic leader to drive growth across Confections’ Owned Brands. You will leverage consumer insights, market trends and category expertise to identify opportunities, guide innovation from concept to commercialization, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver sales and profit growth.

The role requires strategic thinking, comfort with ambiguity, innovation, and the ability to inspire teams to deliver results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with financial modeling and analysis.
• Project management experience and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience delivering presentations to various audience levels.
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to meet goals within budget and timelines.
• Knowledge of retail merchandising including placement and promotion.
• Knowledge of logistics and impact on store/warehouse fill rates and profitability.
• Experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Sets sales and gross profit targets for assigned categories with Category Managers.
• Leads cross-functional teams to define opportunities and ensure product submission meets expectations.
• Forecasts demand and understands logistics impact on profitability.
• Develops categories through new product development, reformulation and packaging ideas.
• Serves as Owned Brand expert within strategy processes and governance meetings.
• Owns end-to-end Owned Brand commercialization with cross-functional alignment.
• Leads integrated activity plan for assigned categories and regulatory updates.
• Mentors direct reports and provides feedback.

Skills

Merchandising

Product Development

Marketing

Financial modeling

Analysis

Project Management

Presentations

Cross-functional collaboration

Retail logistics

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

High School diploma/GED

Job description

Walgreens, a leading retail pharmacy and health services company, seeks a strategic leader to drive growth across Confections’ Owned Brands. You will leverage consumer insights, market trends and category expertise to identify opportunities, guide innovation from concept to commercialization, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver sales and profit growth.

The role requires strategic thinking, comfort with ambiguity, innovation, and the ability to inspire teams to deliver results.