Walgreens

Omni-channel Programs Strategy & Planning Analyst

Posted on: 25 Mar 2021

Deerfield, IL

Job Description

Job Summary
Works cross-functionally to deliver on the Digital Commerce and omni-channel business goals by helping guide business plans and strategic decisions. Evaluates potential opportunities from cross-functional partners to develop strategic initiatives, helps encourage implementation, measures results, and provides actionable recommendations based on outcomes. Works highly collaboratively within a matrix organization to ensure the cross functional team is delivering against departmental goals.
Job Responsibilities
Works with analytical resources to deliver data analysis to develop, enhance and maintain business plan.
Develops an understanding of the systems, resources and processes used to assist in the development and implementation of digital merchandising programs
Develops an understanding of KPIs and merchandising strategies that strengthen results and ensures integrated coordination between the store and online experience
May provide input on category and/or departmental plans to achieve sales and profit goals. Recommends actions based on historical performance and forecasts comparing various scenarios.
Analyzes performance against goals and uncovers root causes. Performs reporting for key stakeholders.
Assesses customer behavior, sales trends, and promotional effectiveness to help deliver more effective merchandising and promotional programs
Monitors category, industry, and passionate trends and insights; develops solutions to improve merchandising and promotional strategies
Contributes to, participates in, and supports continuous improvements efforts related to digital business plan and processes.
Collaborates cross-functionally to accomplish activities. Interacts with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities. Makes tactical recommendations to key stakeholders based on historical data and/or current trends.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans

Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy. As Americas most loved pharmacy, health and beauty company, Walgreens purpose is to champion the health and wellbeing of every community in America. Operating more than 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving approximately 8 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with platforms bringing together physical and digital, supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in local communities nationwide.

Walgreens

Deerfield, IL

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. It operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. The Retail Pharmacy USA segment sells prescription drugs and an assortment of retail products, including health, beauty, personal care, consumable, and general merchandise products through its retail drugstores and convenient care clinics. It also provides specialty pharmacy services and mail services; and manages in-store clinics. As of August 31, 2018, this segment operated 9,560 retail stores under the Walgreens and Duane Reade brands in the United States; and 7 specialty pharmacies, as well as approximately 400 in-store clinic locations.

The Retail Pharmacy International segment sells prescription drugs; and health, beauty, personal care, and other consumer products through its pharmacy-led health and beauty stores and optical practices, as well as through boots.com and an integrated mobile application. This segment operated 4,767 retail stores under the Boots, Benavides, and Ahumada in the United Kingdom, Thailand, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Chile; and 618 optical practices, including 167 on a franchise basis.

The Pharmaceutical Wholesale segment engages in the wholesale and distribution of specialty and generic pharmaceuticals, health and beauty products, and home healthcare supplies and equipment, as well as provides related services to pharmacies and other healthcare providers. This segment operates in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, Spain, the Netherlands, Egypt, Norway, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. The company has a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corporation. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.