Job Description
Job Summary
The Merchandise Planner works in collaboration with the Category Management Team to deliver on the business strategy by leading the development and ongoing management of the annual and weekly financial plan, creating the business forecast, and evaluating potential pricing decisions and promotional plans.
Manages ongoing financial plans through data-driven recommendations and creation of the demand plan. Works highly collaboratively within a matrix organization to ensure the cross functional team is delivering budgeted P&L results.
Job Responsibilities
- Develops category and / or departmental financial plans to achieve sales and profit goals. Recommends actions based on historical performance and forecasts comparing various scenarios.
- Partners with various areas within Retail Products and cross functional project teams to drive key initiatives that impact the business and deliver end to end P&L results.
- Conceptualizes highly complex analytics to provide insights for proactive issue resolution and evaluations.
- Provides post mortem analysis of merchant category to identify trends and recommendations to maximize results.
- Identifies item level opportunities to drive performance while controlling inventory levels by leveraging data and insights.
Analyzes sales trends, item level data, pricing and promotional plans, markdowns and budgets to build a demand plan.
- Performs annual financial planning and conducts weekly forecasting. Executes reports to drive performance and alignment across category team and cross functional partners.
- Develops approaches to drive the development of broad reaching initiatives.
- Establishes guidelines, best practices and standards.
About Walgreens and WBA
Walgreens () is included in the , Inc. (Nasdaq : WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170-year heritage of caring for communities.
WBA’s purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the , Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day.
Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the , including those that drive equitable access to care for the nation’s medically underserved populations.
To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in communities nationwide.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law.
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