Category Planning Analyst

Job ID: 10317Position Title: Category Planning AnalystWorking Location: Illinois-DeerfieldEmployment Status: Full-Time RegularRequired Experience: 3 yearsRequired Education: Bachelors DegreeJob Description:Walgreens is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2007 sales of $53.8 billion. The company operates over 6,000 stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico, including 77 Happy Harry’s stores in Delaware and surrounding states. With 500 store openings per year, Walgreens will operate over 7,000 stores by 2010. Walgreens is expanding its patient-first health care services beyond traditional pharmacy through Walgreens Health Services, its managed care division, and Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary that manages convenient care clinics inside drugstores. Walgreens Health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc. (a pharmacy benefits manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc., and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC. Ranked 2nd among food and drug retailers on Fortune's "Most Admired Companies in America" list. We offer challenging and rewarding opportunities in a friendly, diverse, inclusive and respectful environment, with excellent benefits including:• Company-matched profit sharing contributions• Stock discount purchase program• Employee discount plan • Train shuttle service• On-site childcare • Flex-pay• Medical/Dental planAs the nation's leading pharmacy, we seek professional individuals to fill key positions at Walgreens, ensuring our leadership and taking us to even higher levels of growth, profitability, innovation and customer service. Walgreens is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes individuals of diverse talents and backgrounds. Walgreens promotes and supports a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Essential Skills:Every product that is sold at a Walgreens store first has to be bought by someone in our vast Purchasing Dept; from ballpoint pens to clock radios to pharmaceuticals. The goal of Purchasing is to drive our sales and profits by satisfying the diverse needs of our customers across America by leveraging proprietary technology to identify and provide the appropriate product assortment on a store-by-store basis.Include tracking division's/category managers' performance against business plan, evaluating promotional planning efforts and tracking sales and sell-through of current distribution items with use of Walgreen/Nielsen data. Additional responsibilities include planning vendor reviews and participating in presentations of the reviews. Will also assist the category manager in analyzing potential profit and sales opportunities in the development of new product launches. The position responsibility focuses on performing and presenting business analysis for the division/category managers and providing summary analysis and recommendations.Qualifications:BA/BS degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or Math majors preferred; 3-5 years work experience in retail or consumer packaged goods helpful; strong math and analytical skills; strong issue analysis skills; ability to reason through cause and effect; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel and Word; ability to work on several assignments simultaneously; project based work experience useful.Business Analysis Company: Walgreens Location: Deerfield, IL 60015 Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: Business/Strategic Management Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Company: Walgreens Reference Code: PCK347-38905