Category Manager - Gift Cards and Financial Services
at Walgreens
Deerfield, IL 60015, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 29 Jan, 2025 | USD 196200 Annual | 29 Oct, 2024 | 2 year(s) or above | Strategic Programs,Merchandising,Retail,Cogs,Revenue,Cross Functional Team Leadership,Financial Concepts | No | No |
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Description:
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for managing revenue and overall profits and losses (P&L). Manages ongoing business through insight-led decision making, assortment optimization, category marketing, visual merchandising, and vendor management to optimize ROIC.
Job 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 for assigned items and merchandise departments.
- Negotiates buying contracts and obtains most advantageous pricing. Manages day-to-day vendor relationships and growth opportunities.
- Uses market, competitive, and customer perceptions analyses to set and adjust item price levels.
- Aggressively manages category performance by establishing category goals and building financial models to predict ROIC.
- Demonstrates category ownership by creating and defending all planogram category strategies and decisions with sound analytics. Delegates analytical tasks to key support functions and synthesizes results.
- Provides Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM) with business case for promotions/ROTO spots, including promotional productivity forecast and product performance sensitivity analyses.
- Manages the translation of marketing and consumer insights into assortment merchandising decisions. Champions the weekly category meetings with merchant support to manage category performance.
- Maintains an understanding of Walgreens and WBA private brands, including assortment and projected sales forecasts, gross-profit level, and merchandising and promotional programs. Works with the DMM to project sales forecasts and gross-profit levels within the assigned categories.
- Cultivates team morale, motivation, and loyalty through continuous training and mentorship, setting obtainable performance goals and provides clear communication and constructive feedback.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of experience in two or more of the following categories: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, pharmacy operations, or retail marketing OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in two or more of the following categories: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, pharmacy operations, or retail marketing.
- At least 2 years of experience working with P&L concepts – revenue, COGS, gross-profit margin, operating expense and income
- Knowledge of customer centric retailing principles and the analytics of customer purchase behavior.
- At least 4 years of experience developing strategic programs in merchandising, vendor relations, and marketing in the retail business.
- Knowledge of retail business financial concepts, to include penny-profit market, mark-up percent, turns and ROI.
- Experience collaborating on analysis for 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 experience in direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
- Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Project management experience.
- At least 2 years of experience in negotiating deals.
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records
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 for assigned items and merchandise departments.
- Negotiates buying contracts and obtains most advantageous pricing. Manages day-to-day vendor relationships and growth opportunities.
- Uses market, competitive, and customer perceptions analyses to set and adjust item price levels.
- Aggressively manages category performance by establishing category goals and building financial models to predict ROIC.
- Demonstrates category ownership by creating and defending all planogram category strategies and decisions with sound analytics. Delegates analytical tasks to key support functions and synthesizes results.
- Provides Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM) with business case for promotions/ROTO spots, including promotional productivity forecast and product performance sensitivity analyses.
- Manages the translation of marketing and consumer insights into assortment merchandising decisions. Champions the weekly category meetings with merchant support to manage category performance.
- Maintains an understanding of Walgreens and WBA private brands, including assortment and projected sales forecasts, gross-profit level, and merchandising and promotional programs. Works with the DMM to project sales forecasts and gross-profit levels within the assigned categories.
- Cultivates team morale, motivation, and loyalty through continuous training and mentorship, setting obtainable performance goals and provides clear communication and constructive feedback
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:2.0Max:7.0 year(s)
Retail Industry
Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR
Finance
Diploma
Two or more of the following categories retail procurement/purchasing merchandising vendor relations pharmacy operations or retail marketing
Proficient
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Deerfield, IL 60015, USA