Merchandising Senior Analyst - Personal Intimacy Team

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Job Purpose and Summary:

CVS Health has a powerful purpose – “Bringing our heart to every moment of your health.” To enable this purpose, we have several initiatives, existing and new, that are re-inventing pharmacy and enabling better health outcomes. In the Merchandising Organization, we support our company’s purpose and our Pharmacy and Consumer Wellness vision to be America’s most trusted health, wellness and pharmacy care partner, delivering differentiated omnichannel experiences and meeting consumers where they are.

The Personal Intimacy Team is seeking a detail-oriented and results-driven Senior Analyst to support our Front Store Merchandising organization. This position will play a critical role in shaping the customer experience across 7,000+ stores. This position is instrumental in delivering the best products and promotions to our customers by leveraging strong analytical skills to evaluate sales trends, identify opportunities and optimize merchandising strategies.

The ideal candidate can not only identify complex problems but implement solutions and drive strategic changes across their category of responsibility as well as support larger business unit/front store challenges outside their assigned category. Candidates should be able to clearly present to Senior Category Manager and DMM leadership. A successful Senior Analyst will leverage strong prioritization skills to proactively anticipate the market and take calculated, well supported risks to grow CVS/category market share while balancing P&L financial impacts.

Candidates must be able to successfully:

• Be a strong developer of relationships- build strong, credible and trusted cross-functional relationships

• Be able to influence with, and without authority- so much of the day-to-day business practice is to influence others

• Be highly organized and prioritie- work on work that has the most value reprioritizing as the strategies adjust

• Be self-directed- require little supervision as successful candidates drive themselves and the portfolio of work they lead

• Be highly analytical- ensure the analysis is strong, intentional and thoughtful

• Be innovative- consistently look for better ways to do things and share those ideas, or recommendations, with others

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Develops pricing strategies and promotional plans for assigned categories.
• Analyzes and optimizes the performance of assets, develops plans to maximize their value, and provides recommendations for improvements.
• Conducts in-depth analysis of the performance, risks, and potential returns of assets within the assigned category.
• Monitors and analyzes sales performance and key performance indicators (KPIs) for assigned categories and and generates reports to evaluate the effectiveness of category strategies and make data-driven recommendations for improvement.
• Forecasts demand and stock levels and works to minimize stockouts or excess inventory.
• Examines supplier performance, conducts negotiations, and resolves any procurement issues or discrepancies.
• Guides and trains junior-level staff members on industry best care practices, techniques, processes, and responsibilities.
• Participates in cross-functional meetings, presents findings and recommendations, and drives initiatives that support category growth.
• Partner in the development and execution of merchandising strategies for strategic growth businesses and consumer segments, including college-focused initiatives, through assortment, promotional, and analytical support.
• Reviews industry publications and attends conferences to identify emerging trends and industry achievements.
• Coordinate and manage New Item set up and maintenance for planogram and mid-year items.
• Coordinate and manage of off-shelf programs with key suppliers, setting up programs and running off-shelf reporting.

Education:
Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.

Essential Qualifications:

• 3+ years of full-time work experience in a retail and/or corporate environment

• 3+ years’ experience using design methodologies, including user research, problem definition, prototype development and iteration, etc.

• 3+ years’ experience building and delivering leadership-facing presentations and materials

• 3+ years’ experience analyzing and synthesizing data

• 3+ years’ experience successfully building reports and dashboards to communicate data trends and forecasts

• 3+ years’ experience analyzing market trends

• Working knowledge of problem solving and decision making skills

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