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Walgreens Associate Manager Owned Brand Commercialization- Wellness in DEERFIELD, Illinois
Job Description:
Job Summary:
Provides support to manager for end-to-end customer-led strategic owned brand new product development process inclusive of product knowledge, financial business case viability and category collaboration. Tracks and identifies product optimization based on consumer response and performance. This associate manager is expected to demonstrate strategic creative thinking, be able to thrive in the ambiguity of innovation while inspiring teams to deliver results through commercialization with an overall optimistic and “can do” attitude.
Job Responsibilities:
Supports the Owned Brand Commercialization Manager in administering an assigned set of Owned Brands within a broad range of categories. Provides support to manager for end-to-end customer led strategic new product development process inclusive of innovation identification, product business viability and product specification creation.
Works with cross functional team to help achieve product quality excellence, which meets or exceeds customer expectations, validating through testing and communication with key stakeholders.
Tracks productivity targets and recommends product assortment optimization.
Responsible for creating and maintaining detailed product specifications. Create detailed inputs for cross functional product briefing.
Provides thorough inputs for integrated activity plan.
Maintains category trend information to assist with new product development process.
Familiarity with how to forecast demand for both short term and long term sales; basic understanding of logistics and the effect on store and warehouse fill rates, inventory, and shelf life, and the results these areas have on Company profitability.
Collaborates with regulatory/legal department to ensure all products have appropriate claim substantiation.
Follows brand guardrails in identifying appropriate product specifications.
About Walgreens and WBA
Walgreens www.walgreens.com is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Nasdaq WBA, an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170 year heritage of caring for communities. WBAs purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 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, including those that drive equitable access to care for the nations 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. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
" An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans ".
Job ID: 1413590BR
Title: Associate Manager Owned Brand Commercialization- Wellness
Company Indicator: Walgreens
Employment Type:
Job Function: Marketing
Full Store Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015
Full District Office Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05123-01106-2
External Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and at least 2 years of experience in buying, product development or purchasing in a retail/CPG environment OR High School diploma/GED and 4 years of experience in Merchandising, Product Development or Marketing.
Experience in financial planning & analysis.
Knowledge of logistics.
Experience analyzing retail data such as Nielsen or IRI.
Experience in forecasting long-term opportunities, including product development.
Knowledge of retail business financial concepts, to include: penny profit market, mark-up percent's, turns and ROI.
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
Willing to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes (within state, out of state, and internationally).
Preferred Qualifications:
MBA or Master’s Degree
Knowledge and experience in private brands, CPG, or retail.
At least 1 year experience of cross functional team leadership.
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