Product Manager, Retail Merchandising

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Job Summary

Walgreens is looking for a customer-centric, data-driven, and motivated individual to join our product merchandising team. This individual will work on high-impact merchandising workstreams focused on reshaping Walgreens' retail business.

We're looking for someone with retail and/or merchandising experience with strong business and product sense to deliver on detailed timelines. This individual should have experience in building both consumer facing and back-end retail tools/systems. You will help gather requirements, communicate, and work collaboratively across multiple teams and levels in the organization. You will help execute the strategic development and management of new and existing merchandising initiatives that will drive revenue growth and profitability for our retail business.

The ideal candidate will thrive and deliver results in an ambiguous environment and knows how to operate with competing priorities. You will work closely with engineering, product, and across multiple teams. The ability to influence product priorities, advocate for agile ways of working, exceptional communication, and collaboration across the organization are essential.

Job Responsibilities

• Translates the divisional sales goals and customer experience into a logically sequenced and optimized product roadmap for key product area.

• Develops and maintains the product and feature roadmap for assigned area. Manages prioritization among user experience, technology and central marketing organizations.

• Proactively identifies and resolves strategic issues for assigned product area that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, financial and technical goals.

• Works closely with the engineering technology team and user interface designers to define detailed key product requirements.

• Manages, mentors and develops a team of Business Analysts or Associate Product Managers.

• Grows adoption and usage of the Walgreens front end store business. Identifies and quantifies the customer segments with strong growth potential, creating Develops the business case and strategy for targeting.

• Implements growth strategy by coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver any necessary changes.

• Measures and analyzes impact of existing functionality. Identifies opportunities to innovate and improve, providing additional benefits to the customer. Builds strong internal relationships with technology and development teams to drive implementation.

• Measures and analyzes the impact of existing pricing and merchandising. Identifies opportunities to innovate and improve. Builds strong internal relationships with the sales, user experience, technology and central marketing organizations to drive implementation of new merchandising strategies.

• Conducts business and financial analysis, including forecasting, monitoring and reporting.

• Writes well informed business requirements based on input from data, discussions with other individuals and own thinking and will then refine and drive to conclusion these business requirements through effective communication and proactively seeking out the appropriate individuals.

About Walgreens and WBA

Walgreens (~~~) 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. WBA's 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 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. To review benefits, please visit ~~~/benefits.

"An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".

Job ID: 1468369BR

Title: Product Manager, Retail Merchandising

Company Indicator: Walgreens

Employment Type:

Job Function: Marketing

Full Store Address: 102 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015

Full District Office Address: 102 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05104-01102-2

External Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years product management experience in on-line technology and/or management strategy consulting OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least at least 5 years product management experience in on-line technology and/or management strategy consulting

• At least 2 years' experience in consumer-facing online commerce.

• At least 2 years' experience in product marketing, product/program management, business development, or management consulting.

• Experience in one or more of the following areas of ecommerce: Content Tools and Processes, Search & Browse, SEO/SEM, or Cart and Checkout.

• Experience working with product development lifecycle.

• Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within an organization.

• Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.

• Experience leading and/or collaborating with cross functional team to develop strategies that meet department goals within budget and established timelines.

• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.

• At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with agile methodologies to drive continuous product improvement, prioritizing backlog, leading scrum ceremonies, and executing quarterly planning

• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams

• Ability to articulate requirements and create features to drive our retail strategy

• Interest in retail and/or merchandising

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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