Highlights
Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities. Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Deerfield, IL |
| Industry | Retail |
| Salary | $65,000–$113,750 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.walgreens.com/ |
Description
Associate Category Manager
Address: 200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2
Job ID 1923239BR Job Type: Full-time
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Job Summary
Strengthens sales performance across assigned product categories through sound merchandising judgment. Helps ensure product selections meet shopper needs across in-store and digital channels while supporting category profitability. Its project-level contribution enables timely responses to changing product trends within established category priorities.
Job Responsibilities
- Analyzes category sales, margins, and product performance to identify assortment gaps.
- Develops product assortment proposals for assigned categories using sales patterns and shopper preferences.
- Evaluates proposed price changes against category margin targets and competitive retail prices.
- Recommends promotional offers based on expected sales and margin implications.
- Works with suppliers to resolve product selection or availability issues.
- Escalates category margin risks when proposed changes exceed established guidelines.
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Basic Qualifications
- At least 2 years of related experience.
- At least 1 year of experience applying retail merchandising assortment principles to product categories.
- At least 1 year of experience working with basic business goals, financial concepts, or key performance measures relevant to day-to-day work activities.
- At least 1 year of experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Travel may be required up to 10%.
Preferred Qualifications
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
Salary Range: $65000 - $113750 / Salaried
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About Company
Founded over a century ago in 1901, we have a rich and colorful history of continuous improvement and innovation at Walgreens. From inventing the world’s first chocolate malted milkshake to the creation of one of the most popular and sophisticated mobile applications in retail shopping today, we have transformed ourselves into a leader within the retail and drug industry.
Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., the first global pharmacy-led, health well being enterprise.
At Walgreens you'll find a team positively energized by the unique talents, ideas, experiences and aspirations of every individual. In other words, you can be your authentic self in our stores, offices and other workplaces, and be comfortable and confident that what matters most here is doing your best to make health and well-being within reach for everyone on a daily basis.
Walgreens has a proud legacy of valuing diversity and fostering inclusion more than 100 years-strong, and we're still living that commitment. We intend to be recognized as a “Next Practices” company for diversity and inclusion – one whose cultures, people, perspectives and workplaces reflect the current and future customers we serve while delivering superior business performance.
Walgreens has over 9,500 stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.