Senior Strategy Analyst Digital & Marketing

Walgreens is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2010 sales of $67 billion. The company operates 7,689 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multi-channel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America.

Drives analysis for Walgreens.com, drugstore.com, beauty.com, skinstore.com, as well as Walgreens omni-channel offerings to help guide decisions and business plans. Develops and tracks critical strategies, driving sales and profit growth through analytical planning and data-driven decisions. Performs analysis to help formulate and define potential initiatives, assisting in implementation, measuring results, and providing actionable recommendations based on outcomes. Uses eCommerce and omni-channel sales, industry, vendor, and competitive data to identify key trends, sales drivers, and uncover root causes of performance and to make proposals to drive the business. Performs and implements activities that impact discrete components / processes of the specified functional area of eCommerce. Work is received in short term assignments that require application of independent judgment. Operates within the context of defined procedures.

* Performs and implements daily operational activities that impact discrete components / processes of the specified eCommerce work function, and may include responsibilities in the area of digital Merchandising, Photo, eHealth, User Experience, Strategy, or Marketing, such as: * Creating deep dive analyses to study key AREA TRENDS. * Participating in development and enhancement of key programs to optimize consumer awareness, market share, overall efficiencies and support specified work function initiatives * Participating in development of new programs and enhancing current programs to meet performance objectives. * Running ad-hoc analyses to identify and recommend innovative options to drive business strategy. * Performing research to identify industry trends and best practices. * Evaluating key area trends and developing/implementing innovative programs/improvements. * Analyzing performance against departmental objectives. * Participating in monitoring departmental strategies and objectives. * Identifies and determines likely reasons for problematic causes. Prepares accurate documentation and communication to effectively facilitate elimination of problems / roadblocks as they occur and create efficient fixes. * May participate in the development of budgets for the functional area of responsibility. * Collaborates cross-functionally to accomplish activities. Interacts with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities. * Gathers and updates necessary information and communicates to appropriate parties.

* Bachelor's Degree and at least 2 years of experience in Merchandising, Marketing, eCommerce, Strategy, Healthcare, Analytics, Finance and/or Operations OR High School Diploma/ GED and at least 5 years of experience in Merchandising, Marketing, eCommerce, Strategy, Healthcare, Analytics, Finance and/or Operations. * Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community and with vendors. * Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates. * Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state) * Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or Math. * Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions. * Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems. * Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives). * Experience working in the digital space. * Knowledge of P&L. * Willingness to work in the Chicago ecommerce location.