Adult Beverage - Analyst

CVS Health • Boston, MA

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About The Position

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. 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 Adult Beverage 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 5,000+ 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 the alcohol category as well as support larger business unit/front store challenges outside their assigned category. Candidates should be able to clearly present to Alcohol Directors, Field Leadership, and External Supplier/Distributor 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 highly organized and prioritize- 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

Requirements

• 2+ years of full-time work experience in a retail and/or corporate environment
• 2+ 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
• 2+ years’ experience analyzing and synthesizing data
• 2+ years’ experience successfully building reports and dashboards to communicate data trends and forecasts
• 2+ years’ experience analyzing market trends
• Working knowledge of problem solving and decision making skills
• Strong interpersonal skills as demonstrated by successful collaboration to achieve shared goals
• Strong time management skills, evidenced by experience being accountable to multiple deliverables on staggered deadlines
• Strong personal integrity and judgment, evidenced by a track record of managing highly-sensitive or highly-visible business matters
• Strong communication skills in both formal and informal writing and speech
• Strong ability to build fast, credible relationships with leaders, peers and clients
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to process data, identify problems, and make effective decisions
• Advanced awareness of problem solving and decision making skills
• Proven track record of high performance
• Demonstrated growth mindset and willingness to learn and accept feedback

Nice To Haves

• 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+ yeas’ 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
• Ability to influence leaders to change thinking
• Certified Professional Merchandiser (CPM) preferred.
• Masters Degree

Responsibilities

• Collect costing for alcohol leadership, maintain pricing documents, and adhere to margin goals in select states.
• Maintain DSD zones, item authorization by state, white label frontline pricing, and promo pricing.
• Maintain regular analysis reporting, provide ad hoc reporting, and format information for leadership.
• Communicate with DSD suppliers to collect new item information, programming, and annual initiatives.
• Create resources, reporting, and analysis to execute the alcohol category.
• Organize and execute MyWork communication for alcohol communications.
• Manage store closing, remodel, reset and new license process.
• Create state level planners and upload to MyDocs.
• Manage new item setup and by DC distributor ties.
• Navigate DC vs. DSD assortment needs.
• Address store level help desk tickets, local distributor item issues, UPC changes, and DSD zone collapse.
• Maintain UPC universe, DC pricing files, sharepoint, field Teams sites

Benefits

• This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families.
• The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
• Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees