Business Analyst Remote

Walgreens•Deerfield, IL

21h•Remote

About The Position

Responsible for developing and maintaining a thorough understanding of business processes pertaining to purchasing, distribution, and dispensing of pharmaceutical products at Walgreens. Uses this knowledge to develop cost benefit analysis of proposed programs through collection and data analysis. Develops and presents specific recommendations to the Pharmacy Purchasing management team. Works on projects in strategy development, industry trends, competitive analysis, and company positioning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree OR, High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Suite Microsoft Excel (for example: MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
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/at least 5% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Mathematics.
Basic level skill in SQL (for example: build queries, add, modify, and delete data; create and maintain tables, query and update databases using SQL statements, etc).
Experience with EDW/Teradata, business objects, data warehouse applications, ADR7, and other Walgreens internal systems.
Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business processes and industry practices pertaining to purchasing, distributing, and dispensing of pharmaceutical products.
Develops and presents cost-benefit analyses of proposed programs and makes specific recommendations tied to the business goals of the department and Company.
Collects, analyzes and presents information pertaining to long-term planning and strategic goals of the Pharmacy Purchasing department.
Works on projects in strategy development, industry trends, competitive analysis, and company positioning as it relates to pharmacy purchasing and distribution.