Category Analyst - Celebrations & Gifting Merchandising

CVS Health•Woonsocket, RI

3d•$43,888 - $93,574•Onsite

About The Position

The Celebrations & Gifting team is seeking a detail-oriented and results-driven Category Analyst to support our Front Store Merchandising organization. In this position, you will play a critical role in shaping the customer experience across 7,000+ stores. You will be 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. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovative solutions and enhance our product offerings and promotional effectiveness. You will solve complex problems, develop actionable insights, and create mitigation strategies to address business challenges.

Requirements

2+ years’ experience using pricing/promotional strategies, including customer research, problem definition, prototype development and iteration, etc., in a retail and/or corporate environment
Prior experience building and delivering leadership-facing presentations and materials
Prior experience analyzing and synthesizing data
Prior experience analyzing market trends, successfully building reports and dashboards to communicate data trends and forecasts
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and Outlook

Nice To Haves

Certified Market Research Analyst (CMRA) preferred.

Responsibilities

Leveraging strong analytical skills to evaluate sales trends, identify opportunities and optimize merchandising strategies.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovative solutions and enhance our product offerings and promotional effectiveness.
Solving complex problems, developing actionable insights, and creating mitigation strategies to address business challenges.