Senior Analyst - Planogram Design

CVS Health•Woonsocket, RI

11d•$46,988 - $112,200•Hybrid

About The Position

Visual Merchandising is a dynamic team within Retail Innovation and Store Design aimed to support the business and our retail colleagues while partnering with the Merchandising Team to develop Category Merchandising Plans. Keeping our customers at the heart of everything we do, the Visual Merchandising Team will collaborate across various stakeholder groups including but not limited to; Merchandising, Store Operations, Inventory, Marketing and Pricing to create innovative merchandising solutions. This position will support the design, analysis, strategy development and execution of merchandising solutions. Developing a merchandising strategy in partnership with the Category Manager to achieve the category goals.

Requirements

3+ years of retail store management or merchandise display experience
3+ years’ experience analyzing sales, market trend, demographic and competitor assessment data and formulating and communicating successful action plans
3+ 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
3+ years’ experience analyzing and synthesizing data
3+ years’ experience successfully building reports and dashboards to communicate data trends and forecasts

Nice To Haves

Preferred user of 345, Space Management software or similar software applications
Advanced level skills in Microsoft Suite
Excellent oral, written, presentation, analytical and problem solving skills
Strong collaboration and relationship building skills
Ability to work, lead and influence within a cross functional team environment
Ability to plan, coordinate and set priorities on several projects simultaneously while meeting all deadlines
Ability to set goals, measure and report on results and adjust plans based on changing internal and external influences
Ability to positively adapt in a changing environment
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
Proven track record of high performance
Demonstrated growth mindset and willingness to learn and accept feedback

Responsibilities

Partner with the Category Management Group to develop a category strategy to achieve the category goals.
Ensure the category merchandise strategy plan and execution of that plan across all main and alternate versions of planograms.
Perform analysis using Tableau, Category MAP and Extra Care data to identify best merchandising solutions, clustering, product positioning and space allocation.
Determine correct product facing strategy to ensure planogram holding capacity to customer satisfaction and sales are optimized.
Analyze competitor’s product display techniques and department layouts to benchmark best practices and bring new innovation display concepts and ideas to our company.
Review and analyze marketing data to integrate supplier ideas to develop best in class planograms.
Creatively merchandise product and identify sales opportunities in order to maximize sales.
Educate store personnel through communication with regard to planogram implementation and product presentation strategies.
Assist in the training and development of new support staff.