Merchandising Business Acceleration - Senior Manager

CVS Health•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Business Acceleration drives a portfolio of strategy, profit improvement, and localization initiatives across a subset of categories. Approximately half of the role focuses on shopper-centric localization strategies, including store clustering analysis, localized assortment development, and performance optimization. The other half focuses on business case development, vendor negotiations, category analytics, and cross-functional thought partnership. The role offers exposure to Category Managers, Merchandising Directors and VPs, and partners across Merchandising. The position creates and maintains shopper-centric store clusters, uses assortment analytics to tailor product assortments to local needs, and partners with Category Managers and Visual Merchandising to operationalize localized assortment strategies. It monitors performance against financial targets, recommends corrective actions, and maintains localization standards. The role also leads special projects to improve profitability, including negotiations, cost mitigation, and business case development for new opportunities.

Requirements

At least 4 years of relevant work experience.
Adept at problem solving and decision-making.
Adept at collaboration and teamwork.
Adept at growth mindset, including agility and developing yourself and others.
Adept at execution and delivery, including planning, delivering, and supporting.
Adept at business intelligence.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred; specialized training or a relevant professional qualification may also be applicable.
Certified Product Manager (CPM) preferred.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain shopper-centric store clusters by identifying drivers of store-level variation and local shopper needs.
Use assortment analytics tools to tailor localized product assortments across assigned categories.
Partner with Category Managers and Visual Merchandising to operationalize localized assortment plans.
Translate complex data into actionable insights for cross-functional teams and align teams on localization strategies.
Monitor localized assortment performance against financial targets and recommend and implement corrective actions as needed.
Follow and maintain localization best practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality.
Lead initiatives to improve profitability, including negotiations, cost mitigation, and business case development for new opportunities.
Conduct category analytics and provide cross-functional thought partnership.