Benefits and Directed Spend, Senior Analyst - Military Veterans

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
 
Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

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 Supplemental Benefits 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 7,000+ 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 their category of responsibility as well as support larger business unit/front store challenges outside their assigned category. Candidates should be able to clearly present to Senior Category Manager and DMM 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 able to influence with, and without authority- so much of the day-to-day business practice is to influence others
• 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

Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

Develops pricing strategies and promotional plans for assigned categories.

Analyzes and optimizes the performance of assets, develops plans to maximize their value, and provides recommendations for improvements.

Conducts in-depth analysis of the performance, risks, and potential returns of assets within the assigned category.

Monitors and analyzes sales performance and key performance indicators (KPIs) for assigned categories and generates reports to evaluate the effectiveness of category strategies and make data-driven recommendations for improvement.

Forecasts demand and stock levels and works to minimize stockouts or excess inventory.

Examines supplier performance, conducts negotiations, and resolves any procurement issues or discrepancies.

Guides and trains junior-level staff members on industry best care practices, techniques, processes, and responsibilities.

Participates in cross-functional meetings, presents findings and recommendations, and drives initiatives that support category growth.

Reviews industry publications and attends conferences to identify emerging trends and industry achievements.

Coordinate and manage New Item set up and maintenance for planogram and mid-year items.

Coordinate and manage of off-shelf programs with key suppliers, setting up programs and running off-shelf reporting.

Required Qualifications

• 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+ 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
• 3+ 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
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any additional tasks as required by the supervisor or manager
• Advanced level skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and Outlook
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required.
• Travel- up to 20% travel may be required, based on needs of the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to influence leaders to change thinking
• Certified Professional Merchandiser (CPM) preferred.

Education
Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Work Experience

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$46,988.00 - $112,200.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.  
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/30/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.