Analyst - Promotional Planning And Evaluation
Walgreens (Chicago North, Illinois)

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Job ID: 10864

Position Title: Analyst - Promotional Planning and Evaluation

Working Location: Illinois-Deerfield

Employment Status: Full-Time Regular

Required Experience: 2 years

Required Education: Bachelors Degree


Job Description:
Walgreens is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2007 sales of $53.8 billion. The company operates over 6,000 stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico, including 77 Happy Harry’s stores in Delaware and surrounding states. With 500 store openings per year, Walgreens will operate over 7,000 stores by 2010. Walgreens is expanding its patient-first health care services beyond traditional pharmacy through Walgreens Health Services, its managed care division, and Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary that manages convenient care clinics inside drugstores. Walgreens Health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc. (a pharmacy benefits manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc., and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC.

Ranked 2nd among food and drug retailers on Fortune's "Most Admired Companies in America" list. We offer challenging and rewarding opportunities in a friendly, diverse, inclusive and respectful environment, with excellent benefits including:

• Company-matched profit sharing contributions
• Stock discount purchase program
• Employee discount plan
• Train shuttle service
• On-site childcare
• Flex-pay
• Medical/Dental plan

As the nation's leading pharmacy, we seek professional individuals to fill key positions at Walgreens, ensuring our leadership and taking us to even higher levels of growth, profitability, innovation and customer service. Walgreens is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes individuals of diverse talents and backgrounds. Walgreens promotes and supports a drug-free and smoke-free workplace.

Company Information: http://www.walgreens.com

Position focuses on analyzing Advertising effectiveness with the different initiatives and processes at Walgreens. Research is focused on the planning and post results of the weekly roto, versioning of ads, Basic Department ad strategy, Media Spend, Ad testing, and Ad space allocation.


Essential Skills:
Interact with Marketing, Purchasing, and Advertising departments to analyze and deliver recommendations on advertising insights by means of creative review, space allocation, ad tests, versioning, and media spend. Utilize internal and external tools and data to create analysis that increases advertising effectiveness and assists with future planning.


Qualifications:
BA/BS degree in Business or math related field preferred;
3-5 years work experience in retail or consumer packaged goods helpful; strong math and analytical skills; ability to synthesize information into meaningful conclusions and tactical recommendations; problem solving skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word; ability to work on several assignments simultaneously; project based work experience useful.


Market Research, Promotional Marketing