Merchandising Business Acceleration - Lead Director

At CVS Health were building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nations leading health solutions company we reach millions of Americans through our local presence digital channels and more than 300000 purposedriven colleagues caring for people where when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart each and every day.

Position Summary

At every step of our 62year journey from beginnings as Consumer Value Stores to transforming the healthcare experience as CVS Health a Fortune 4 company the relationships we forge assisting people on their path to better health often happen in the store. 70 of Americans live within 3 miles of a CVS store its often the first interaction people have with our brand and within Front Store (Retail) Merchandising were often charged with shaping that initial experience through the exciting products and services we offer. The journey continues: as we lead redefining the role of our stores and healthcare in the communities we serve coupled with deep connections to our customers enabled through leading digital platforms and leveraging enterprise capabilities across the healthcare ecosystem its truly an exciting time to be a part of CVS Health. If youd like to join us on that journey please read on!

The Lead Director of Merchandising Business Acceleration will lead a team of approx. 4 Senior Managers and Analysts in developing and recommending datadriven strategies to improve business performance by working closely with Merchandising leadership in analyzing market trends and dynamics vendor/brand economics and productivities customer loyalty and related optimization opportunities across various levers such as assortment placement pricing and promotion. This consultative role also serves as trusted advisor to Category Managers providing and ad hoc analytical support to drive growth and results.

Your responsibilities will include:

Lead develop and manage a highperforming team

Assess SKU/Vendor/Brand/Promotional incrementality; competitively benchmark (space brands assortment); generate market customer (e.g. ExtraCare segmentation) and vendor insights (cost structures trade funding); and analyze assortment (relative productivity elasticity profitability loyalty etc.

Build strategy applying data tools to support Merchantled vendor negotiations

Advise Category Manager partners on developing and writing creative rigorous and exhaustive vendor agreements and contracts

Conduct complex quantitative analysis and build analytical models using Microsoft Excel and other tools/platforms (e.g. Tableau)

Develop annual plans and budgets for category strategy and profit improvement working with senior Merchandising leaders

Inspire creativity and new capability design often spurred by white space opportunity identification and business case development

Design initiative pilots and deploy in select number of stores to measure and assess (Test & Learn)

Enact a customerfirst perspective understanding when to approach problems through a macro crossbusiness unit lens necessary to reflect how customers shop at CVS (e.g. trip motivations basket analyses)

Partner (e.g. Supply Chain Store Operations Finance) to activate ideas that expand beyond Merchandising and create strategy or change projects

Deploy an Enterprise Mindset engaging partners and partners across Enterprise Teams (e.g. Pharmacy Services Health Care Benefits) to identify synergies and create improved outcomes/growth

The candidate selected for this position will be a creative outofthebox thinker who is intellectually curious with a passion for using data to drive business decision making. This person will need to be selfmotivated entrepreneurial and able to excel in a high demand performancedriven environment. Strong communication and presentation skills storytelling ability and executive presence are a must. The Business Acceleration Director is a relationship and trust builder and connector comfortable in ambiguity and shifting priorities and finally humble and receptive to feedback. If this describes you come join us a CVS Health colleague!

Required Qualifications
5 years of relevant experience; and part of experience ideally in: Management Consulting Retail/CPG or Banking/Private Equity

Preferred Qualifications

Specific experience in Retail Category Management CPG or Vendor Management leading strategic/ commercial projects with impact

Merchandise familiarity understanding of retail merchandising basics (i.e. Category Management) and merchandising organizational structures and processes

Mastery of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Experience with technical tools such as: Tableau SQL Assistant VBA Python SAP SAP BI Teradata Oracle are a plus but not required

Education
Bachelors degree

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual fulltime 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 shortterm incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the companys equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers patients members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits investing in the physical emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions) and an employee stock purchase plan.

• Nocost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings tobacco cessation and weight management programs confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off flexible work schedules family leave dependent care resources colleague assistance programs tuition assistance retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information visit anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 05/31/2025

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