Merchandising Business Acceleration - Lead Director

Lead Director Of Merchandising, Business Acceleration

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

As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven 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.

The Lead Director of Merchandising, Business Acceleration will lead a team of approx. 4 Senior Managers and Analysts in developing and recommending data-driven 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 high-performing 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 Merchant-led 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 customer-first perspective, understanding when to approach problems through a macro, cross-business 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, 'out-of-the-box' thinker who is intellectually curious with a passion for using data to drive business decision making. This person will need to be self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and able to excel in a high demand, performance-driven 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 Bachelor's degree

Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is : $100,000.00 - $231,540.00 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. This position also includes an award target in the company's 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.

No-cost 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.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on : 09 / 05 / 2025.

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