Team Leader, Walgreens

The Team Leader, Walgreens is responsible for leading the overall business, strategy, and customer development for Walgreens. The Team Leader will be responsible for creating both short and long-term strategies that drive POS, Net Sales, Share and Gross Profit. The Team Leader will work collaboratively with Russell Stover’s Sales Strategy, Marketing, Demand Planning, Category Management and Retail Operations Teams. The Team Leader will be responsible for creating best-in-class customer relationships and long-term Joint Business Planning with Walgreens. The This position reports into the Director, Drug Channel.

Scope of Responsibilities / Expectations:

• Sales functional leadership
• Ability to build and nurture the day-to-day relationship with Walgreens buyers, analysts, and item specialists
• Customer expert capable of driving growth and over-delivering company objectives
• Aggressive, results oriented individual with a winning attitude
• Strong analytical acumen - promotional planning, performance analysis and forecasting
• Strong financial acumen - basic understanding and influence of customer P&Ls and the ability to manage a trade budget
• Excellent project and time management skill set to proactively lead corporate crossfunctional groups to meet established timelines and expectations
• Clear customer objectives and strategic business plan to obtain distribution and Category dollar share
• Develop and execute assortment reviews for key customers
• Develop and execute new item presentations to meet current and future objectives.
• Responsible for building an annual budget, managing monthly revenue expectations and confirming customer commitments
• Capable of leveraging consumption data with clear understanding of the customer strategy and landscape
• Excellent communication skill set

Job Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in a combination of sales, category management and/or sales analytics
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated leadership internally and externally
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with promotional planning/deduction management systems or proven experience with financial management related to promotional product spending, travel and entertainment expense management and creating financial recommendations utilizing basic ROI analysis
• High level of follow-up, availability and responsiveness to internal and external partners
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Strong analytical and computer skills
• Exhibit high level of focus and account penetration using sophisticated analysis and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability in public speaking and making effective customer presentations

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, M.B.A preferred
• Direct CPG account management experience, Walgreens experience preferred
• CPG knowledge and experience, Chocolate category experience preferred