Category Manager
Walgreens • DEERFIELD, IL • Posted June 10, 2026
About the Role
**Job Description:**
**Job Summary:**
Responsible for developing and managing the implementation and tactics used to ensure that Walgreens has access to and favorable pricing for pharmaceuticals, while concurrently ensuring a continuous and uninterrupted supply for sales through multiple channels.
**Job Responsibilities**
+ Plans, develops, and is accountable for sales, gross-profit level, inventory control, and merchandise-turnover objectives for the assigned department(s) and item(s).
+ Develops and determines merchandising, display, advertising, distribution, packaging and sales plans and programs for assigned items and merchandise departments.
+ Negotiates buying contracts and obtains most advantageous pricing. Manages day-to-day vendor relationships and growth opportunities.
+ Uses market, competitive, and customer perceptions analyses to set and adjust item price levels.
+ Aggressively manages category performance by establishing categor...
**Job Summary:**
Responsible for developing and managing the implementation and tactics used to ensure that Walgreens has access to and favorable pricing for pharmaceuticals, while concurrently ensuring a continuous and uninterrupted supply for sales through multiple channels.
**Job Responsibilities**
+ Plans, develops, and is accountable for sales, gross-profit level, inventory control, and merchandise-turnover objectives for the assigned department(s) and item(s).
+ Develops and determines merchandising, display, advertising, distribution, packaging and sales plans and programs for assigned items and merchandise departments.
+ Negotiates buying contracts and obtains most advantageous pricing. Manages day-to-day vendor relationships and growth opportunities.
+ Uses market, competitive, and customer perceptions analyses to set and adjust item price levels.
+ Aggressively manages category performance by establishing categor...