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Job Summary :

Partner with the Strategic Operations Team and Pharmacy leadership to understand business context, ideate, and deliver insights and prototypes.

+ Provide analyses through advanced analytics/statistical methods that tell a “story” focused on business insights.

+ Determine and develop user requirements for analysis and systems to ensure business questions are answered while maintaining IT stability.

+ Develop reusable and robust analytic frameworks to ensure consistent results across business areas.

+ Create impactful visualization and reporting for leadership teams to deliver actionable insights

+ Author and update internal and external documentation, and formally initiate and deliver requirements and documentation.

+ Work on projects in Pharmacy & Retail Operations including process improvement, strategy development, industry trends, competitive analysis, and company positioning. Manages complex ad-hoc projects and analyses, as needed.

Job Responsibilities :

+ Responsible for collecting, summarizing data and providing analysis that will assist Pharmacy &Retail Operations management in both long- and short-range strategic planning, and the development and implementation of programs

+ Maintains a comprehensive understanding of business processes and practices pertaining to allaspects of Pharmacy & Retail Operations within the Retail Hub.

+ Provides more complex analysis of corresponding data to build business case for system andoperational procedure changes, enhancements, development of functional specifications orinterface opportunities with costs and or return on investment summarized.

+ Serves as operation point of contact for various projects to drive project execution. Communicatesrelevant project information to stakeholders, both corporately and in the field.

+ Collects, analyzes, makes specific recommendations, and presents information pertaining toproposed programs to meet the business and strategic goals of Pharmacy & Retail Operations andthe Company. Manages complex ad-hoc projects and analyses, as needed.

+ Plans, designs and deploys appropriate reports and tools.

+ Collaborates across Pharmacy & Retail Operations, IT, legal and regulatory, process improvementteams, and others, to develop operational solutions.

+ Coaches, mentors, guides, and provides oversight to less senior Business Analysts.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com

**Job ID:** 1603078BR

**Title:** Senior Business Scientist

**Company Indicator:** Walgreens Boots Alliance

Employment Type:

**Job Function:** Retail

**Full Store Address:** 433 W VAN BUREN STREET,CHICAGO,IL 60607

**Full District Office Address:** 433 W VAN BUREN STREET,CHICAGO,IL,60607-00433-04579-2

External Basic Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s Degree and at least 1 year of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions; OR, High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.

+ At least 1 year of experience querying databases (for example: SQL, Golden, Business Objects, EDW, SAS and/or SQL Server).

+ Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve issues and problems.

+ Experience communicating the impact of business analysis results to business leaders.

+ Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).

+ Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).

+ Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Master’s Degree or MBA.

+ 5 years of experience in the Industry in a Data Analyst or Data Science role, analyzing data sets to solve business problems through statistical methods and predictive analytics.

+ Bachelor's degree Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, in a quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

+ Experience in data analysis, especially for time series data, to solve business problems in complex, fast-moving, and ambiguous business environments with strong data intuition and business acumen.

+ Extensive experience with data visualization (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)

+ Experience with statistical software (e.g., Python), database languages (e.g., SQL), and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau).

+ Retail Pharmacy Experience.

+ Strong working knowledge of relevant Microsoft applications, including Visio

+ Experience in stakeholder-facing or client-facing roles (e.g. previous consulting role).

+ Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to translate technical solutions and methodologies to leadership.

+ Proven ability to manage multiple projects

+ High proficiency in technical writing

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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