Senior Manager Strategy & Transformation

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.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Analysis & Planning is a key member in transforming our Retail organization. In this role, you will translate complex financial data into clear compelling reports and strategies that empower leadership to make better decisions and accelerate execution of Front Store initiatives. As the Senior Manager, Analysis & Planning you will leverage your ability to influence without authority to drive strategic planning build streamlined narratives that support and influence decision-makers while being outstanding at managing the transformation from A to Z. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial analysis, strategic planning, developing essential processes for cross-functional connectivity, and leadership within the retail industry.

To be successful, you will need to leverage active listening to clearly understand pain points, or points within the Merchandising organization where there is significant variability, to drive analyses that benefit the majority. In this role, building a strong network of fast, trusted, and credible relationships within Merchandising, Finance, Digital, Analytics, Marketing and Supply Chain will be the unlock for creating measurable change that impacts both our colleagues and our consumers in a favorable way. 

Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:

Delivers Results

• Leverages data, insights, and analytics to make actionable recommendations and influence stakeholders
• Proactively deliver financial reporting support to various departments, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives
• Monitors and analyzes key financial metrics, identifying trends, risk, and opportunities for improvement both in-year and outer year

Strategic Planning

• Develop, refine, and maintain flexible processes to address emergent business challenges, ensuring agility and alignment with priorities.
• Evaluates strategic initiatives and KPI performance that align to our strategy
• Navigates ambiguity and change to achieve goals, assigning appropriate timelines and accountabilities to empower team execution.

Stakeholder Influence and Change Management

• Act as a change agent, embracing and driving organizational improvement initiatives across teams and departments
• Overcome implementation barriers by proactively identifying solutions and fostering collaboration
• Leverages a results-oriented mindset, using metrics to monitor improvements
• Builds trusted relationships through collaboration between different departments to promote a cohesive and integrated approach to achieving organizational goals.
• Influences at all levels – up to and including cross-functional SVPs. Champions innovation by bringing ideas to own VP & SVP as well as broader Merchandising Leadership in an agile way, while balancing growth with financial risk & incremental cost to organization

• Culture Talent Development

• Cultivate robust relationships with senior internal leaders, retail partners, and key external stakeholders to foster collaborative strategy development
• Foster a culture of inclusion, well-being, and high performance by setting clear goals and expectations
• Provide leadership guidance, direction, & support to teams and departments to ensure smooth operations & optimal performance.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Finance, Planning or building financial models
• 5+ years of demonstrated successful leadership experience in a highly competitive environment. Relevant sectors include retail, finance, consulting, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.
• 5+ years’ track record influencing others with & without authority
• 5+ years’ experience understanding and breaking down highly complex situations to deliver impactful solutions in real time.
• 5+ years’ experience effectively demonstrating excellent verbal and written communication skills; very strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• 5+ years’ experience in merchandising environment, or in other like external business models
• Expertise leveraging MS Office Suite, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint capabilities

Preferred Qualifications<