Posted: January 19, 2011
Title: Manager, Competitive Intelligence
Location: Deerfield, IL
Summary: Responsible for gathering and managing the competitive intelligence required for the development of all pricing solutions for all non-front end store products and services including MCO solutions, employer organization solutions, government organization solutions, PBM solutions (external PBMs, such as Medco, Express scripts) and solutions for the hospital segment on site pharmacies. Monitors pricing trends in the marketplace. Reviews and understands PBM new business wins and the underlying customers of each significant client to better enable future pricing strategy. Develops systems to guide understanding of cash, discount cards and internet prices of competitors. Understands market shares in each significant geographic market and develops comparisons of competitors and key payors. Develops and maintains repository of information about key competitors and clients, including usual and customary prices for each competitor. Maintains and reviews historical pricing actions, as well as, current pricing strategies and tactics. Performs predictive modeling and war gaming for future potential action and competitive response. Collaborates with Market Planning and Research for competitor market share information. Collaborates with Pharmacy Insights for channel market share information. Works cross-functionally with Corporate and Business Unit Strategy teams to understand Walgreens and competitor actions. Works with Investor Relations for industry information about competitors and payors. Ensures that pricing strategies consider all publicly available and Walgreens internal competitive intelligence.
For company information, go to www.walgreens.com
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree
* 3 years experience conducting industry analysis OR competitive intelligence OR valuation modeling
* Experience using business analytical skills including facilitating requirements sessions and documenting activity workflows and business requirements
* Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel 2003 (using multiple sheets and workbooks, logical Operators ("AND" and "OR"), creating charts, and pivot tables)
* Basic level skill in Microsoft Word 2003 (creating documents, entering and formatting text, page layouts, creating tables, and adding graphics)
* Basic level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (creating a new presentation from a design template, adding and removing slides, entering and formatting text, adding speaker notes, and viewing presentations)
Source: CI Radar
Topics: Competitive Intelligence, Competitor Research, Market Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence Firms