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Category Manager - OTC

Walgreens

Deerfield, IL · HybridJob$100–175K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$100–175K/yr
Location
Deerfield, ILHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Category Manager - OTC shapes assigned product category performance across in-store and digital channels, balancing sales growth with margin expectations. The role provides merchandising direction in response to changing shopping patterns and is based in Walgreens’ Deerfield, Illinois office, with on-site work four days a week.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Merchandise Assortment Analysis, requiredBusiness and Financial Drivers, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredExcel, requiredWord, requiredPowerPoint, requiredOutlook, required

Qualifications

4+ Years Related Experience, required2+ Years Assortment Analysis Experience, required2+ Years Business and Financial Drivers Experience, required2+ Years Microsoft Office Experience, required

Full job description

Job Summary:

Shapes the performance of assigned product categories so merchandise remains relevant to shoppers across in-store and digital channels. Balances sales growth with margin expectations within defined category priorities. Provides merchandising direction that helps the business respond to changing shopping patterns.

This role is based in our Deerfield, IL office and is on‑site four days a week.

Job responsibilities:

  • Sets seasonal assortment priorities based on sales patterns.

  • Selects product additions or exits within approved category objectives.

  • Adjusts item pricing within approved parameters.

  • Determines promotional merchandise selections based on expected category results.

  • Reviews item-level sell-through to address underperforming merchandise.

  • Engages suppliers on product selection for assigned categories.

  • Aligns product launch timing with relevant partners.

About Walgreens

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

Basic Qualifications

  • At least 4 years of related experience.

  • At least 2 years of experience applying merchandise assortment analysis to product category decisions.

  • At least 2 years of experience considering the primary business and financial drivers relevant to the area of responsibility and their impact on decisions and recommendations.

  • At least 2 years of experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

  • Travel may be required up to 10%.

Preferred Qualifications

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

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits

Salary Range: $100000 - $175000 / Salaried

How this job compares

Set against the 503 open Category Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–175K/yr
  • Illinois median$102–152K/yr20 salary ranges
  • US median$101–148K/yr355 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $138K, is 8% above the Illinois median midpoint ($127K) — in the middle half of Category Manager salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 23 open Category Manager jobs in Illinois and 503 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Category Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 452 postings).
Education
329 of the 503 open Category Manager jobs (65%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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