Inventory Specialist

Base Pay Range

• $17.00/hr - $20.00/hr

• Execute inventory best practices and SOPs for front end and pharmacy, including receiving, counting, ordering, and returns.
• Champion On‑Shelf Availability and validate planogram accuracy.
• Review and coordinate reports and system applications to maintain accurate on‑hand balances and pricing.
• Maintain front end and pharmacy asset protection techniques, filing claims for overages, shortages, order errors, and damaged goods.
• Open and close the store, start up required systems, handle cash, and ensure the floor and stock room are ready for the business day.
• Engage customers by greeting them, offering assistance, resolving issues, and delivering a positive experience.
• Execute and coach team members on warehouse and vendor inventory management processes, including receiving orders, scanning deliveries, and verifying pharmacy shipments.
• Complete pricing activities, including price changes, markdowns, and deletes, and support front end and pharmacy ordering.
• Assist in the maintenance of inventory records, organize files, and retain invoices/receipts/return authorizations.
• Help prepare for physical inventory and support physical inventory day activities, including preparing sales floor, stockroom, and pharmacy for inventory.
• Support keeping all counters and shelves clean and well merchandised.
• Coaching and development of store team on all package delivery activities, including scanning in and out of packages and completing all daily inventory functions.
• Compliance with all company policies and procedures, maintaining respectful relationships with coworkers.

• Execute and coach team members on warehouse and vendor inventory management processes, including receiving and reviewing orders.
• Scan in all deliveries while the vendor is still in the store, focusing on One Box receiving and marking delivery as received if product was physically delivered.
• Under supervision of the pharmacist‑in‑charge, verify all pharmacy shipments are posted for products physically received at the store.
• Complete On‑Shelf Availability (OSA) end‑to‑end process, including disposals, call‑ins, and vendor returns before expiration.
• Under supervision of the pharmacist‑in‑charge, complete pharmacy inventory activities, including recalls, vendor returns, and damaged salvage returns.
• Complete execution of all pricing activities, including price changes, markdowns, and markdown deletes.
• Support front end and pharmacy ordering by ordering expense items and monitoring manual orders.
• Maintain accurate inventory counts and on‑hand quantities in all departments, stockroom, and overstock locations.
• Assists in the maintenance of inventory records, including receiving and posting all products received at the store in all inventory systems.
• Helps to prepare for physical inventory and supports the physical inventory day activities.
• Assists and coaches store team on all package delivery activities, including scanning in and out of packages and completing all daily inventory functions.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.

• Attends company‑based trainings for continuous development and completes all e‑learning modules including safety training requirements.
• Obtains and maintains a valid pharmacy license/certification as required by the state.

• Serves as a liaison between management and non‑management team members by coaching and developing other capabilities with inventory systems.
• Communicates assigned tasks to team members and reports disciplinary issues and customer complaints to management.

• Six months of prior work experience with Walgreens (internal candidates) or one year of prior retail work experience (external candidates).
• Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours.
• “Achieving expectations” rating on last performance review and no written disciplinary actions in the previous 12 months (internal candidates only).
• Attention to detail and ability to multitask and manage execution.
• Experience in identifying…