Kristen Smith

As a member of the Merchandising Analyst Rotational Program I have a unique opporunity to work in various areas of the Retail Products business at Walgreens. I will be completing four six-month rotations in this role. My first rotation is in Assortment Optimization, where I am responsible for analyzing all of the items in a specific category, and give my recommendation of the optimal assortment to be put into stores. This recommendation is based off of factors such as customer loyalty, transferability, customer shopping patterns, sales, benefit, etc.

Wildcat Threads is a satellite location of the University of Arizona Bookstore that carries insignia and non insignia athletic apparel and accessories. As a supervisor I am responsible for opening and closing the store, counting the safe and drawer, dropping the cash at the end of the night, overseeing my coworkers, conversing with customers and dealing with complaints, ordering and designing product, counting and merchandising incoming product and inventory, creating purchase orders, and creating and receiving transfers from other satellite location stores.

As a merchandising intern at Walgreens I worked in Over The Counter under Heath and Wellness. In this role I was responsible for creating the 1, 3, and 5 year strategy for TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) products. I met and negotiated with vendors, created mock displays, analyzed the market, analyzed customer shopping patterns, and analyzed shopper insights to ultimately present my strategy to senior management for implementation into stores.

As the Apparel Chair, I was selected to design, order, and distribute all apparel for Sigma Kappa.