Inventory Specialist
Walgreens · Ledgewood, NJ · 1 mo ago
Manufacturing$18–$21/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule as appropriate. We must include only sections that have real specific content. The posting includes responsibilities (lots), qualifications (basic qualifications, preferred qualifications), maybe skills (some implied but not explicit list). Benefits: mention "To review benefits, please click here ..." but that's a link, not actual benefits description. The instruction: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only says "To review benefits, please click here ..." which is not stating benefits. So we should not include Benefits section. Pay: Salary Range: $18 - $21 / Hourly is present, so we include Pay section. Schedule: mention "Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." That's schedule info. So include Schedule section. Also maybe "This role will remain open until filled." That's minor metadata, can be dropped or put in short p. We'll not create a heading for that.
We need to use for section headings. Use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture responsibilities as list items? The responsibilities are many sentences; we can break them into list items each representing a duty. Must not lose detail. We'll create a
under Responsibilities with each duty as - . Ensure we capture all responsibilities sentences.
Similarly for Basic Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications we can combine into Requirements? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we have Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Likely Requirements = Basic Qualifications. Qualifications = Preferred Qualifications? Or we could treat Requirements as basic qualifications, Qualifications as preferred qualifications. Skills maybe not present explicitly; we could omit Skills section if no specific skills list. The posting mentions "Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to multi task and manage execution." That's a skill but not a list. Could be included in Qualifications. But we can omit Skills if no explicit list.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, etc. The posting includes "We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans." That's EEO boilerplate; remove. Also "The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors..." that's about pay but we already have pay range; we could keep that as part of Pay section? It's generic; but we need to preserve substantive information. The sentence about compensation depending on factors is generic but still substantive? It's not specific; but we could include as part of Pay section prose. However instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting states Salary Range: $18 - $21 / Hourly. So we can include Pay section with that range and maybe also note that actual compensation depends on factors. That's not filler; it's additional info. We'll include.
Schedule: "Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." Also maybe "This role will remain open until filled." Not schedule. So schedule section includes that sentence.
Now we need to ensure we don't duplicate lines. We'll parse responsibilities.
Let's extract responsibilities sentences from the posting. The posting is a long paragraph with many responsibilities separated by periods. We'll split into logical duties.
I'll copy the responsibilities section (starting after "Responsible for executing, monitoring, and training inventory best practices..." up to before "Training & Personal Development").
Let's extract:
- Responsible for executing, monitoring, and training inventory best practices and standard operating procedures for the entire store, including both front end and pharmacy.
- Supports pharmacy inventory management activities, including receiving, counting, ordering, and facilitating returns.
- Champions On-Shelf Availability and is responsible for receiving, counting, pricing, returns, and all in-store inventory processes.
- Validates and ensures accuracy of planograms.
- Responsible for reviewing and coordinating the proper use of reports and system applications, which have an impact on the accuracy of front end and pharmacy on-hand balances and pricing.
- Responsible for executing and maintaining front end and pharmacy asset protection techniques, and filing claims for warehouse and vendor overages (merchandise received, but not billed), shortages (merchandise billed, but not received), order errors or damaged goods including prescription drugs.
- In designated stores, as required, opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems start-ups, required cash handling and cashier responsibilities, and ensuring the floor and stock room are ready for the business day.
- Customer Experience Engages customers by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. In designated stores, when serving as the leader on duty, resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
- Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.).
- Operations Executes and coaches team members on warehouse and vendor inventory management processes including but not limited to creating, reviewing, and receiving orders.
- Scans in all deliveries while the vendor is still in the store, including common carrier deliveries. Focuses on One Box receiving. Takes the appropriate action marking delivery as received if the product was physically delivered, contacting vendor for past undelivered scheduled receipts, and opening tickets as needed to correct inaccurate orders.
- Under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, verifies all pharmacy shipments are posted for products physically received at the store.
- Completes or verifies postings of all pharmacy warehouse orders, ABC prescription and OTC orders daily, secondary vendor orders, flu and dropship orders performing any necessary tote audits, and accurately reporting any shortages or damaged product.
- Completes On-Shelf Availability (OSA) end-to-end process including warehouse and direct store delivery (DSD) for planogrammed departments, executing disposals, call-ins, and vendor returns before expiration, completes scan outs/ scan outs returns on all subscribed departments including vendor/ DSD departments and pharmacy scan outs.
- Under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, completes pharmacy inventory activities including but not limited to pharmacy recalls following Pharmacy Hazardous Waste Policy, vendor returns, non-controlled, and damaged salvage returns.
- Facilitates excess inventory returns or interstore pharmacy transfers where applicable for non-returnable ABC overstock.
- Verifies posting of all pharmacy/ prescription claims.
- Completes execution of all pricing activities including price changes, markdowns, and markdowns deletes.
- Responsible for basic department pricing, including daily price changes, accurate pricing with correct signage, and reliable and timely completion of any additional regulatory pricing tasks.
- Responsible for supporting front end and pharmacy ordering by ordering expense items.
- Monitors pharmacy manual orders to identify excess orders.
- Maintains consigned inventory and orders as required.
- Ensures all designated pull & quarantine item on-hands are updated and placed in the designated holding area.
- Maintains accurate inventory counts. Maintains the accuracy of on-hand quantities including but not limited to basic departments, stockroom, overstock locations.
- Under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, maintains accurate inventory counts and accuracy of on-hand quantities in pharmacy and completes pharmacy smart counts.
- Ensures the store maintains inventory compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products).
- Assists in the maintenance of inventory records, including receiving and posting of all products (in the front-end)) received at the store in all inventory systems.
- Organizes files and retains all invoices/receipts/return authorizations necessary for all inventory activities.
- Helps to prepare for physical inventory and supports the physical inventory day activities, including but not limited to preparing sales floor, stockroom, and pharmacy for inventory and auditing the third party team on the day of inventory.
- Supports keeping all counters and shelves clean and well merchandised.
- Knowledgeable of all store systems and equipment.
- Assists and coaches store team on all package delivery activities, including scanning in and out of packages, completing all daily inventory functions and, package returns at Walgreens.
- Supports execution of Pickup Program.
- In designated stores, when serving as the leader on duty, responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned point-of-sale system (POS), including records of scanning errors, price verifications, items not on file, price modifications, and voids.
- Completes product returns, order voids, customer refunds, cash drops to safe, and provides change as requested for point of sale.
- Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.
- Completes any additional activities and other tasks as assigned.
That's a lot. We'll put each as
- .
Now Requirements (Basic Qualifications):
- Six months of prior work experience with Walgreens (internal candidates) or one year of prior retail work experience (external candidates).
- Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English (except in Puerto Rico).
- Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours. (But schedule we already have separate; but it's also a qualification. Might duplicate; but we can keep in Requirements as well? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. If we put schedule in Schedule section, we still need to keep it somewhere else? The schedule info is also a qualification; but we could keep it only in Schedule section and not duplicate. However the requirement also mentions willingness to work flexible schedule; it's same as schedule. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in Schedule section and not repeat in Requirements. But then we lose that qualification detail? The schedule section already captures it. The requirement also includes other items; we can keep those.
- “Achieving expectations” rating on last performance review and no written disciplinary actions in the previous 12 months (internal candidates only).
- Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to multi task and manage execution.
- Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
Now Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer previous experience as a shift lead, pharmacy technician, designated hitter, or customer service associate.
- Prefer to have prior work experience with Walgreens, with an evaluation on file.
- We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. (This is EEO-ish but still a preference; we could keep but it's similar to EEO; but it's a statement about considering applicants with arrest/conviction records. It's not boilerplate? It's a specific statement; we could keep under Preferred Qualifications.
Now Skills: Not explicit list; we could omit Skills section.
Pay: Salary Range: $18 - $21 / Hourly. Also note: "The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors." We'll include as prose.
Schedule: "Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." Also maybe "In designated stores, as required, opens and closes the store in the absence of store management..." that's more duty. So schedule section just that sentence.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll structure:
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
...
Qualifications
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture responsibilities as list items? The responsibilities are many sentences; we can break them into list items each representing a duty. Must not lose detail. We'll create a
- under Responsibilities with each duty as
- . Ensure we capture all responsibilities sentences. Similarly for Basic Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications we can combine into Requirements? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we have Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Likely Requirements = Basic Qualifications. Qualifications = Preferred Qualifications? Or we could treat Requirements as basic qualifications, Qualifications as preferred qualifications. Skills maybe not present explicitly; we could omit Skills section if no specific skills list. The posting mentions "Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to multi task and manage execution." That's a skill but not a list. Could be included in Qualifications. But we can omit Skills if no explicit list. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, etc. The posting includes "We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans." That's EEO boilerplate; remove. Also "The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors..." that's about pay but we already have pay range; we could keep that as part of Pay section? It's generic; but we need to preserve substantive information. The sentence about compensation depending on factors is generic but still substantive? It's not specific; but we could include as part of Pay section prose. However instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting states Salary Range: $18 - $21 / Hourly. So we can include Pay section with that range and maybe also note that actual compensation depends on factors. That's not filler; it's additional info. We'll include. Schedule: "Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." Also maybe "This role will remain open until filled." Not schedule. So schedule section includes that sentence. Now we need to ensure we don't duplicate lines. We'll parse responsibilities. Let's extract responsibilities sentences from the posting. The posting is a long paragraph with many responsibilities separated by periods. We'll split into logical duties. I'll copy the responsibilities section (starting after "Responsible for executing, monitoring, and training inventory best practices..." up to before "Training & Personal Development"). Let's extract: - Responsible for executing, monitoring, and training inventory best practices and standard operating procedures for the entire store, including both front end and pharmacy. - Supports pharmacy inventory management activities, including receiving, counting, ordering, and facilitating returns. - Champions On-Shelf Availability and is responsible for receiving, counting, pricing, returns, and all in-store inventory processes. - Validates and ensures accuracy of planograms. - Responsible for reviewing and coordinating the proper use of reports and system applications, which have an impact on the accuracy of front end and pharmacy on-hand balances and pricing. - Responsible for executing and maintaining front end and pharmacy asset protection techniques, and filing claims for warehouse and vendor overages (merchandise received, but not billed), shortages (merchandise billed, but not received), order errors or damaged goods including prescription drugs. - In designated stores, as required, opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems start-ups, required cash handling and cashier responsibilities, and ensuring the floor and stock room are ready for the business day. - Customer Experience Engages customers by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. In designated stores, when serving as the leader on duty, resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience. - Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.). - Operations Executes and coaches team members on warehouse and vendor inventory management processes including but not limited to creating, reviewing, and receiving orders. - Scans in all deliveries while the vendor is still in the store, including common carrier deliveries. Focuses on One Box receiving. Takes the appropriate action marking delivery as received if the product was physically delivered, contacting vendor for past undelivered scheduled receipts, and opening tickets as needed to correct inaccurate orders. - Under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, verifies all pharmacy shipments are posted for products physically received at the store. - Completes or verifies postings of all pharmacy warehouse orders, ABC prescription and OTC orders daily, secondary vendor orders, flu and dropship orders performing any necessary tote audits, and accurately reporting any shortages or damaged product. - Completes On-Shelf Availability (OSA) end-to-end process including warehouse and direct store delivery (DSD) for planogrammed departments, executing disposals, call-ins, and vendor returns before expiration, completes scan outs/ scan outs returns on all subscribed departments including vendor/ DSD departments and pharmacy scan outs. - Under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, completes pharmacy inventory activities including but not limited to pharmacy recalls following Pharmacy Hazardous Waste Policy, vendor returns, non-controlled, and damaged salvage returns. - Facilitates excess inventory returns or interstore pharmacy transfers where applicable for non-returnable ABC overstock. - Verifies posting of all pharmacy/ prescription claims. - Completes execution of all pricing activities including price changes, markdowns, and markdowns deletes. - Responsible for basic department pricing, including daily price changes, accurate pricing with correct signage, and reliable and timely completion of any additional regulatory pricing tasks. - Responsible for supporting front end and pharmacy ordering by ordering expense items. - Monitors pharmacy manual orders to identify excess orders. - Maintains consigned inventory and orders as required. - Ensures all designated pull & quarantine item on-hands are updated and placed in the designated holding area. - Maintains accurate inventory counts. Maintains the accuracy of on-hand quantities including but not limited to basic departments, stockroom, overstock locations. - Under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge, maintains accurate inventory counts and accuracy of on-hand quantities in pharmacy and completes pharmacy smart counts. - Ensures the store maintains inventory compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products). - Assists in the maintenance of inventory records, including receiving and posting of all products (in the front-end)) received at the store in all inventory systems. - Organizes files and retains all invoices/receipts/return authorizations necessary for all inventory activities. - Helps to prepare for physical inventory and supports the physical inventory day activities, including but not limited to preparing sales floor, stockroom, and pharmacy for inventory and auditing the third party team on the day of inventory. - Supports keeping all counters and shelves clean and well merchandised. - Knowledgeable of all store systems and equipment. - Assists and coaches store team on all package delivery activities, including scanning in and out of packages, completing all daily inventory functions and, package returns at Walgreens. - Supports execution of Pickup Program. - In designated stores, when serving as the leader on duty, responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned point-of-sale system (POS), including records of scanning errors, price verifications, items not on file, price modifications, and voids. - Completes product returns, order voids, customer refunds, cash drops to safe, and provides change as requested for point of sale. - Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers. - Completes any additional activities and other tasks as assigned. That's a lot. We'll put each as
- .
Now Requirements (Basic Qualifications):
- Six months of prior work experience with Walgreens (internal candidates) or one year of prior retail work experience (external candidates).
- Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English (except in Puerto Rico).
- Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours. (But schedule we already have separate; but it's also a qualification. Might duplicate; but we can keep in Requirements as well? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. If we put schedule in Schedule section, we still need to keep it somewhere else? The schedule info is also a qualification; but we could keep it only in Schedule section and not duplicate. However the requirement also mentions willingness to work flexible schedule; it's same as schedule. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in Schedule section and not repeat in Requirements. But then we lose that qualification detail? The schedule section already captures it. The requirement also includes other items; we can keep those.
- “Achieving expectations” rating on last performance review and no written disciplinary actions in the previous 12 months (internal candidates only).
- Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to multi task and manage execution.
- Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
Now Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer previous experience as a shift lead, pharmacy technician, designated hitter, or customer service associate.
- Prefer to have prior work experience with Walgreens, with an evaluation on file.
- We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. (This is EEO-ish but still a preference; we could keep but it's similar to EEO; but it's a statement about considering applicants with arrest/conviction records. It's not boilerplate? It's a specific statement; we could keep under Preferred Qualifications.
Now Skills: Not explicit list; we could omit Skills section.
Pay: Salary Range: $18 - $21 / Hourly. Also note: "The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors." We'll include as prose.
Schedule: "Must have a willingness to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours." Also maybe "In designated stores, as required, opens and closes the store in the absence of store management..." that's more duty. So schedule section just that sentence.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll structure:
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
...
Qualifications
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