Associate Planner, Team Sports (Hybrid)

Target • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $58,100 - $104,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the right guest even better, faster and more cost effectively than before. We are becoming more intelligent, automated and algorithmic in our decision-making, so that no matter how guests shop—in stores or online—we deliver the convenience and immediate gratification they demand and deserve. We’re looking for exceptional people who are proactive, creative, independent, innovative, risk-savvy and comfortable working in varying degrees of ambiguity. Are you a critical thinker who seeks out root cause and can analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively? Are you a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems, quickly identifies solutions, commits to a plan and then positively influences others to execute it? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams. A role in Planning and Inventory Management means applying your specialized and well-informed point of view to what we buy, from whom, how much and where it needs to go from there. You’ll use the right combination of data and expertise to achieve the best possible product availability through proper inventory positioning. You’ll also focus on the efficient transportation of product around the world, while ensuring compliance with U.S. Customs regulations and achieving the best possible product availability through proper inventory positioning. You’ll not only establish and develop great relationships with our vendors to encourage on-time shipment and delivery to stores and ultimately guests, but you’ll also analyze transportation supplier capabilities and contracts for maximum speed, reliability and cost effectiveness. an Associate Planner, you will develop the business strategies that ensure product availability and profitable sales. Your work will make a positive impact by analyzing category results and identifying insights and opportunities across key financial metric including sales, margin and ROI. You will determine item-level investments to support category financial plans as a part of pre-season vendor commitments. Through business analysis and clustering, you will help identify segmentation opportunities to drive localization strategies. Your skills will support strategic decisions about how we forecast sales and inventory needs to deliver guests with the products they want most. Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent work experience
• 1+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated leadership and decision-making skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Ability to work well within varying degrees of ambiguity

Benefits

• In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.
• Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.
• Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
• Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
• We care about and invest in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.
• Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.
• Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
• Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level