Buyer- Consumer Electronics/Accessories

Target • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $73,000 - $132,000 • 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. A role in Buying means working with several diverse vendors to choose the best product mix, both in-store and online. We help determine where to localize, while calibrating market positioning and acting as brand managers. Here, you’ll own a wide SKU count so that your work is varied and challenging. Through cross-functional collaboration, instinct and creativity, you will be the expert on the guest, the market and the competition. A Buyer helps create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements and competitors. You will influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities. Your flexibility in reacting to business results and your ability to translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies will be critical. You will lead cross-functional teams to drive category results while managing progress toward sales and margin goals. Your partnerships with product designers and/or category managers and vendors will help guide product development as you source appropriately for your category. You will interact with Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, the Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence, Planning, Site Merchandising, the Item Center of Excellence and many other expert partners in support of your promotional planning work across channels. As a Buyer in Computing & PC Gaming, you will lead category strategy, drive financial performance, and shape how millions of guests engage with technology in our stores and online. This role is responsible for defining and executing merchandising strategies across Computer Accessories, Tablets, PC Gaming, and Home Office tech, with a focus on innovation, guest-centric design, and profitable growth.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of Merchandising experience
• Strong strategic and analytical skills to grow a business
• Strong collaboration skills to partner with Cross Functional Teams
• Flexibility, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing

Nice To Haves

• Strong merchandising acumen with experience owning a category P&L
• Proven ability to drive sales growth, margin expansion, and market share gains
• Strategic mindset with the ability to make bold, data-driven decisions
• Experience with OB and leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders
• Passion for trends, consumer behavior, and creating differentiated retail experiences
• Detail and execution oriented with an ability to sequence multiple strategies/categories within multiple change moments at the same time

Responsibilities

• Lead category strategy
• Drive financial performance
• Shape how millions of guests engage with technology in our stores and online
• Defining and executing merchandising strategies across Computer Accessories, Tablets, PC Gaming, and Home Office tech
• Focus on innovation, guest-centric design, and profitable growth

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees