Buyer, Bedding Essentials & Mattresses

Target • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $73,000 - $132,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Buyer, Bedding Essentials & Mattresses, works in Target’s Buying organization to choose product assortments for in-store and online channels, determine where to localize, calibrate market positioning, and act as a brand manager. The role owns a wide SKU count and develops expertise in guests, the market, and competitors.

The Buyer helps create omni-channel growth by planning profitable, locally relevant assortments based on guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitive insights. The role influences and negotiates with vendors, identifies business gaps and opportunities, responds to business results, and translates financial metrics and data into actionable strategies. The Buyer leads cross-functional teams to drive category results and progress toward sales and margin goals, partnering with product designers and/or category managers and vendors to guide product development and source appropriately for the category.

The position collaborates with Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, the Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence, Planning, Site Merchandising, the Item Center of Excellence, and other partners to support promotional planning across channels. Duties may change at any time due to business needs. The work arrangement is Hybrid/Flex for Your Day, with work performed both onsite at Target HQ in Minnesota and virtually as the role, team, and tasks require. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of merchandising experience.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills to grow a business.
• Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams.
• Flexibility, resilience, and comfort working in changing, ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Choose product assortments for in-store and online channels, determine where to localize, calibrate market positioning, and act as a brand manager.
• Plan profitable, locally relevant assortments using guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitive insights.
• Influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results.
• Identify business gaps and opportunities, respond to business results, and translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive category results and manage progress toward sales and margin goals.
• Partner with product designers and/or category managers and vendors to guide product development and source appropriately for the category.
• Collaborate with expert partners to support promotional planning across channels.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and dependents may receive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance benefits.
• 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