Buyer - Women's Performance (All in Motion + Joylab)

Target • Minneapolis, MN

6d • $73,000 - $132,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Buyer for Women's Performance (All in Motion + Joylab) helps create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments using knowledge of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitors. The role works with diverse vendors to select product mixes for stores and online, localize assortments, calibrate market positioning, and act as a brand manager. The Buyer owns a wide SKU count and uses cross-functional collaboration, market insight, and creativity to support the guest experience.

The Buyer influences and negotiates with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities. The role responds to business results and translates financial metrics and data into actionable strategies, leads cross-functional teams to drive category results, and manages progress toward sales and margin goals. Partnerships with product designers and/or category managers and vendors help guide product development and sourcing. The Buyer also works with Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence, Planning, Site Merchandising, Item Center of Excellence, and other expert partners to support promotional planning across channels.

This position operates in a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day arrangement, with work performed both onsite at the assigned Target HQ Minnesota location and virtually, depending on role, team, and daily tasks. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Job duties may change due to business needs.

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 constantly changing “grey areas”.

Responsibilities

• Plan profitable and locally relevant assortments based on guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitors.
• Work with vendors to select product mixes for in-store and online channels, localize assortments, and calibrate market positioning.
• Influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities.
• React 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 Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence, Planning, Site Merchandising, Item Center of Excellence, and other partners to support promotional planning across channels.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and dependents may receive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance and other health benefits and programs.
• 401(k).
• Employee discount.
• Short-term disability.
• Long-term disability.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid national holidays.
• Paid vacation.
• Financial, education, and well-being benefits.

What This Job Offers

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