Buyer, Seasonal Candy

Target • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $73,000 - $132,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Buyer, Seasonal Candy, works in Target’s Buying organization to select product assortments for stores and online, determine localization, calibrate market positioning, and manage brands across a broad SKU count. The role plans profitable, locally relevant assortments based on guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitor activity, and contributes to omni-channel growth.

The Buyer influences and negotiates with vendors, identifies business gaps and opportunities, and uses financial metrics and data to develop actionable strategies. The role leads cross-functional teams to achieve category results and progress toward sales and margin goals. It partners with product designers and/or category managers and vendors on product development and sourcing, and 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 on promotional planning across channels. Job duties may change based on 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 changing, ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Choose product assortments for in-store and online channels, including determining where to localize.
• Plan profitable, locally relevant assortments based on guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitor activity.
• Influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results.
• Identify business gaps and opportunities.
• Translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies and react flexibly to business results.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive category results and 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 on promotional planning across channels.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs for eligible team members and their dependents, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• 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