CPFR Director - Target

Hasbro • Boston, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Hasbro is seeking a strategic, analytical, and commercially minded Director, Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) to lead its inventory and replenishment partnership with Target. This highly visible, customer-facing leadership role is responsible for driving retail sales growth, maximizing product availability, optimizing inventory productivity, and strengthening collaborative planning and replenishment execution across the Target business. The Director connects Target’s inventory and replenishment teams with Hasbro’s Sales, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Flow Planning, Logistics, and Customer Operations organizations. The role translates retail demand signals, POS trends, inventory insights, promotional strategies, and customer replenishment requirements into actionable business recommendations that support retail execution and Hasbro’s commercial objectives.

The position leads customer partnership and commercial planning; demand and forecast collaboration; replenishment and inventory optimization; promotional, seasonal, and new-product execution; supply alignment and business prioritization; analytics and continuous improvement; and financial planning, order book management, and revenue delivery. It also provides strategic direction for Target CPFR activities, influences cross-functional stakeholders, and leads, coaches, and develops assigned team members as applicable.

Once Hasbro opens its new Boston location, the role is onsite Tuesday through Thursday at the new Boston headquarters. Until then, it is onsite Tuesday through Thursday at Hasbro’s headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, or its temporary Boston location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, or a related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment, customer supply chain, retail replenishment, demand planning, commercial planning, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience supporting a major U.S. retail account.
• Strong knowledge of retail inventory management, replenishment processes, POS analytics, demand forecasting, and customer supply chain operations.
• Proven ability to develop trusted customer partnerships and influence decisions across complex, cross-functional organizations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including experience translating large data sets into meaningful business recommendations.
• Experience navigating supply constraints, promotional demand, product launches, and complex retail inventory challenges.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with business intelligence, forecasting, and analytical tools.
• Excellent communication, presentation, relationship management, and executive influencing skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, drive organizational alignment, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a major U.S. retail account within consumer products, toys, entertainment, or another highly seasonal retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Hasbro’s collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment partnership with Target and serve as the primary strategic contact for Target’s inventory and replenishment organizations.
• Build relationships with Target inventory management, planning, and replenishment leaders to align priorities and improve retail performance.
• Partner with Hasbro Target Sales Leadership on account strategies, joint business planning, revenue growth, and retail execution.
• Represent the customer and commercial perspective in cross-functional planning discussions and lead customer-facing reviews of inventory health, replenishment performance, service levels, forecast alignment, and improvement opportunities.
• Analyze Target POS, inventory, replenishment trends, and customer forecasts to identify risks and opportunities affecting sales and inventory performance.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning to incorporate customer intelligence, retail trends, promotional expectations, and emerging demand signals into planning assumptions.
• Identify forecast gaps, potential bias, and customer demand changes; provide data-driven recommendations and develop forward-looking inventory and replenishment projections.
• Lead replenishment strategies to improve Target in-stock performance, inventory productivity, and lost-sales prevention.
• Monitor item-level inventory across Target distribution centers and stores; identify out-of-stocks, excess inventory, and replenishment inefficiencies and drive corrective actions.
• Partner with Flow Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics, and Customer Operations to align inventory availability with customer replenishment requirements.
• Evaluate inventory health, weeks of supply, replenishment trends, and sell-through, and recommend actions that balance availability with inventory efficiency.
• Lead inventory and replenishment planning for Target promotions, seasonal initiatives, modular transitions, and new product introductions.
• Anticipate inventory needs and supply risks for high-volume events, seasonal peaks, and product launches; monitor performance and recommend replenishment adjustments.
• Serve as the commercial voice for Target in discussions about supply availability, inventory constraints, replenishment priorities, and customer service risks.
• Recommend commercially informed supply prioritization strategies, communicate risks, escalate issues, and align stakeholders on action plans and inventory trade-offs.
• Establish and maintain customer scorecards and metrics for POS trends, in-stock performance, inventory health, replenishment efficiency, and service levels.
• Use Target retail data, internal planning systems, and business intelligence tools to generate insights; lead performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide leadership with clear, actionable analysis of business issues, financial implications, and recommended next steps.
• Set priorities, performance expectations, and accountability for Target CPFR activities; influence senior and cross-functional leaders and develop best practices across North America.
• Lead, coach, and develop assigned team members, as applicable.
• Support quarterly financial planning and business reviews with Target Sales Leadership, Finance, and cross-functional teams.
• Maintain understanding of the Target order book, including open order balances, remaining orders to be written, shipment trends, and projected revenue against quarterly and annual targets.
• Monitor orders and customer demand signals for revenue gaps, risks, and opportunities; align order timing, inventory availability, and shipment execution with financial commitments.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate orders, optimize shipment timing, and capture incremental revenue while maintaining alignment with retail demand and customer inventory needs.
• Provide insights and recommendations during quarterly financial calls and drive alignment to address revenue shortfalls, execution barriers, and financial performance.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package.
• Health & Wellness
• Time Off to Recharge
• Financial Well-being
• Life & Family Support
• Volunteer and Community Initiatives
• Learning & Development
• Exclusive Perks

What This Job Offers

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