Director Merchandising- Meat & Seafood

Target•Minneapolis, MN

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

A Merch Buying Director 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 mangers and vendors will help guide product development as you source appropriately for your category. You will lead Associate Buyers and Senior Merchandise Specialists; and interact with 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.

Requirements

Four-year degree or equivalent experience
8+ years of Merchandising experience with various product categories
Strong strategic and analytical skills to drive growth in a business
Strong collaboration skills to partner with a cross-functional team
Flexibility, resiliency and nimbleness; comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing
Committed to developing a high-performing team

Responsibilities

Create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements and competitors.
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 while managing progress toward sales and margin goals.
Guide product development through partnerships with product designers and/or category managers and vendors.
Source appropriately for your category.
Lead Associate Buyers and Senior Merchandise Specialists.
Interact with 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.