Director, Western Hemisphere Strategy - Owned Brands

Target • Minneapolis, MN

40d • $131,000 - $236,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Director, Western Hemisphere Strategy for Owned Brands, you will play a critical role in helping the Target Owned Brands organization achieve its goals. By supporting specific business and strategic efforts across product operations, sourcing, manufacturing, and design, you will apply your strengths in problem solving, business acumen, and strategy development to shape near term execution and long-term direction of Target Owned Brands. The work could involve a variety of areas including creating & implementing process and best practices, driving new capabilities and tools, facilitating cross functional meetings, implementing new ways of working, and investigating strategic questions most pertinent to the multiple business areas serviced within the Western Hemisphere. This includes: Defining and driving the strategic agenda for the Western Hemisphere Sourcing & Development team. Understand and ensure connectivity and dependencies to Merchandising and Enterprise Plans. Leading the development and articulation of Western Hemisphere short-term and long-term plans as well as support of margin and opportunity analysis to move strategies forward, leveraging a strong skillset inclusive of analytical skills, financial acumen, and storytelling. Creative and structured problem solving for ambiguous issues. Partnering and collaborating across the enterprise to influence process and enabling capability changes to capitalize on Western Hemisphere strategic priorities and opportunities. Acting as the primary strategic thought partner and advisor for Western Hemisphere Close to Vendor leaders, inclusive of the VP of Sourcing. Collaborating with pyramid leaders and building critical partnerships across the enterprise (Merchandising, Planning, Finance, Operations, to ensure successful implementation of strategic direction needed to achieve business priorities). Work with business champions to drive cross-Pyramid initiatives to accelerate results and operationalize/advance the OB strategic plan through alignment and proper sequencing against pyramid priorities (i.e., translate strategy to action). Supporting OB leaders in thought partnership, strategy development, prioritization, and execution; inclusive of dynamic and impactful storytelling at the leader level. Develop, monitor, & continuously improve the Operating Cadence for the Western Hemisphere Close to Vendor Leadership Team. Ensure clarity around forum & routine purpose, attendance, sequencing, and streamlined information flow. Leading implementation and progress tracking for long-term strategies as the Western Hemisphere strategy lead. Develop routines to cascade information, insights, & discussions to key business partners where needed to drive critical discussion & connected decision-making across the enterprise.

Requirements

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience, MBA or similar advanced degree preferred
• Experience within management consulting firms, corporate strategy group, project management, business ops or equivalent of 10+ years
• Strong analytical, financial, and storytelling skillet, with proven experience in facilitating cross functional teams and leaders and a high tolerance for ambiguity
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with ability to tell compelling business and result stories, including designing and facilitating key moments with leaders across the enterprise
• Excellent relationship building skills, including ability to influence and align cross-functional teams; creating trust, anticipate needs, enablers, and roadblocks.
• Experience building and managing an effective operating cadence for a large team or leading a major business transformation and/or a large cross-functional project
• Demonstrates success leading multiple, disparate projects at the same time, simultaneously managing working team, partners, and senior executive relationships
• Lead with a future forward, strategic, and operational mentality; thinks tactically and creatively
• Flexibility, resiliency, and versatility; comfortable working in "grey areas" that are constantly changing
• Proven change leadership and communication skills
• A result oriented and performance driven individual who demonstrates strong initiative and has superior team, organization, and cross-functional leadership skills
• Respects, appreciates, and values diverse voices and approaches.
• Committed to creating equitable experiences, and building and fostering an inclusive team

Nice To Haves

• Background/experience in sourcing, manufacturing, vendor relations, or operations is preferred

Responsibilities

• Defining and driving the strategic agenda for the Western Hemisphere Sourcing & Development team. Understand and ensure connectivity and dependencies to Merchandising and Enterprise Plans.
• Leading the development and articulation of Western Hemisphere short-term and long-term plans as well as support of margin and opportunity analysis to move strategies forward, leveraging a strong skillset inclusive of analytical skills, financial acumen, and storytelling.
• Creative and structured problem solving for ambiguous issues.
• Partnering and collaborating across the enterprise to influence process and enabling capability changes to capitalize on Western Hemisphere strategic priorities and opportunities.
• Acting as the primary strategic thought partner and advisor for Western Hemisphere Close to Vendor leaders, inclusive of the VP of Sourcing.
• Collaborating with pyramid leaders and building critical partnerships across the enterprise (Merchandising, Planning, Finance, Operations, to ensure successful implementation of strategic direction needed to achieve business priorities).
• Work with business champions to drive cross-Pyramid initiatives to accelerate results and operationalize/advance the OB strategic plan through alignment and proper sequencing against pyramid priorities (i.e., translate strategy to action).
• Supporting OB leaders in thought partnership, strategy development, prioritization, and execution; inclusive of dynamic and impactful storytelling at the leader level.
• Develop, monitor, & continuously improve the Operating Cadence for the Western Hemisphere Close to Vendor Leadership Team. Ensure clarity around forum & routine purpose, attendance, sequencing, and streamlined information flow.
• Leading implementation and progress tracking for long-term strategies as the Western Hemisphere strategy lead.
• Develop routines to cascade information, insights, & discussions to key business partners where needed to drive critical discussion & connected decision-making across the enterprise.

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 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: Director
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees