Lead Process Manager Supply Chain

Target • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. Targets Food Supply Chain is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the right guest even better, faster and more cost effectively than before. We are becoming more intelligent, automated and algorithmic in our decision-making, so that no matter how guests shop – in stores or on Target.com – we deliver the convenience and immediate gratification they demand and deserve. We are on a mission to win decisively over any competitor, with a seamless and superior guest service experience unlike any they can offer. Are you a critical thinker who seeks the root cause and can analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively? Are you a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems, quickly identifies solutions, commits to a plan, and then positively influences others to execute it? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams. A role on the Network Strategy & Optimization Team within Food Supply Chain (FSC) means being relentlessly focused on optimizing Target’s temperature-controlled network to improve cost, reliability, and the guest experience. Our teams operate with speed and agility, coming together frequently to design and implement new processes at scale. We are looking for exceptional people who are proactive, independent, innovative, and comfortable operating in varying degrees of ambiguity. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with experts across Food & Beverage, GSCL, Product, and Technology to support roadmap creation, program management, and the initial design of a new Warehouse Management System (WMS) across our network. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, systems, and execution — translating complex business needs into scalable, deployable capabilities. As a Lead Process Manager – FSC Systems Strategy, you will play a critical role in shaping and delivering the future of Target’s food distribution network by owning the creation, articulation, and execution of the Warehouse Management System (WMS) roadmap and its dependent integrations. You will be responsible for translating complex operational processes into scalable technical capabilities, ensuring that future-state design decisions are grounded in operational reality and sequenced for successful execution. You will help define a realistic yet aggressive multi-year roadmap while remaining actively engaged as work transitions from concept to execution. You will serve as a key integrator across enterprise and external partners, aligning business, technology, and operations around a clear path forward. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional leadership, the ability to influence senior leaders, and comfort navigating ambiguity and continuous change. You will act as a connective thread between current-state challenges and future-state capability, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned to long-term network strategy. Ultimately, you will synthesize progress, risks, and tradeoffs into clear recommendations for executive stakeholders while driving alignment across the broader supply chain.

Requirements

• 4-year college degree or equivalent experience; Master’s or MBA preferred
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, operations, systems strategy, or related fields, with demonstrated ownership of complex initiatives
• Strong understanding of food distribution center operations, with experience translating operational needs into systems or technical requirements
• Experience in Labor Management Systems, and/or direct exposure to Warehouse Management Systems preferred
• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence senior leaders across functions and organizations
• Proven strength in executive communication, with the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts, tradeoffs, and recommendations in both written and verbal formats
• Comfortable operating with limited direction, exercising sound judgment in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
• Experience leading large, cross-functional programs that span business and technology teams
• Strong problem-solving orientation, with practical experience driving initiatives from concept through execution
• Ability to work effectively with internal and external partners to facilitate shared understanding and aligned outcomes
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30%, depending on project phase

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading or supporting WMS roadmaps, upgrades, or greenfield launches within distribution or fulfillment environments
• Demonstrated ability to translate material flow and operational processes into system-driven solutions
• Hands-on experience with Manhattan WMS (Manhattan 2019 and/or Manhattan Active)
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously
• Experience within distribution, logistics, or fulfillment operations
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies, applied in operational or systems contexts

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of realistic, aggressive multi-year WMS roadmaps, including sequencing, dependency management, and alignment to enterprise priorities
• Translate complex food distribution center processes into clear technical design intent, ensuring WMS and integration decisions are executable and scalable
• Partner across Field Operations, Activation, Process Optimization, Product, and Technology to integrate strategy with execution and ensure solutions reflect operational reality
• Serve as a primary enterprise cross-functional integrator, aligning business and technology teams across multiple initiatives and resolving interdependencies
• Influence Director, Senior Director, and VP+ leaders through clear framing of options, tradeoffs, and recommendations to drive timely decision-making
• Communicate plans, risks, and progress through concise written documentation and executive-level storytelling tailored to senior leadership audiences
• Proactively surface risks and issues, establish clear decision points, and hold teams accountable to milestones and outcomes
• Maintain tight linkage between current operational gaps and future capability design, prioritizing work based on measurable operational impact
• Drive alignment and momentum across diverse stakeholders by simplifying complexity and establishing clear, actionable paths forward through ambiguity

Benefits

• Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.
• Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
• Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

What This Job Offers

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