Solutions Lead- Merchandising Process & Operations

Target • Minneapolis, MN

9d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $100 billion retailer offers the innovative, guest-inspiring items that Target is known and loved for. Our goal is to deliver exceptional value, quality and style to elevate Target as the premier retailer in a competitive global marketplace. Through intelligent and progressive business strategies that make the most of Target’s resources and partnerships worldwide, Merchandising works across product categories to create a localized shopping experience online and in stores. Are you a creative problem solver who loves to see your work translate into real results? Can you collaborate effectively, execute a plan efficiently and positively influence how Target chooses and presents the right product in the right place at the right price? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams. The purpose of the Merchandising – Process & Operations team is to support the merchandising organization through creating processes, driving role clarity, training, and advancing technology in partnership with the product team, to enable the core teams to maximize business results. The team plays a key role in establishing and sustaining process efficiency and consistency. Consistency across roles, process and technology is a critical enabler that increases efficiency and broadens our Merchandise teams’ ability to deliver relevant assortments to our Guests. As a Solution Lead, you will play the role in: Developing new processes and optimizing existing processes to improve consistency, efficiency, and role clarity. This includes building and maintaining documentation, training, and routines. Supporting and leading pilots and launches that impact people, processes, or technology, including partnering with team members from across the Enterprise. Change management and implementation for a Pyramid or a specific body of work. Your role will be to provide operational support to land changes successfully Problem solving operational challenges in support of a specific pyramid or initiative, including things like transition T&A, assortment line plan, weekly in-season routines. You will also influence Merchandising and Roundtable leadership to gain alignment on processes and activities involving Merchandising functions. You will partner with other Roundtable Operations teams, ensuring the voice of the merchant is included in process redesign and alignment conversations that expand outside of Merchandising. Job duties may change at any time due to Merchandising Capabilities – Process & Ops priorities or Enterprise business needs.

Requirements

• College Degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of Merchandising and/or Planning experience
• Passionate about elevating Merchandising functional expertise and coaching and training others
• Strong collaboration skills to partner with multiple CFT partners and Roundtable leaders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to tailor communication to level, function, and experience.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving capabilities
• Initiative to operate in a self-directed manner, often with ambiguous requirements

Nice To Haves

• Broad multi-category/ multi-channel experience preferred
• Experience in the training or operations preferred

Responsibilities

• Developing new processes and optimizing existing processes to improve consistency, efficiency, and role clarity. This includes building and maintaining documentation, training, and routines.
• Supporting and leading pilots and launches that impact people, processes, or technology, including partnering with team members from across the Enterprise.
• Change management and implementation for a Pyramid or a specific body of work. Your role will be to provide operational support to land changes successfully
• Problem solving operational challenges in support of a specific pyramid or initiative, including things like transition T&A, assortment line plan, weekly in-season routines.
• You will also influence Merchandising and Roundtable leadership to gain alignment on processes and activities involving Merchandising functions.
• You will partner with other Roundtable Operations teams, ensuring the voice of the merchant is included in process redesign and alignment conversations that expand outside of Merchandising.

Benefits

• In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.
• 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