Sr Buyer, Pet Care

Target • Minneapolis, MN

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

A Senior Buyer helps create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments based on guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitor activity. The role influences and negotiates with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities. It requires reacting flexibly to business results and translating financial metrics and data into actionable strategies while leading cross-functional teams to drive category results and manage progress toward sales and margin goals.

The Senior Buyer partners with product designers and/or category managers and vendors to guide product development and source appropriately for the category. The role also collaborates with Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, the Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence, Planning, Site Merchandising, the Item Center of Excellence, and other expert partners to support promotional planning across channels.

This position operates under a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day arrangement. Work is performed both onsite at the assigned Target HQ MN location and virtually, depending on role, team, and daily tasks. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of Merchandising experience.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills to grow a business.
• Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams.
• Flexible, resilient, and comfortable working in constantly changing grey areas.

Responsibilities

• Plan profitable and locally relevant omni-channel assortments using guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements, and competitor insights.
• Influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify business gaps and opportunities.
• React to business results and translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive category results and manage progress toward sales and margin goals.
• Partner with product designers and/or category managers and vendors to guide product development and source appropriately for the category.
• Collaborate with Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, the Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence, Planning, Site Merchandising, the Item Center of Excellence, and other partners on promotional planning across channels.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and their dependents may receive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance, among other comprehensive health benefits and programs.
• 401(k).
• Employee discount.
• Short-term disability and long-term disability.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid national holidays.
• Paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

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