Sr Inventory Operations Analyst Food and Beverage (Minneapolis)

Target • Minneapolis, MN

16h • $71,000 - $128,000

About The Position

Are you looking to see more, do more, and achieve more? A role in Planning & Inventory Management Operations allows you to leverage your expertise by analyzing, researching, and creating solutions on a large scale to enhance Target’s ability to manage inventory. As a Senior Inventory Operations Analyst supporting Food Distribution Center Food+Beverage businesses, you will maintain a focus on purchasability and inventory availability. You will be responsible for driving operational excellence by proactively identifying replenishment issues to develop and implement replenishment strategies that address chronic outliers and drive KPI improvement. You will understand multiple diverse businesses and how they operate, as you will be working with multiple categories in the store. You will support highly perishable businesses and support teams on best practices specific to these unique areas. Consult with core Inventory Management (IM) teams to provide guidance and build strategies for inventory flow and positioning amongst other projects. You’ll leverage your strong Inventory Management system knowledge to help develop and tailor inventory strategies to support the total Inventory Management organization. Partner with teams across the company to deliver key initiatives in order to best support stores, guests, and core IM teams. Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in Target Supply Chain or Merchandising roles
• Working understanding of Target Inventory Management replenishment systems
• Familiarity with Perishable F&B IM Intricacies
• Excellent analytical ability
• Strong project management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Curiosity with a desire to learn and innovate
• Self-starter with ability to work independently to prioritize and take action
• Flexibility & resiliency; comfortable working in ‘grey areas’ that are constantly changing
• Demonstrated ability to manage tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

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: Mid Level