Store Operations Sr. Business Partner

Target • Minneapolis, MN

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Business Partner in Store Operations, you will use your talents and experience to work independently while both supporting and leading projects that develop new capabilities and improve the systems, processes, and decision logic used to move inventory into stores. You will play a critical role in bringing the Stores Experience Activation Plan to life by ensuring store needs remain central to enterprise decisions about inventory, replenishment, and operational capability development. You will support end to end initiatives that drive operational improvement in stores via updated processes, operational efficiencies, and elevated team member and guest experience. In order to accomplish this, you will collect data, insights and research to make a team strategy that is cohesive with the enterprise needs. You will work with clients in a proactive and supportive fashion while taking ownership of business challenges and solutions. You will represent Store Operations in enterprise cross-pyramid initiatives and ensure that store impact is communicated and understood. You will determine the approach to the work and be directed based on key objective check-ins. 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
• 4-6 years of work experience in an operations environment preferably in retail
• Ability to establish and maintain cross-functional working relationships
• Ability to manage projects effectively and work in an ambiguous environment
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Developing skills to leverage AI/GenAI-enabled workflows to accelerate opportunity identification, prioritization, root-cause analysis, and operational responsiveness.

Nice To Haves

• Stores experience at Target and/or inventory management operational strategy experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Support and lead projects that develop new capabilities and improve systems, processes, and decision logic for inventory movement into stores.
• Ensure store needs are central to enterprise decisions regarding inventory, replenishment, and operational capability development.
• Support end-to-end initiatives to drive operational improvement in stores through updated processes, operational efficiencies, and elevated team member and guest experience.
• Collect data, insights, and research to develop team strategies cohesive with enterprise needs.
• Work with clients proactively and supportively, taking ownership of business challenges and solutions.
• Represent Store Operations in enterprise cross-pyramid initiatives, communicating and ensuring understanding of store impact.
• Determine approach to work and be directed based on key objective check-ins.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs (medical, vision, dental, life insurance)
• 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: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree