Target
Associate Planner
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. A role in Planning means being in charge of the financials and forecasting for one of Target's businesses. Here, you will conduct comparative analysis of business results and trends to provide insights that inform the Inventory team's work to ensure that product supports projected sales. Acting as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain, you will create a financial link between these two essential groups and have a voice in some of the most important decisions from a financial strategy standpoint. As an Associate Planner, you will develop the business strategies that ensure product availability and profitable sales. Your work will make a positive impact by analyzing category results and identifying insights and opportunities across key financial metrics including sales, margin and ROI. You will determine item-level investments to support category financial plans as a part of pre-season vendor commitments. Through business analysis and clustering, you will help identify segmentation opportunities to drive localization strategies. Your skills will support strategic decisions about how we forecast sales and inventory needs to deliver guests with the products they want most. Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. About you:
Four-year degree or equivalent work experience
1+ years of relevant experience
Demonstrated leadership and decision-making skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong planning and organizational skills
Ability to work well within varying degrees of ambiguity This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. Benefits Eligibility: Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_D Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. A role in Planning means being in charge of the financials and forecasting for one of Target's businesses. Here, you will conduct comparative analysis of business results and trends to provide insights that inform the Inventory team's work to ensure that product supports projected sales. Acting as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain, you will create a financial link between these two essential groups and have a voice in some of the most important decisions from a financial strategy standpoint. As an Associate Planner, you will develop the business strategies that ensure product availability and profitable sales. Your work will make a positive impact by analyzing category results and identifying insights and opportunities across key financial metrics including sales, margin and ROI. You will determine item-level investments to support category financial plans as a part of pre-season vendor commitments. Through business analysis and clustering, you will help identify segmentation opportunities to drive localization strategies. Your skills will support strategic decisions about how we forecast sales and inventory needs to deliver guests with the products they want most. Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. About you:
Four-year degree or equivalent work experience
1+ years of relevant experience
Demonstrated leadership and decision-making skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong planning and organizational skills
Ability to work well within varying degrees of ambiguity This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. Benefits Eligibility: Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_D Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.