Target
Merch Planner - Bakery
Application deadline: 10/24/2025
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Pay range: $71,000 - $128,000
About the role Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. A role in Planning means being in charge of the financials and forecasting for one of Target’s businesses. Here, you’ll conduct comparative analysis of holiday or seasonal performance reports and 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.
Responsibilities
Conduct comparative analysis of holiday or seasonal performance reports and provide insights to the Inventory team to ensure product supports projected sales.
Act as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain, creating a financial link and influencing key financial decisions.
Provide in-season decision support, collaborate on assortment planning, recommend localization and channel strategies including cluster types and profiles, and lead demand forecasting.
Head up the open-to-buy process and decide on category-level investment and the financial validity of assortments.
Conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts to support chase-cancel decisions and communicate implications to vendors.
Conduct scenario planning, build unit plans, and lead initial set planning and operationalization to optimize assortments.
Interpret forecast results and conduct "what if?" analysis to guide go-forward recommendations.
Validate unit promotion planning forecast, drive maintenance, risk analysis and decision-making by the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence.
Run event forecast creation and flow, analyze item lifecycles and drive recommendations on end-of-season management.
About You
Four‑year degree or equivalent experience.
2‑6 years of relevant experience.
1+ year of merchandising experience.
Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations.
Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross‑functional teams.
Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in "grey areas" that are constantly changing.
Benefits Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, including medical, vision, dental and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401(k), employee discount, short- and long-term disability, paid sick leave, national holidays, and vacation.
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Other
Industry: Retail
EEO & Disability Statement 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.
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
Pay range: $71,000 - $128,000
About the role Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. A role in Planning means being in charge of the financials and forecasting for one of Target’s businesses. Here, you’ll conduct comparative analysis of holiday or seasonal performance reports and 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.
Responsibilities
Conduct comparative analysis of holiday or seasonal performance reports and provide insights to the Inventory team to ensure product supports projected sales.
Act as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain, creating a financial link and influencing key financial decisions.
Provide in-season decision support, collaborate on assortment planning, recommend localization and channel strategies including cluster types and profiles, and lead demand forecasting.
Head up the open-to-buy process and decide on category-level investment and the financial validity of assortments.
Conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts to support chase-cancel decisions and communicate implications to vendors.
Conduct scenario planning, build unit plans, and lead initial set planning and operationalization to optimize assortments.
Interpret forecast results and conduct "what if?" analysis to guide go-forward recommendations.
Validate unit promotion planning forecast, drive maintenance, risk analysis and decision-making by the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence.
Run event forecast creation and flow, analyze item lifecycles and drive recommendations on end-of-season management.
About You
Four‑year degree or equivalent experience.
2‑6 years of relevant experience.
1+ year of merchandising experience.
Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations.
Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross‑functional teams.
Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in "grey areas" that are constantly changing.
Benefits Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, including medical, vision, dental and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401(k), employee discount, short- and long-term disability, paid sick leave, national holidays, and vacation.
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Other
Industry: Retail
EEO & Disability Statement 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.
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