Senior Analyst-Planning and Inventory Management (PIM)-Operations (Minneapolis)

The pay range is $71,000.00 - $128,000.00

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About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $100 billion retailer offers the innovative, guest-inspiring items that Target is known and loved for. Our goal is to deliver exceptional value, quality and style to elevate Target as the premier retailer in a competitive global marketplace. Through intelligent and progressive business strategies that make the most of Target’s resources and partnerships worldwide, Merchandising works across product categories to create a localized shopping experience online and in our 1800 stores. Are you a creative problem solver who loves to see your work translate into real results? Can you collaborate effectively, develop & execute a plan efficiently and positively influence how Target chooses and presents the right product in the right place at the right price? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

As a Senior Inventory Analyst on the PIM Operations Team, you will provide critical day-to-day support for Target’s Core Planning & Inventory Management (PIM) teams. You will help identify and resolve replenishment issues, triage time-sensitive requests, deliver nuanced business training, and provide strategic partnership to PIM leadership to strengthen enterprise operational consistency. Your work ensures our PIM teams are empowered to make informed, agile decisions that drive reliability and support our stores, guests, and enterprise goals. 

About the Role 

In this role, you will deliver key inventory outcomes related specifically to in-store events, emphasizing key sampling or demo programs, out-of-aisle assets, and other sales and traffic driving initiatives.  You will act as the Inventory Management expert on a broad cross function team tasked with standing-up and maintaining programmatic store events.  You will leverage your deep understanding of Target’s inventory replenishment systems and logic to develop routines, best-practices, and playbooks that can scale across core business teams.  You will monitor and report key event success metrics as both leading and lagging indicators of success, troubleshooting opportunities to drive improved outcomes for future events.  At the outset, much of the role will be focused on the ambiguous work of process and best practice creation, eventually shifting into a very detailed run-state key event management role that ensures timely execution across the breadth of Planning Inventory Management.    

Key Responsibilities

• Frequent Cross Functional connection to deliver outcomes
• Identify necessary partners and establish ongoing expectations
• Creation of inventory management best practice routines
• Process documentation and playbook creation
• Coordination across PIM to ensure event visibility, execution and readiness for event
• KPI reporting to provide results visibility
• Detailed project management

About You

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience 
• 2+ years of experience in retail Inventory Management roles
• Strong understanding of retail Inventory replenishment systems 
• Strong organizational abilities 
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills 
• Curious and innovative, with a continuous improvement mindset 
• Comfortable working in an ambiguous role with ample ‘white space’ for creation
• Experience in managing projects without direct influence over outcome
• 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

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