Lead Item Data Specialist

Target; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is seeking a Lead Item Data Specialist in Bengaluru to drive item data set‑ups in collaboration with merchants, vendors, and internal teams. You will ensure data accuracy across categories and address launch blocks through proactive vendor communications.

You will also train staff on best practices and help with workload planning and process changes while acting as a liaison across Target locations and the data group.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Willingness to embrace ambiguity and remain flexible.
• Ability to multi-task with a high sense of urgency and initiative.
• Experience researching root issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office software such as Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Lead item data set-up in partnership with merchant teams, internal stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Drive data accuracy and ensure consistency across categories.
• Troubleshoot launch blocks and communicate with vendors and internal partners.
• Lead training and assist with item Center of Excellence trainings for new hires and refresher sessions.
• Own workload planning, prioritization, and process changes; act as point of contact between Target locations and the team.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Detail oriented

Ambiguity tolerance

Multi-tasking

Root cause analysis

Interpersonal skills

Education

Four-year degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

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.

Right along with Target’s distinctive retail brand, we are constantly improving and innovating our digital shopping experience. Are you ready to excel in the fast-changing retail environment? Are you a customer service enthusiast who’s curious about the guest and can see the shopping journey through their eyes? Then you’ll have success on the Digital Strategy & Platform team, whose goal is to offer guests a seamless online shopping experience across our platforms—including Target.com and the store network’s fulfillment capabilities. Here, you’ll collaborate to create and implement the digital strategies that enrich the online experience through the right mix of personalization, simplicity and intuitiveness. Your ideas will support Target in complementing the beloved in-store shopping interaction with a convenient, reliable and instantly gratifying digital experience.

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Lead Item Data Specialist, you’ll take the lead as you complete item set‑ups via partnership with merchant teams, internal stakeholders, and external vendor partners.

You will drive data accuracy and ensure consistency across categories that you work with as well as collaborate with cross functional teams to validate and remediate data according to the category strategy. You will play a key role by evaluating launch readiness through troubleshooting, remediating, and communicating with vendors and internal partners about launch blocks, system issues, and content generation communication. As a lead in the area, you will be responsible for training and assisting with item Center of Excellence trainings for new hires and refresher sessions. You will also be a Department/Division owner in terms of workload planning, prioritization, and process changes and be a point person for communication between various Target locations and the other team members in the group.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Detail oriented, with excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize
• Willingness to embrace ambiguity and remain flexible
• Ability to multi-task with a high sense of urgency and initiative
• Experience researching root issues
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Experience using Microsoft Office software such as Excel and Outlook

Know More About Us here:

• Life at Target : https://india.target.com/

• Benefits : https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits

• Culture : https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging

• Target Tech : https://tech.target.com/