Manager Global Supply Planning Operations

1115 Target General Merchandise Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 73,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Target seeks a Manager, Global Supply Planning Operations to lead cross-functional projects advancing GSP priorities. You will translate objectives into structured plans and mobilize teams across Planning & Inventory, Sourcing, Technology, and Data to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will manage governance, risks, and change, use data to drive decisions, and build scalable processes. This on-site role works four days a week at our Downtown MN campus, with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years of experience in project/program management, supply chain, operations, business transformation, consulting, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from definition through implementation, including managing scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Strong ability to lead project teams and drive outcomes without formal authority, including navigating competing priorities and creating alignment across stakeholders.
• Experience establishing project governance, facilitating working teams, managing action and decision logs, and communicating progress to leadership.
• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous or complex business challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy and business needs into executable plans and sustainable operating processes.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and leadership-level updates.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to identify opportunities, evaluate performance, and measure outcomes.
• Experience with reporting, BI platforms, planning systems, SQL, data lakes, or similar analytical tools is beneficial; deep technical expertise is not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects and workstreams from definition through implementation.
• Translate business objectives into clear scope, deliverables, milestones, workplans, ownership, and success measures.
• Mobilize and lead project teams across GSP, Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, Technology, Data, and other partner organizations.
• Establish clear roles and working norms, facilitate productive discussions, and align teams around common outcomes.
• Establish effective project governance, including working-team routines, leadership updates, decision forums, action tracking, and escalation paths.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and changes in scope.
• Build strong relationships with business partners and leaders across functions and geographies.
• Develop clear project communications, executive updates, recommendations, and decision materials.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize GSP processes and ways of working.
• Lead development and implementation of scalable processes, operating routines, SOPs, playbooks, and governance mechanisms that improve execution.
• Partner with stakeholders to move solutions from design into execution, including readiness plans and adoption mechanisms.
• Structure ambiguous business problems, evaluate alternatives, and facilitate decisions with data-driven recommendations.
• Use data and analytics to inform project priorities, establish baselines, and measure outcomes.
• Identify recurring pain points and lead sustainable improvements that increase effectiveness.
• The role is performed on-site in office 4 days per week from our Downtown MN campus.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data literacy

Attention to detail

Independence

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SQL

Data lakes

BI platforms

Job description

The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00 Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About Us Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company, and one of America’s leading retailers. At the heart of our success is our Owned Brand organization — a dynamic team that designs, develops, and sources the products our guests love. From concept to creation to manufacturing, we infuse trend, quality, and innovation into everything we do, building brands that surprise and delight millions of consumers. Global Supply Planning (GSP) designs and activates upstream supply and inventory strategies for Owned Brands, connecting Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, and production to enable reliable and flexible supply, faster reaction, and sustainable growth for Target. The centralized GSP Operations team provides the project leadership, processes, data, reporting, and operating infrastructure that enable the function to execute priorities effectively and operate with enterprise alignment.

About the Role

As a Manager, Global Supply Planning Operations, you will lead cross-functional projects and initiatives that advance GSP’s strategic and operational priorities. You will be responsible for translating business objectives into structured project plans, mobilizing cross-functional teams, driving execution, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable outcomes. You will serve as a project leader and integrator, bringing together partners across Global Supply Planning, Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, Technology, and other teams to solve complex operational challenges. You will establish clear scope, milestones, roles, governance, and decision-making mechanisms while creating visibility to progress and escalating issues when needed. The role combines project leadership with process improvement and analytical problem solving. You will use data and reporting to identify opportunities, measure outcomes, and support decisions, while also helping strengthen GSP's operating routines, processes, and tools. You will lead multiple workstreams and initiatives simultaneously and influence teams without formal authority.

Core Responsibilities

Project & Program Management: Lead cross-functional projects and workstreams from definition through implementation. Translate business objectives into clear scope, deliverables, milestones, workplans, ownership, and success measures. Maintain momentum and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Mobilize and lead project teams across GSP, Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, Technology, Data, and other partner organizations. Establish clear roles and working norms, facilitate productive discussions, and align teams around common outcomes.

Project Governance & Execution: Establish effective project governance, including working-team routines, leadership updates, decision forums, action tracking, and escalation paths. Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and changes in scope.

Stakeholder Management & Communication: Build strong relationships with business partners and leaders across functions and geographies. Develop clear project communications, executive updates, recommendations, and decision materials. Influence without formal authority and navigate differing priorities to drive alignment.

Process & Operating Model Improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize GSP processes and ways of working. Lead development and implementation of scalable processes, operating routines, SOPs, playbooks, and governance mechanisms that improve execution across the organization.

Change & Implementation: Partner with stakeholders to move solutions from design into execution. Develop implementation approaches, readiness plans, communications, documentation, and adoption mechanisms to ensure changes are successfully embedded into day-to-day operations.

Problem Solving & Decision Support: Structure ambiguous business problems, identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and facilitate decisions. Bring together business context, stakeholder perspectives, and quantitative insights to develop practical recommendations.

Data & Analytics: Use data and analytics to inform project priorities, evaluate opportunities, establish baselines, and measure business outcomes. Partner with analytics and technology teams to define reporting and measurement requirements and ensure appropriate visibility to performance.

Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring operational pain points and lead sustainable solutions that reduce manual effort, clarify ownership, improve execution, and increase organizational effectiveness.

The role is performed on -site in office 4 days per week from our Downtown MN campus.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years of experience in project/program management, supply chain, operations, business transformation, consulting, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from definition through implementation, including managing scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Strong ability to lead project teams and drive outcomes without formal authority, including navigating competing priorities and creating alignment across stakeholders.
• Experience establishing project governance, facilitating working teams, managing action and decision logs, and communicating progress to leadership.
• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous or complex business challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy and business needs into executable plans and sustainable operating processes.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and leadership-level updates.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to identify opportunities, evaluate performance, and measure outcomes.
• Experience with reporting, BI platforms, planning systems, SQL, data lakes, or similar analytical tools is beneficial; deep technical expertise is not required.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to balance day-to-day execution with broader project objectives.
• Ability to operate independently while partnering effectively with global teams as needed.

Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year in any of the following states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you will be prohibited from working remotely from any of the states listed above for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year.

Benefits Eligibility

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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 [e-mail]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities.

Our Benefits

We care about and invest in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.