Sr. Brand Manager, Food & Beverage

Target; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Target, Minneapolis, MN, is seeking a Senior Brand Manager for Food & Beverage to shape our owned brand portfolio with guest-centric insights and strategic leadership.

You will own brand foundations, identify growth opportunities, and lead transformations across teams, ensuring clear guardrails and measurable results.

Join us to drive long-term growth and build brands that connect with guests across channels.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of brand management experience in food & beverage, CPG, or retail.
• Proven cross-functional leadership in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to distill complexity into clear, compelling recommendations.
• Fluency in consumer insights, market trends, and brand health tracking.

Responsibilities

• Own brand strategy, foundations, positioning and growth opportunities.
• Lead priority brand transformations and create decision guardrails.
• Translate strategy into compelling briefs aligning cross-functional teams.
• Monitor brand health, guest insights, and financial performance.
• Drive long-term growth for Target's Food & Beverage brands.

Skills

Brand management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Data-driven decision making

Communication skills

Negotiation

Education

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

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.

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 350,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America’s leading retailers. Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value and how we work. It’s how we care, grow and win together.

Building brands is in our DNA. Owned brands play an increasingly important role in Target’s strategy. We build brands grounded in deep consumer insight, designed to create meaningful relationships with our guests and uniquely differentiate Target in the marketplace.

Senior Brand Manager, Food & Beverage, you will play a critical leadership role in shaping the future of Target’s Food & Beverage owned brand portfolio. You will combine deep guest and industry understanding, strategic thinking and strong cross-functional leadership to define where our brands should go, how they should show up and the choices required to drive long-term growth.

You will serve as a strategic owner and steward of the portfolio and its brands—establishing brand foundations, identifying future growth opportunities, leading priority brand transformations and creating clear decision guardrails that enable teams across Target to consistently bring our brands to life.

Reporting To The Food & Beverage Director, You Will

• Own brand and portfolio strategy, including brand foundations, positioning, strategic choices and decision guardrails that create clarity and enable long-term growth across the Food & Beverage owned brand portfolio.
• Be the industry expert in leading priority brand opportunities and transformations, leveraging deep expertise in the Food & Beverage industry, guest needs and marketplace dynamics to identify opportunities and define clear strategic direction.
• Translate brand strategy into action through clear, compelling strategies and creative briefs that align cross-functional teams and advance priority portfolio deliverables.
• Own the ongoing health and performance of the brand, conducting analysis across brand health, guest, consumer, competitive and financial performance to identify opportunities, inform action and measure progress against brand and portfolio objectives.
• Champion a curious, guest-centric mindset, continually asking what is changing for our guests, where the market is headed and what those shifts mean for the future of Target’s Food & Beverage brands.

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

About You

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of professional brand management experience (Food & Beverage, CPG and/or retail experience strongly preferred.)
• Proven success working cross-functionally in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Strong ability to influence and lead across teams, with a track record of advancing brand strategies and initiatives
• Ability to distill complexity into clear, compelling recommendations
• Fluency in consumer insights, cultural trends, financials, and brand health tracking
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Strong judgment, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change in a dynamic retail environment

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.

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.

Application deadline is : 10/02/2026