Sr. Manager Supply Chain Safety - Activation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Target is hiring a Senior Manager Safety within Risk Management to balance proactive protection and real-time mitigation of risks across the Supply Chain network. You will lead safety activation, develop safe processes, and partner with Risk Management, Supply Chain and HQ leadership to ensure compliance and measurable outcomes.

The role requires project management discipline, ability to influence without authority, and strong communication to elevate safety topics across multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field required.
• Industry certification in Safety (CSP), Ergonomics or related field.
• 6-8 years of business experience with strong problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety activation across the Supply Chain network; plan, coordinate and implement priority safety initiatives.
• Drive safe processes and ensure compliance with safety regulations; apply lean principles and hierarchy of controls.
• Identify risk areas within activation projects; implement corrective actions through cross-functional alignment.
• Elevate and report critical issues, compliance gaps and emerging risks across the network.
• Support activation readiness, risk assessment, issue resolution and implementation activities.

Skills

Leadership

Safety management

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

6Sigma/Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree B.A./B.S

Safety CSP/Ergonomics certification

Tools

Lean principles

Continuous Improvement

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 .

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 .

Working within Risk Management , your mission will be to leverage your expertise to balance proactive protection and real-time mitigation of risks. Our team, including Claims, Insurance, Finance, and Safety allows for a well-rounded approach to managing risk across all operations. We serve our organization and guests with solutions that create value, mitigate risk, influence and enable the business while ensuring compliance.

As a Sr Manager Supply Chain Safety , you will serve as the Safety Activation leader for the planning, coordination and implementation of priority safety initiatives across the Supply Chain network. You are responsible for driving safe processes and ensuring compliance to all safety regulations, as well as being responsible for providing safety expertise leveraging lean principles and hierarchy of controls to ensure the safety of our team members. You will develop and deliver safe processes through engineering and ergonomic solutions in partnership and coordination with various stakeholders from Risk Management, Supply Chain, and HQ leadership.

In this role, you will identify areas of risk within activation projects and support in implementing corrective measures through cross-functional alignment. You will assess risk, communicate to all levels of management, and ensure safety is incorporated into supply chain processes and activation plans to support successful implementation across the network. You will elevate and report critical issues, compliance gaps and emerging risks for the network. This role will also maintain safety subject matter expertise, credentials and engage industry resources as appropriate. This role requires applied project management discipline to establish scope, priorities, timelines, milestones and measures of success while managing multiple concurrent initiatives. This role will also support activation readiness, risk assessment, issue resolution and implementation activities to ensure safety initiatives are clear, practical, measurable and sustainable.

About You

• Bachelor's Degree B.A./B.S
• Industry expertise and certification in Safety (CSP), Ergonomics or related field
• 6-8 years business experience
• Critical problem solving and analytical skills
• Proven ability to lead teams and influence cross-functional partners without direct authority
• Excellent relationship building and collaboration
• Outstanding communication skills; both written and verbal
• Ability to travel as required
• Demonstrated project management experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives and competing priorities
• Strong understanding of safety compliance, risk assessment and risk mitigation principles
• Ability to coordinate complex work, manage stakeholders and drive field adoption of safety solutions
• 6SIGMA and/or Continuous Improvement experience

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as "Flex for Your Day") work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location that's not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location 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