Sr. Merchandise Planner Mobile Accessories (Minneapolis)

Target Corp; Minneapolis (MN); Híbrido; USD 95.000 - 171.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid vacation

Descripción de la vacante

Target Corp in Minneapolis is seeking a Senior Merchandise Planner for Mobile Accessories. You will oversee forecasting, open-to-buy decisions, and collaboration between Merchandising and Supply Chain to ensure assortments meet projected sales.

As a senior member of the planning team, you will lead in-season analyses, localization strategies, and scenario planning, driving financial performance and category investments.

Formación

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong strategic, financial and analytical skills required.
• Ability to translate data into insights for Inventory planning.
• Collaborate across Merchandising and Supply Chain.

Responsabilidades

• Lead demand forecasting and open-to-buy decisions.
• Collaborate with Merchandising and Supply Chain to align strategy.
• Provide in-season decision support and scenario planning.
• Validate forecast accuracy and fund category investments.
• Interpret forecast results and communicate implications to vendors.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Financial skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data interpretation

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Sr. Merchandise Planner Mobile Accessories (Minneapolis)### Sr. Merchandise Planner Mobile Accessories (Minneapolis)Apply: 1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis,MN 55403-2542: Full time: Posted Today: R0000478229The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00Pay 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. A role in Planning means being in charge of the financials and forecasting for one of Target’s businesses. Here, you’ll conduct comparative analysis of holiday or other seasonal performance reports and provide the insights that inform the Inventory team’s work to ensure that product supports projected sales. Acting as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain, you will create a financial link between these two essential groups and have a voice in some of the most important decisions from a financial strategy standpoint. As a Senior Merchandise Planner, you’ll provide in-season decision support, collaborate on assortment planning, recommend localization and channel strategies including cluster types and profiles, and lead demand forecasting. You’ll support the divisional strategy through your category expertise and partnerships with cross-functional teams and vendors. You will head up the open-to-buy process and decide on category-level investment and the financial validity of assortments. You will conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts to support “chase-cancel” decisions and communicate implications to vendors. You’ll conduct scenario planning, build unit plans, and lead initial set planning and operationalization to optimize assortments. A large part of your role will be to interpret forecast results and conduct “what if?” analysis to guide your go-forward recommendations. You will validate the unit promo planning forecast, drive maintenance, risk analysis and decision-making by the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence. And you’ll run event forecast creation and flow, analyzing item lifecycles and driving recommendations on end-of-season management. Core responsibilities 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 • 6-10 years of relevant experience • 4+ years of Merchandising experience • Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations • Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams • Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing This position will require in office presence in downtown Minneapolis Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week, while working from on home on Friday will be an option. 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**Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou\\_E**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.