Strategic Global Supply Planning Lead

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

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.