Merch Planner, Men's Shoes
Company: Target
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: November 22, 2021
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Job Description:
Location: 1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United
States, 55403-2542About us: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.Target Merchandising is
evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how
this $70 billion retailer offers the innovative, guest-inspiring
items that Target is known and loved for. Our goal is to deliver
exceptional value, quality and style to elevate Target as the
premier retailer in a competitive global marketplace. Through
intelligent and progressive business strategies that make the most
of Target's resources and partnerships worldwide, Merchandising
works across product categories to create a localized shopping
experience online and in our 1800 stores. Are you a creative
problem solver who loves to see your work translate into real
results? Can you collaborate effectively, execute a plan
efficiently and positively influence how Target chooses and
presents the right product in the right place at the right price?
If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.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 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:
Keywords: Target, Minneapolis , Merch Planner, Men's Shoes, Hospitality & Tourism , Minneapolis, Minnesota
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