Sr. Business Partner Adult Beverage and DSD Capabilities

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As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400000 team members worldwide Target is an iconic brand and one of Americas 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. Its how we care grow and win together.

The Adult Beverage and Food & Beverage Direct Store Delivery (DSD) team is a critical part of shaping Targets food experience. We own the end-to-end capabilities and processes that power Adult Beverage and F&B DSD operations ensuring optimized systems data accuracy and On Shelf Availability (OSA) across our stores.

About the Role

As the Senior Business Partner you will lead enterprise-level Adult Beverage and DSD initiatives with a primary focus on improving item reliability and OSA through refined processes scalable technical capabilities and strong vendor performance management. This role is an important contributor to the design and development of tools and processes that power DSD and Adult Beverage execution across stores.

This role requires strong technical and analytical expertise paired with clear effective communication skills. You will translate complex system and data insights into actionable solutions build trust-based partnerships across Food & Beverage and drive adoption by actively listening to feedback and iterating on solutions

Blending strategic leadership with hands-on execution you will partner closely with Cross Functional teams to shape capabilities from concept through deploymentensuring solutions are grounded in operational realities and deliver measurable improvements in item reliability and guest-facing availability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contribute to the design development and deployment of Adult Beverage and DSD tools and processes that improve item reliability in-stock performance and OSA.
• Drive optimization of Backroom Allocation capabilities to right size DSD item replenishment inventory to support item availability between deliveries
• Lead the refresh and evolution of TruVisit and Store Service Escalation tools to enable faster issue resolution reduce execution variability and improve store and vendor experience.
• Support Milk Transformation market expansion supplier and store team onboarding including store ordering and item forecasts.

About You

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 5 years of experience in retail operations inventory management or process management
• Proven ability to define and execute a technology-enabled strategic vision for operational improvement
• Proficiency in data analytics reporting tools and systems integration
• Demonstrated success in influencing and aligning cross-functional technical and business partners including senior leadership
• Experience managing DSD or Adult Beverage systems and vendor integrations
• Skilled in process mapping performance metrics development and continuous improvement
• Excellent technical verbal and written communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights
• Strong collaboration and relationship management skills across multiple teams and geographies
• Ability to travel for field visits and operational reviews

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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