Sr. Analyst Inventory Ops, Consolidation Strategy & Execution (Thornton, Colorado)

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At Target food is life. So its the mission of our newly integrated Food & Beverage organization to help our guests more easily discover the joy of food. We thrive on giving families new favorite ways to eat well and cook less simply and affordably. With curated in-store experiences and a streamlined assortment designed to inspire and save time we understand the importance of food to our guests everyday lifefrom snack duty at soccer practice to important family gatherings and holidays. Join our centralized Food & Beverage team where youll partner with people from literally every area of the business. Here youll help dream up new ways to offer our guests a reliably wonderful experience with the freshness selection and value they expect and deserve from Target.

A role in Targets Food Supply Chain is a chance to truly serve our guests with speed freshness and quality. We strengthen the efficiency of product delivery and partner across Targets Global Supply Chain to provide the highest quality food products to our guestson time every time. Here your role might be extracting business insights from data solving problem statements conducting gap analysis and recommending focus areas for leadership. Or youll be an inventory management resource whose specialized point of view informs what we buy from whom how much and where it needs to go from there. Youll leverage inventory positioning to achieve the best possible product availability and establish and develop great relationships with our vendors to encourage on-time join our team in a food distribution center where youre on the very front lines of getting product to the guest as fast as possiblea critical differentiator that keeps Target guests coming back for more.

As a Sr. Analyst of Inventory Operations supporting Consolidation Strategy & Execution you will play a critical role in developing and launching a new consolidation capability at Targets Thornton CO Food Distribution Center (FDC) opening this year. This capability is essential to achieving cost savings while maintaining reliability for a subset of Food & Beverage (F&B) vendors.

You will support both the initial rollout of consolidation vendors and future enhancements as the program evolves. Following implementation you will execute consolidation inventory processes while minimizing additional workload for HQ teams Food Distribution Center partners and Targets vendor community. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional collaboration with teams including Food Supply Chain Merchandising GSCL Finance PIM and Product & Technology.

Key responsibilities:

• Own a subset of vendors from an upstream activation perspective including strategy development and training for business units and vendor partners
• Partner with inventory and merchandising teams to execute item maintenance and system updates
• Manage inventory tracking and maintenance for assigned vendors ensuring adherence to program guardrails
• Collaborate cross functionally to co-create solutions and long term strategies that support program objectives
• Support vendor selection by evaluating program fit against defined tenets and guardrails
• Provide regular updates to F&B leadership across multiple forums

Additional Responsibilities:

• Act as a liaison between Food Distribution Center partners and HQ teams communicating issues proactively and reactively
• Manage check-in/check-out documentation and share feedback with HQ and downstream FDC partners
• Refine and standardize operating procedures within the facility (four walls)
• Monitor vendor performance including ranking vendors and recommending removal when necessary
• Ensure accountability with routing and carrier partners

Core responsibilities outlined above may evolve based on business needs.

About You:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• 2 years of relevant experience in Inventory Management Merchandising and/or Supply Chain
• Demonstrated inventory management experience
• Strong analytical critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional partners
• Proven ability to plan prioritize and make decisions in fast paced or ambiguous environments
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a desire to learn and innovate
• Flexibility and resilience; comfortable navigating change
• Knowledge of inventory management systems processes and cross-functional interactions
• Experience working with Targets vendor community preferred
• Ability to work evenings or weekends as needed
• Willingness to travel occasionally

Work Expectations:

• Ability to work onsite at Thornton CO Distribution Center as needed (initially 2 days/week with potential to increase to 5 days/week)
• When Consolidation goes live in 2026 work schedules may shift. As the program scales you may be expected to work up to 4 days per week onsite at the Thornton CO FDC with 10-hour shifts from either WednesdaySaturday or SundayWednesday.

Benefits Eligibility

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