Director Merch Buying Snacks

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A role in Buying means working with several diverse vendors to choose the best product mix both in-store and online. We help determine where to localize while calibrating market positioning and acting as brand managers. Here youll own a wide SKU count so that your work is varied and challenging. Through cross-functional collaboration instinct and creativity you will be the expert on the guest the market and the competition.

A Merch Buying Director helps create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior assortment requirements and competitors. You will influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities. Your flexibility in reacting to business results and your ability to translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies will be critical. You will lead cross-functional teams to drive category results while managing progress toward sales and margin goals. Your partnerships with product designers and/or category mangers and vendors will help guide product development as you source appropriately for your category. You will lead Associate Buyers and Senior Merchandise Specialists; and interact with the Pricing and Promotion Center of Excellence Planning Site Merchandising the Item Center of Excellence and many other expert partners in support of your promotional planning work across channels.

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
8 years of Merchandising experience with various product categories
Strong strategic and analytical skills to drive growth in a business
Strong collaboration skills to partner with a cross-functional team
Flexibility resiliency and nimbleness; comfortable working in grey areas that are constantly changing
Committed to developing a high-performing team

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 rolewill need to beperformedboth onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned toandvirtuallydepending 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.

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