Associate Buyer - Dairy (yogurt, Cheese, Chilled Beverages & Breakfast)

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

Associate Buyer role at Target focused on the Dairy category (Yogurt, Cheese, Chilled Beverages & Breakfast). Responsibilities include executing advertising plans, selecting products, planning space allocation, pricing, forecasting, analyzing metrics, and coordinating promotional activities. The role involves monitoring market trends, evaluating competitors, planning assortments, and supporting product development and financial plans. Collaboration with vendors and cross-functional partners is key to maximizing sales and profit.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute advertising plans and strategies for your category via ad item selection, space allocation planning, pricing, ad volume forecasting and productivity analysis.
  2. Watch market trends, evaluate competitors, plan assortments and coordinate end-to-end promotional activities for the Buyer to review.
  3. Help Buyers with system input of item descriptions and markdown updates, and you’ll generate reports to analyze weekly and monthly category metrics.
  4. In partnership with product design and sourcing, you will support the Buyer in guiding product development and executing the financial plan for your categories.
  5. Aligning with cross-functional partners, you will manage communication with vendors to maximize sales and profit.

Skills

Required

  • four-year degree or equivalent experience
  • Strong financial, strategic and planning skills
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with strong analytical, decision-making, and organization skills
  • A performance-driven individual who demonstrates strong initiative and has superior leadership skills
  • Flexibility and resiliency; comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing
  • Comfortable taking risks, working through change and supporting creative chances

Nice to have

  • 1+ years merchandising experience