Buyer, License Kids Home

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

Buyer role at Target responsible for selecting product mix, managing vendor relationships, and driving category sales and margin goals for kids' home products. Requires strong analytical and collaboration skills to manage assortments, identify market opportunities, and work with cross-functional teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. choose the best product mix, both in-store and online
  2. determine where to localize, while calibrating market positioning and acting as brand managers
  3. plan profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements and competitors
  4. influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities
  5. lead cross-functional teams to drive category results while managing progress toward sales and margin goals

Skills

Required

  • Four-year degree or equivalent experience
  • 1+ years of Merchandising experience
  • Strong strategic and analytical skills to grow a business
  • Strong collaboration skills to partner with Cross Functional Teams
  • Flexibility, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing