Buyer, Wild Fable

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

Buyer role at Target responsible for selecting product mix for in-store and online, determining localization, calibrating market positioning, and acting as brand managers. This involves owning a wide SKU count, collaborating cross-functionally, understanding guest behavior, market, and competition, influencing and negotiating with vendors, translating financial data into strategies, and guiding product development. Requires a four-year degree or equivalent experience, 1+ years of merchandising experience, strong strategic and analytical skills, and collaboration skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with several diverse vendors to 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. Own a wide SKU count so that your work is varied and challenging.
  4. Through cross-functional collaboration, instinct and creativity, you will be the expert on the guest, the market and the competition.
  5. Plan profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements and competitors.
  6. Influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities.
  7. Translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies.
  8. Lead cross-functional teams to drive category results while managing progress toward sales and margin goals.
  9. Guide product development as you source appropriately for your category.
  10. Interact with Associate Buyers, Senior Merchandise Specialists, 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.

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

What the JD emphasized

  • guest shopping behavior
  • assortment requirements
  • competitors
  • financial metrics
  • category results
  • product development