Sourcing Manager Western Hemisphere – Pets

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

Sourcing Manager for Target's Western Hemisphere operations, focusing on apparel, accessories, and home goods. This role involves partnering with global sourcing and vendors to deliver high-quality merchandise at a competitive value, driving sourcing strategy, and ensuring responsible sourcing practices. Key responsibilities include negotiating, costing, and managing vendor relationships throughout the product development and production cycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partnering with global sourcing and vendors to deliver high-quality, trend-right merchandise at a great value to our guests.
  2. Drive sourcing strategy to support global balance, matrix optimization, and help Target achieve our financial plans.
  3. Utilize negotiating skills and costing expertise to ensure quality/cost, and deliver maximum bottom-line value.
  4. Work with a cross-functional team including Target Merchants, Planners and Product Design and Development to turn ideas into the merchandise on our stores’ shelves and on our online channels.
  5. Ensure compliance with responsible practices and influence manufacturer selection.

Skills

Required

  • Four-year degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of relevant sourcing or merchandising experience
  • Demonstrated leadership skills including strategic thought and critical thinking
  • Ability to work with varying groups of people across the company to achieve business results
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong negotiation and vendor management skills
  • Strong analytical and financial skills
  • Ability to prioritize among competing deliverables and collaborate with and influence a broad group of partners and stakeholders
  • Ability to travel as needed

What the JD emphasized

  • critical in this role that you utilize negotiating skills and costing expertise