Sr Buyer - Skincare (derm, Acne, and Advanced)

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

Senior Buyer role at Target focused on Skincare (Derm, Acne, and Advanced) within the Merchandising department. The role involves planning profitable and locally relevant assortments, negotiating with vendors, identifying market gaps, and leading cross-functional teams to drive category results. Requires strong strategic, analytical, and collaboration skills, with experience in merchandising and managing complex businesses.

What you'd actually do

  1. Create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements and competitors.
  2. Influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities.
  3. Lead cross-functional teams to drive category results while managing progress toward sales and margin goals.
  4. Guide product development as you source appropriately for your category.
  5. 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
  • 4+ years of Merchandising experience
  • Strong strategic and analytical skills to grow a business
  • Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional team
  • Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing
  • Comfortable managing an operationally complex business