Assortment Insights Lead

The pay range is $92,000.00 - $166,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About Us 

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.  

 

A role in Assortment Insights means you’ll act as an internal category insights manager for your buying team. You’ll leverage data and reporting to derive insights about the company, consumer, and competitors. You’ll then translate those insights to meaningful recommendations that will guide merchants in creating strategies that gain market share, improve guest relevancy, and enhance profitability. 

 

Position Overview 

As an Assortment Insights Lead, you’ll be part of creating a new capability for Target! You’ll collaborate with your partners in core merchandising to solve some of their biggest strategic opportunities from segmentation to emerging guest trends. You will be the go-to for centralizing insights into action for your merchant partners, collaborating with insights teams across the company. In addition to using your own curiosity, you will intake questions directly from your merchant partners. Your knack for data-visualization and story-telling will be critical as you provide recommendations within business routines such as strategy planning, category transition analysis, and in-season optimization. Your influence on strategy will be measured by key performance indicators such as market share and assortment productivity and profitability. You will also use an Agile-mindset as you partner with the Merchandising Insights team who will build and provide tools and reporting that directly support your function.  Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description.  Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. 

 

About you

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience 

• 6-10 years of relevant experience 

• 4+ years of Merchandising or Category Management experience 

• Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources (including market, guest, and financial) into insights and recommendations 

• Strong communication skills with ability to visualize and tell compelling stories with data 

• Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams 

• Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing 

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