Director Merch Buying, Affordable Refresh Décor

The pay range is $131,000.00 - $236,000.00

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 Buying means working with several diverse vendors to choose the best product mix, both in-store and online. We help determine where to localize, while calibrating market positioning and acting as brand managers. Here, you’ll own a wide SKU count so that your work is varied and challenging. Through cross-functional collaboration, instinct and creativity, you will be the expert on the guest, the market and the competition. 

A Merch Buying Director helps create omni-channel growth by planning profitable and locally relevant assortments using your grasp of guest shopping behavior, assortment requirements and competitors. You will influence and negotiate with vendors to achieve results and identify gaps and opportunities. Your flexibility in reacting to business results and your ability to translate financial metrics and data into actionable strategies will be critical. You will lead cross-functional teams to drive category results while managing progress toward sales and margin goals. Your partnerships with product designers and/or category mangers and vendors will help guide product development as you source appropriately for your category. You will lead Associate Buyers and Senior Merchandise Specialists; and interact with 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.

Director Merch Buying

• Create and implement an enterprise furniture strategy for long-term profitable growth by leveraging our owned brand portfolio for stores and digital that complements a national brand DVS strategy to grow overall market share.

• Develop and execute a strategy and roadmap in support of division goals and objectives for a complex omni-channel business.

• Drive incremental sales by managing our owned brand portfolio to strategically grow key product categories that deliver style and value to our guests.

• Utilize customer and market research as well as competitive analysis to identify trends, new product opportunities and initiatives to drive the business.

• Lead, partner, motivate and inspire cross-functional teams to co-create strategies and recommendations to deliver company goals and initiatives.

• Develop strong working relationships with the design, tech design, vendors, sourcing teams and other business experts to create and develop product assortments that adhere to our brand values, address market trends and bring joy to our guest.

• Identify opportunities to revamp the in-store furniture experience by partnering with many functional experts to deliver on quality, style and value of our owned brand portfolio as well as provide inspiration, ease and a welcoming experience for our guest.

• Lead, motivate, coach and inspire Associate Buyers and Merchandise Specialists w