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Merch Planner - DecHome/Furniture (Minneapolis)
Job description
The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00 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. Merchandise Planner – Furniture 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. About this opportunity: The Merchandise Planner – Furniture role offers the opportunity to help drive a large business within Decorative Home, supporting a category that plays an important role in bringing style, quality and value to our guests. With a highly digitally penetrated business and distinct assortment strategies across Target’s owned and marketplace channels, Furniture provides a unique opportunity to build planning expertise across an increasingly dynamic omnichannel landscape. In this role, you’ll partner closely with Merchandising, Inventory Management, and cross-functional teams to translate business trends and guest demand into financial and inventory strategies. The size, price points, and fulfillment considerations inherent in Furniture create unique planning opportunities, requiring a thoughtful balance of sales growth, inventory productivity, availability, and operational considerations. You’ll also have the opportunity to influence how we optimize our assortment and investments across channels, using data and insights to identify opportunities and navigate tradeoffs. This is an ideal role for a planner who is energized by a complex, digitally led business and enjoys connecting financial strategy, assortment decisions, and operational execution to deliver strong business and guest outcomes. A role in Planning means leading the financial strategy, forecasting, and inventory investment for one of Target’s businesses. You’ll partner across Merchandising and Supply Chain to translate data into actionable insights, ensuring the right product is available to support guest demand while influencing key business decisions through financial analysis and strategic recommendations. As a Merchandise Planner, you’ll lead in-season decision support, assortment planning, and demand forecasting while partnering with cross-functional teams and vendors to execute the divisional strategy. You’ll manage the open-to-buy process, evaluate category investments, and conduct scenario planning to optimize assortments and inventory. Through analysis of forecast performance and supply and demand trends, you’ll identify risks and opportunities, inform “chase-cancel” decisions, and provide recommendations that improve financial outcomes. You’ll also lead initial set planning, validate promotional forecasts, support Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence decisions, and oversee event forecasting and end-of-season inventory strategies. Core responsibilities 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 2–6 years of relevant experience 3+ years of Merchandising experience Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams Flexible, resilient, and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing Ability to connect financial insights with assortment, inventory, and operational considerations to drive business outcomes Curiosity and comfort navigating a highly digital, evolving business with multiple channels and fulfillment considerations This position will require in-office presence in Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week, and can work from home on Fridays. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. Benefits Eligibility Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_D Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel. Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop. We'll contact you if you're selected for next steps. In the meantime, follow us at A Bullseye View for the latest news. Our Benefits We care about and invest 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.