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As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy and that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from diverse backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $70 billion retailer offers the innovative, guest-inspiring items that Target is known and loved for. Our goal is to deliver exceptional value, quality and style to elevate Target as the premier retailer in a competitive global marketplace. Through intelligent and progressive business strategies that make the most of Target’s resources and partnerships worldwide, merchandising works across product categories to create a localized shopping experience online and in our 1800 stores. Are you a creative problem solver who loves to see your work translate into real results? Can you collaborate effectively, execute a plan efficiently and positively influence how Target chooses and presents the right product in the right place at the right time? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

As a part of Space, Presentation & Transitions, we are on a mission to optimize store space & product allocation, create most appealing product presentations and enhance in-store experiences for our guest while maximizing sales. We are responsible for ensuring the right item is on the right shelf in the right store. We do this by using data insights & analytics to determine the optimal footage for each assortment for every store (“adjacency”) during the Space phase. Each store's assortment, which is curated keeping in mind guest & demographic needs, is then assigned to a planogram (POG) developed during the Presentation phase. These planograms are built using presentation best methods and are then assigned to the correct location in a store. We believe that strategically planning space allocation and presentation decisions will increase sales, improve guest satisfaction and reduce out-of-stocks. As a part of this team, you will partner with diverse cross-functional teams such as Store Design, Supply Chain, Marketing, Store Operations and Non-Retail Procurement from strategy to execution to achieve an inspiring and convenient in-store guest experience.

As a Business Partner in the SPT Operations team, you will act as a consultant to core business teams and play a key role in defining process best practices, process optimization as well as product integration that will enable these teams to implement the most suitable product placement & presentation in our stores.

As process owners, you will collaborate not just with the global team but also with various cross-functional teams across the merchandising pyramid to understand key strategic priorities & develop the most optimal processes that can be used by business teams to implement those strategies in our stores.

As pyramid owners, you will play a key role in providing these teams with the right knowledge resources & resolution support to enable them to deliver flawless outcomes.

You will also be a thought partner to our product development teams & help them develop the right technology solutions that can generate value for the global team.

As subject matter experts, you will own preparing documentation for all process/product changes and lead new hire trainings as well as peer mentoring sessions.

You will Lead/ participate in large scale projects with multiple CFT.

You will provide insights/ recommendations to enable fact based decision making by business leadership.

You will shape processes and solutions for the future and undertake process diagnostics.

You will Analyze/ recommend key metrics and create reports (fact packs) on strategic objectives to enable the business objectives

You will conduct working sessions with business stakeholders that drive to improvements and outcomes

Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• MBA degree (Operations Mgt/ Project Mgt preferred) or 6+ yrs. experience in retail operations

• Advanced project management skills : Competent in project management; has the ability to manage tight deadlines

• Strong logical thinking & analytical reasoning abilities

• Structure problem solving skills (such as Lean/ Six Sigma) with application experience of process improvement tools & techniques

• Ability to navigate through ambiguous situations and guide others

• Strong verbal & written communication skills

• Excel in developing strong partnership and stakeholder management

• Change agent- influence change and influence without authority

• Action and results oriented, demonstrating flexibility and agility

• Have an understanding on how various products/ technologies interact “architecture”

• Team player and capable of originating, shaping and delivering value led projects

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Willing to take risks, challenge the status quo and work under ambiguous circumstances

• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, analyze complex processes, synthesize data and results, and drive toward insight and solutions

• Strong interpersonal skills (listening and communication) characterized by effective interactions with a diverse range of internal and external constituents, stakeholders, and audiences.

• Desire to learn new capabilities and enable others to do the same

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Life at Target- https://india.target.com/

Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits

Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/diversity-and-inclusion