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:

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.

Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together. 

Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $100 billion retailer offers the innovative and guest-inspiring assortments that Target is known and loved for. Our goal is to consistently deliver exceptional value, quality and style that elevates 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, both online and in our 2,000 stores. Are you a creative problem-solver who loves to own a category as well as its results? Can you collaborate effectively, execute a plan efficiently and positively influence how Target chooses and presents the right promotions in the right place at the right price? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

A role with the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence (COE) means you’re on a mission with merchants to develop enterprise-wide pricing and promotion strategies. Your work will impact millions of dollars in the form of everyday retail prices, promotional strategy and effectiveness, clearance management and competitive pricing. Here, you’ll be a key business consultant to merchants and develop relationships with buyers, senior buyers and leaders. Your strong partnership with Marketing will bring offers to life for guests, and you’ll also work closely with Store Operations, Finance and other key support areas. 

Working within the PPCOE, your mission is to invest millions of dollars against the enterprise-wide promotion strategies in partnership merchants and business units to deliver optimal financial and guest-friendly outcomes.  As a Promo Planner, you’ll focus on leading promotional offer strategy and effectiveness for multiple businesses, and be the key business consultant on driving affordability with promotions in partnership within a division across the various functions operating each business.  There is also a strong partnership with Marketing to best amplify and bring offers to life for the Guest, as well as partnership with Store Operations, Finance and other important support areas.  

This role will lead the financial analysis of the promotional roadmap for a division and its businesses.  As a promo planner you will use and shape leading-edge tools and business insights to develop recommendations that optimize sales and profit.  You will evaluate the trade-offs between promotions and clearance and analyze scenarios to drive sales and be competitive in the market.

Success in this role will require a high degree of financial acumen, retail fundamentals and ongoing communication excellence.   This role will create and use an analytic fact base to facilitate strategy setting, decision making, opportunity sizing and communication in relevant forums.  This role will require a delicate and active balancing act to manage the competing priorities of managing the weekly Merchandising P&L while remaining competitive and compelling to support and deliver Target’s brand and value proposition.  

Finally, this role is expected to continuously innovate processes, tools and build partnerships to improve the inputs and outputs of the strategy. 

We are currently hiring for two Promo Planner positions supporting Create & Celebrate (Stationery, Party, and Seasonal) and Dec Home/Domestics.

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

About you:

• 4-year degree or equivalent work experience
• Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to develop and translate strategy to action and adjust strategy based on changing market conditions 
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with team members and cross functional partner teams
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Ability to simultaneously manage a variety of priorities
• Assertiveness and strong initiative
• Hybrid
• Travel < 25%

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will be performed both onsite at the assigned Target HQ MN location and virtually, depending on the needs of the role, team, and tasks for that day. Current in-office expectations are Monday through Thursday, subject to change based on business needs. Work duties cannot be performed outside 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

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 [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.