Director Owned Brand Business Strategy - Essentials & Beauty / Hardlines

Target hiring for Director Owned Brand Business Strategy - Essentials & Beauty / Hardlines jobs in Minneapolis, MN, US

The pay range is $125,600.00 - $226,100.00

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.

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 350,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. ​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 Owned Brands:

The ambition of Target Owned Brands is to create and grow purpose driven brands that bring joy to guests, every day.  Owned Brands is comprised of a multi-national team responsible for the design, packaging, brand management, and global sourcing across Apparel, Accessories, Footwear, Home, Hardlines and Essentials/Beauty.  Target’s portfolio of owned brands is a key differentiator, with these brands being one of the things our guests love about the Target experience.

Team Overview:

The Strategy & Operations team within Owned Brands helps the organization deliver on our brand promise and purpose while ensuring that Owned Brands remains a competitive advantage for Target.   The team is responsible for cross-functional support to leaders across product design, product operations, and brand management.  We are standing up a new function within this team to support the specific lines of business (Pyramids) across Owned Brands.

Success will be measured by the ability to shepherd the Pyramid’s strategic direction across Owned Brands, the enterprise, and align the organization behind a set of strategic choices, while driving accountability to measurable outcomes

Position Overview:

As a Director, Owned Brand Business Strategy for Essentials & Beauty / Hardlines (EBH), you will play a critical role in helping the Target Owned Brands organization achieve its goals.   By supporting EBH specific business and strategic efforts, you will apply your strengths in problem solving, business acumen, and strategy development to shape near term execution and long-term direction of Target Owned Brands.   The work could involve a variety of areas including creating & implementing process and best practices, driving new capabilities and tools, facilitating cross functional meetings, implementing new ways of working, and investigating strategic questions most pertinent to the OB Essentials & Beauty /Hardlines Pyramids

This includes:

• Defining and driving the strategic agenda for the Owned Brand EBH Pyramids.  Understand and ensure connectivity and dependencies to Merchandising and Enterprise Plans

• Acting as the primary strategic thought partner and advisor for Owned Brand EBH Roundtable leaders (VP – Design, VP – Product Operations, VP/Sr Director – Brand Management)

• Collaborating with pyramid leaders and building critical partnerships across the enterprise (Merchandising, Planning, Finance, Operations, to ensure successful implementation of strategic direction needed to achieve business priorities

• Work with business champions to drive cross-Pyramid initiatives to accelerate results and operationalize/advance the Owned Brand strategic plan through alignment and proper sequencing against pyramid priorities (i.e., translate strategy to action)

• Supporting OB EBH Roundtable leaders in thought partnership, strategy development, prioritization, and execution

• Develop, monitor, & continuously improve the Operating Cadence for the OB EBH Leadership Team. Ensure clarity around forum & routine purpose, attendance, sequencing, and streamlined information flow

• Leading implementation and progress tracking for each pyramid’s strategic plan as the OB EBH strategy lead

• Develop routines to cascade information, insights, & discussions to key business partners where needed to drive critical discussion & connected decision-making across the enterprise

About you (experience requirements):

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience, MBA or similar advanced degree preferred

• Experience within management consulting firms, corporate strategy group, project management, business ops or equivalent of 10+ years

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a strong ability to tell compelling business and result stories, including designing and facilitating key moments with leaders across the enterprise

• Excellent relationship building skills, including ability to influence and align cross-functional teams; creating trust, anticipate needs, enablers, and roadblocks.

• Experience building and managing an effective operating cadence for a large team or leading a major business transformation and/or a large cross-functional project

• Demonstrates success leading multiple, disparate projects at the same time, simultaneously managing working team, partners, and senior executive relationships

• Lead with a future forward, strategic, and operational mentality; think tactically with creative problem solving

• Flexibility, resiliency, and versatility; comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing

• Proven change leadership and communication skills

• A result oriented and performance driven individual who demonstrates strong initiative and has superior team, organization, and cross-functional leadership skills

• Candidates with Essentials & Beauty / Hardlines experience in addition to Merch, Planning, Product Ops, and/or Owned Brand (Private label) experience are preferred

• Respects, appreciates, and values diverse voices and approaches.

• Committed to creating equitable experiences, and building and fostering an inclusive team

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 need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. 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.

Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc (TGMI) operating company are strictly prohibited from working more than 30 days per year in the following 16 states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN , IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you are prohibited from working remotely from one of the states listed above for more than 30 days per year.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Target will provide reasonable accommodations with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Supply Chain Facility or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.