Director, Western Hemisphere Strategy

3 days ago


Minneapolis, United States Target Full time
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 ;br>
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.

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, Western Hemisphere Strategy for Owned Brands, you will play a critical role in helping the Target Owned Brands organization achieve its goals. By supporting specific business and strategic efforts across product operations, sourcing, and design, 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 multiple business areas serviced within the Western Hemisphere

This includes:
  • Defining and driving the strategic agenda for the Western Hemisphere Sourcing & Development team. Understand and ensure connectivity and dependencies to Merchandising and Enterprise Plans
  • Leading Western Hemisphere business case development as well as support of margin and opportunity analysis to move WH strategy forward, leveraging strong skillset inclusive analytical skills, financial acumen, and storytelling
  • Creative and structured problem solving to ambiguous issues
  • Partnering and collaborating across the enterprise to influence process and enabling capability changes to capitalize on Western Hemisphere strategic priorities and opportunities
  • Acting as the primary strategic thought partner and advisor for Western Hemisphere Roundtable leaders, inclusive of the VP of Manufacturing and Sourcing
  • 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 OB strategic plan through alignment and proper sequencing against pyramid priorities (i.e., translate strategy to action)
  • Supporting OB leaders in thought partnership, strategy development, prioritization, and execution; inclusive of dynamic and impactful storytelling at the leader level
  • Develop, monitor, & continuously improve the Operating Cadence for the Western Hemisphere 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 Western Hemisphere 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 analytical, financial, and storytelling skillet, with proven experience in facilitating cross functional teams and leaders and a high tolerance for ambiguity
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with 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; thinks tactically and creatively
  • 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 Consumer Products 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)

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 Director, Western Hemisphere Strategy - Owned Brands

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