Product Manager - Inventory Purchasing & Positioning

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 Global Supply Chain and Logistics is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the guest even better, faster and more cost effectively than before. We are becoming more intelligent, automated and algorithmic in our decision-making, so that no matter how guests shop—in stores or on Target.com—we deliver the convenience and immediate gratification they demand and deserve. We are on a mission to win decisively over any competitor, with a seamless and superior guest service experience unlike any they can offer. Our teams work with the agility our mission requires, and we constantly come together to implement new processes in record time. So we’re looking for exceptional people who are proactive, creative, independent, innovative, risk-savvy and comfortable working in varying degrees of ambiguity. Are you a critical thinker who seeks the root cause and can analyse both qualitatively and quantitatively? Are you a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems, quickly identifies solutions, commits to a plan and then positively influences others to execute it? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.  

About the Job:   

The Product Manager - Inventory Purchasing and Positioning is responsible for executing the strategy and this role will lead the delivery of modern inventory systems. Our team and products enable the ability for Inventory Management teams to effectively manage the synchronized flow of inventory into and throughout Target's supply chain network. This role will work closely with supply chain product/business partners, enterprise capacity planning and data science teams. This role will work closely with the engineering teams and lead the development of the prioritized features along with systematic scale and performance enhancements to support business growth.  

As a Product Manager, you will work in the product model and will collaborate with your product team and key stakeholders to develop a plan and business objectives (OKRs) for your respective product. You will need to build a strong knowledge of your product through product discovery to collect customer feedback and work to collect other relevant data points that explain the value and help you prioritise the direction and desired outcomes for your product. You will work in unison with engineers, operations, data scientists and business partners to deliver a product.  

You will be the “voice of the product” with your product team and stakeholders to ensure that their needs are met, and you will be responsible to maintain and refine the product backlog (create user stories & acceptance criteria) while prioritising the backlog to focus on the highest impact work for your team and stakeholders. You will encourage the open exchange of information and viewpoints, as well as inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization's direction. You will foster sense of urgency to achieve goals and leverage resources to overcome unexpected obstacles.   

Core responsibilities of this job 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

• 4+ years of product management or product adjacent experience 

• Supply Chain and/or Inventory Management product experience preferred

• Purchase order execution or EDI domain knowledge desired

• Experience working in an agile environment

• Strong communication skills

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.