Director Space & Presentation

JOIN US AS A DIRECTOR SPACE PRESENTATION & TRANSITIONS (SPT)

About us:

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $100 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 1900 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 price? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

A role with Space, Presentation & Transitions (SPT) means you are on a mission to create better store space and experience for our guests while maximizing sales. We are responsible for ensuring the right item is on the right shelf in the right store. We believe that making increasingly better space allocation and presentation decisions will increase sales, improve guest satisfaction and reduce out-of-stocks. Here, you will partner with and manage cross-functional project teams in Merchandising, Store Design, Marketing, Store Operations and Non-Retail Procurement from strategy to execution to achieve inspiring and convenient in-store guest experience. You will also be required to collaborate with Product, Engineering and Data Analytics teams to co-create solutions that impact global SPT teams’ level of service to Target stores.

As a Director, SPT, you will lead, coach and develop a team of 35 to 50 Team Members (including people leaders) in owning End-to-End Execution of Adjacencies and Planograms at Target in India. Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

• Team: 
  • Lead teams to develop and drive timing and actions, lead their cross-functional team (CFT), and hold others accountable to key deadlines and quality expectations
  • Actively collaborate with global partners to influence strategy execution timing and educate global teams on the impact of their decisions towards ensuring high quality execution.
  • Lead planning & improvements for hiring, training, coaching, & recognition. 
  • Ensure that team members are highly motivated and perform to their full potential by:
  • Providing insightful, motivating and constructive feedback to the team, helping them gain insights about themselves, their effectiveness and the organization.
  • Help the team integrate their goals and capabilities with the organization’s emerging needs.
  • Identify and attract key individuals with the critical capabilities needed by the organization.
  • Define and develop clear roles, responsibilities and routines across the global team to ensure flawless execution of space and presentation projects

• Business:
  • Influence pyramid space and presentation strategies
  • Establish and grow relationships with key decision-makers within the cross-functional team, both in Target in India and Minneapolis to drive strategic business initiatives.
  • Drive cross pyramid collaboration to grow contextual knowledge, understand downstream impacts of the teams’ decisions and work outputs

• Operations:
  • Develop and execute short term (12 months) and long term (24 months) strategies across the SPT teams to ensure Operational Excellence
  • Lead across other pyramids in the organization (like Planning, Pricing and Promotions, Inventory Management, Store Design etc)
  • Work with product management leadership to influence the product roadmap
  • Focus on financials, improve the effectiveness of the team by introducing new processes, systems and procedures and or improving existing processes.

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 17+ years of overall experience, preferably at least some in brick-and-mortar retail especially in Inventory and/or merchandise planning and/or space and presentation and other related core merchandising domains
• Strong team leadership (5+ years minimum), ability to be a leader of leaders
• Ability to engage and inspire others, co-create organizational roadmaps
• Demonstrated commitment to team and belonging
• Excellent planning, organizational, and data-driven decision-making skills
• Ability to influence and ideate thoughts, challenge status quo with global leadership across pyramid teams
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal as well as written
• Experience fostering a culture of collaboration and teamwork across organizational boundaries.
• Responsive and resilient to changes in a dynamic competitive retail environment
• Ability to demonstrate courage, think critically, and drive for results