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.

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.

Right on pace with Target’s distinctive and beloved retail brand, Procurement works across the business to maximize every resource, asset and relationship. We use good data, in-depth analysis and cross-functional insights to identify and communicate best practices, elevating our sourcing and procurement activities to achieve their very highest potential.

A role with Procurement is a chance to positively impact several key areas of Target’s business. Your input will ensure that Target realizes the expected value from the terms of our agreements that comprise nearly a $10 billion annual spend toward innovative and competitively priced goods and services. You will promote best practices across the entire company by developing deep knowledge and client relationships in each spend category. Provide expert integrated business planning and stakeholder management for all indirect items and services. Apply intelligent rate, demand and specification levers to source, negotiate and contract services while sustainably lowering costs. Propel the business with accurate and comprehensive demand forecasting, financial planning and item setup. You’ll help to change the game for our internal online catalog end users by making the entire buying process faster and simpler. Help us cultivate Target’s partnerships with diverse, community-minded suppliers who are committed to economic development and job growth.

As a Sr. Analyst, Procurement Services you’ll develop a deep knowledge in the area of Procure to Pay (P2P) with an extensive command of the tools, processes and techniques required to support partner and client business needs. You are responsible for understanding the primary requirements to support enhanced spend visibility and drive effective business decisions. Proactively collaborate with teams within Procurement and primary purchasing units (Go Cart users) to align on business objectives and needs so effective reports, metrics and measurements can be provided. Comprehend tools for collecting, analyzing and managing data to provide key insights for actionable improvements in Indirect spend. Responsible for analyzing existing operational reports to collect information in order to track trends, identify opportunities, and determine impacts of strategic and operational changes on metrics. Additionally, you will help to identify data and key metrics when reporting may not always be available. You will support our chatbot automation program ensuring the proper data and reporting is utilized consistently in the implementation of these solutions. You will be responsible for creating and utilizing metrics, reports and dashboards which are used to assist business partners in making decisions, gaining efficiencies, and driving change. You’ll closely collaborate with Product teams, Procurement, HQ, and field partners in the development and execution of your work. You will also identify process improvement opportunities by applying appropriate optimization or other analytical methods, create metrics/KPIs/measurements, and reporting to support the indirect category teams key strategic initiatives as well as scalable analytics and reporting solutions. You’ll leverage your communication skills to interact effectively with support partners, cross-functional teams (CFT), suppliers and Procurement teams. You’ll be responsible for reprioritizing work with limited direction and complete additional duties as assigned. 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

• 3+ years of relevant experience (Industry experience with data analytics and reporting preferred)

• Proven ability to analyze and interpret complex data and make recommendations for future action

• Strong critical thinking & troubleshooting skills, operational support experience, technical aptitude

• Ability to define problem, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusion

• Ability to understand and use data visualization tools

• Comfort and familiarity leveraging SQL

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience in public speaking and building presentations

• Must be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and changing priorities

• Understanding of SAP, Ariba, related data and the ability to learn broader analytical and data tools

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid work arrangement means the team members core role will be a blend of virtual and onsite at a Target location. A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location that’s not a Target location, does not have a desk at their primary HQ work location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. The salary range is :$67,600.00 USD - $121,700.00 USD. Pay is based on several factors which may include, but are not limited to education, work experience, certifications, labor markets, etc. In addition to your salary, 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.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Target will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) 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 Distribution Center or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.

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