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JOIN US AS A SR OPERATION RESEARCH SCIENTIST - LAST MILE

About Us:

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 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.

We prioritize relationships, 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. Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities. 

About this opportunity:

Do you want to shape the future Supply Chain and Logistics strategy for a fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading Retailer? Do you want to optimize Target’s Global Supply Chain end to end, from sourcing to delivery of packages to guest? Are you excited at the prospect of analyzing large data sets and developing complex algorithms, simulation and optimization models to solve real world problems?

A role in Operations Research team means opportunity to contribute to the team that is at the forefront of defining future Omni channel operating model for Target’s Global Supply Chain across first mile, middle mile and last mile. You will develop cutting edge data pipelines, optimization and simulation models to design and operate Target’s Global Supply Chain in fast and efficient manner and work with stake holders across the company in Finance, Merchandising, Stores and GSCL teams to enable supply chain transformation.

Target’s supply chain is an evolving at a fast pace global team. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the right guest faster and more efficiently. Enterprise Network Strategy (ENS) team is at the forefront of defining future road map for growth and profitability for Target. ENS team work directly with business leaders and product owners to build industry leading network topology to support inventory flow and last mile capabilities.

As a Senior Operations Research Scientist you will:

• Know your business and understand Supply chain operational metrics and cost of end to end operations of supply chain.
• Analyze large amounts of supply chain data at the most granular level & develop key metrics to evaluate the performance and optimization opportunities for Supply Chain across sales, transportation, operations and inventory.
• Perform root cause analysis to understand key drivers related to operational performance and variance in the projected outcomes.
• Utilize operations research methodologies (e.g., linear programming, stochastic processes, simulation) to solve complex business problems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to gather inputs assumptions and understand business process along the way.
• Interpret results from the models and provide insights to the leadership team.
• Develop a clear and concise inference with data to influence decision making with senior leadership teams.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description.  Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About You:

• 4-year degree in quantitative disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or equivalent experience
• PhD or MS in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years of experience in retail supply chain or equivalent domain experience
• Demonstrated industry experience in probability statistics, optimization and simulation
• Strong demonstrated experience in SQL and programming in Python or R
• Extensive knowledge of supply chain concepts such as forecasting, inventory planning, optimization and logistics
• Knowledge of statistics and data mining techniques/tools to analyze and derive insights from historical sales data and simulation or experiment results
• Deep passion for problem solving, empirical research and continuous improvement
• Ability to communicate complex concepts in easy to understand terminology with multiple audiences

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as "Flex for Your Day") work arrangement based on Target's needs.  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 a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year.  A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location 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.

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 [email protected].

Application deadline is : 08/29/2024