Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best - the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and our guests. We invest in our team members' futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities.

Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $106 billion retailer offers the innovative, guest-inspiring items that Target is known and loved for.

PRIMARY FUNCTION

As Senior Specialist, Promotion Ops, you will be responsible for setting up and managing promotion offers in Target Promotion systems to ensure Promotions are rolled out on time and accurately across stores as well as digital channels.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotion Set Up – Serve as primary owner of Promotion set up and management with across all promotional vehicles (Digital Weekly Ad, Temporary Price Cut, Circle, Everyday Low Price Sign Posts) for multiple levels of promotional structures (item, brand, category, etc.) through the IVY system.

• Continuous management of existing Promotions that need to be modified prior to going live (items added to the assortment, item removal due to availability, price point or %-off changes)

• Data Quality – Ensure quality in promotional data gathered through incoming Promotion intake processes from either Vendors or from Target teams and maintain critical data consistency best practices throughout the process

• Collaborate with US-based teams on Promo Set Up strategy, process adherence, reporting and consistency across divisions and pyramids

• Maintain flawless execution with 100% accuracy and timeliness, gain expertise of the assigned departments.
• Escalate procedural/technical issues to engineering teams or to process owners
• Prioritizes multiple tasks to complete work on time
• Ownership of daily deliverables across divisions, weekly recaps and meeting with Leader
• Ensure timely and proactive communication with key stakeholders
• Demonstrate ability to work as a team and cultivate an inclusive environment
• Demonstrates initiative to pursue and develop process Best Methods. Creates and documents new best methods where appropriate

REPORTING/WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to Sr. Manager, Promo Operations.  Partners with a leader to support one or more divisions.
• Develop and maintain working relationship with Promo Engineering Teams, Product Owners, US Based Promo Operations leadership, Promo Signing teams, Data Analytics and all other teams related to Promo operations, to cohesively work towards achieving the business mission and goals

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate with 0 to 1 year of work experience
• Proficiency in excel and good knowledge of other MS Office tools like Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Approaches problems with curiosity and generates creative solutions
• Ability to work well with others and contribute to a positive environment.
• Highly motivated and committed to the development of high-quality work
• Ability to multi-task with a high sense of urgency and initiative 
• Detail oriented 

Good to have:

• Experience / academic exposure in Retail
• Hands on knowledge in Advanced Excel
• Exposure to Project Management principles
• Exposure to quality improvement frameworks (Lean, Six Sigma)