Sr Trend Category Sourcing Manager - Home - Full-time / Part-time

The retail landscape is changing - fast - and Target is evolving along with it. When we created our brand promise of "Expect More. Pay Less." it paved the way for Target to infuse affordable fashion into our assortment and deliver an outstanding experience for our guests. We are pioneers of innovation with our owned brands and unique partnerships from Threshold and Smith and Hawken, to Nate Berkus and Oh Joy. Today, Target continues to be committed to bringing our guests what they want, when they want it, where they want to shop - in our over 1,800 stores, mobile, online and the retail channels of the future.

We're looking for a Senior Category Manager - Home who is interested in putting their business, leadership and people skills to work. Be a global sourcing leader and trendsetter by delivering your passion for retail to Target. Our team is our greatest asset, so we invest in the growth and development of our team, and have fun while doing it.

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Senior Category Manager, you'll take the lead as you...

• Collaborate with Target's Product Design team to identify and source trends earlier
• Develop and institutionalize holistic knowledge about Target's Home products, inclusive of artisanal and handicraft categories, to provide a global lens on economic impacts to product
• Build and assess category matrix by influencing across multiple countries and internal, external, and overseas partners to achieve short- and long- term category strategies
• Explore new Countries of Production for potential sourcing opportunities
• Elevate current vendor, factory and Country of Production capabilities
• Drive for speed in reduction of development time and supply chain in order to help Target be first to market
• Guide and help drive Target's responsible sourcing initiatives with key vendors
• Understand cottage industry production
• Drive sourcing strategy to support strategic opportunities, global balance and help Target achieve our financial plans
• Ability to influence top level leaders on building future strategy in sourcing

Requirements

• 4-year degree
• 7+ years relevant merchandising, design, and/or supply chain experience
• Experience in handicraft or cottage industry goods is strongly desired
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to navigate new/ambiguous projects with little direction
• Ability to think strategically and conceptually
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Ability to travel up to 50%
• Experience working/partnering with design teams