Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis)
- Pay
- $73,000 – $132,000 per year
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN · Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 14 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills
- Ability to translate data from multiple sources into insights and recommendations
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Merchandising experience (3+ years)
- Comfort working in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments
Also useful
- Category expertise
- Seasonal and holiday performance analysis
- Chase-cancel decision making
- Channel and localization strategy
About the role
The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00
Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, 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.
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About you
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience
- 2-6 years of relevant experience
- 3+ years of Merchandising experience
- Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations
- Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams
- Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing
Additional information
This position will require in office presence in downtown Minneapolis Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week, while working from on home on Friday will be an option. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
About us
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.
A role in Planning means being in charge of the financials and forecasting for one of Target’s businesses. Here, you’ll conduct comparative analysis of holiday or other seasonal performance reports and provide the insights that inform the Inventory team’s work to ensure that product supports projected sales. Acting as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain, you will create a financial link between these two essential groups and have a voice in some of the most important decisions from a financial strategy standpoint.
As a Merchandise Planner, you’ll provide in-season decision support, collaborate on assortment planning, recommend localization and channel strategies including cluster types and profiles, and lead demand forecasting. You’ll support the divisional strategy through your category expertise and partnerships with cross-functional teams and vendors.
You will head up the open-to-buy process and decide on category-level investment and the financial validity of assortments. You will conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts to support “chase-cancel” decisions and communicate implications to vendors. You’ll conduct scenario planning, build unit plans, and lead initial set planning and operationalization to optimize assortments.
A large part of your role will be to interpret forecast results and conduct “what if?” analysis to guide your go-forward recommendations. You will validate the unit promo planning forecast, drive maintenance, risk analysis and decision-making by the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence. And you’ll run event forecast creation and flow, analyzing item lifecycles and driving recommendations on end-of-season management.
Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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
From Target's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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What is the salary for the Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis) role at Target?
The Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis) posting at Target states compensation of $73,000 – $132,000 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Target's official career site.
Where is the Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis) job at Target located?
This Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis) position at Target is located in Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid). Always check Target's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
What qualifications are required for Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis) at Target?
For the Merch Planner-Newborn Sportswear (Minneapolis) role, Target highlights 2+ years of relevant experience; a bachelor's degree; experience with Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills, Ability to translate data from multiple sources into insights and recommendations, Cross-functional collaboration, Merchandising experience (3+ years), Comfort working in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments. Rolev.ai can score your existing resume against these requirements and show any skill gaps before you apply.
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