Lead Item Data Specialist
Target · Posted Oct 27
General merchandise, apparel, grocery, and home goods retail services
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About the role
Target's Digital Strategy & Platform team works to offer guests a seamless online shopping experience across Target.com and the store network's fulfillment capabilities, using personalization, simplicity and intuitiveness to complement in-store shopping. The Lead Item Data Specialist role owns item set-ups in partnership with merchant teams, internal stakeholders and external vendor partners, driving data accuracy and consistency across categories. The role also evaluates launch readiness through troubleshooting and remediation, trains new hires through the item Center of Excellence, and acts as a department/division owner for workload planning and prioritization.
What you will do
- As a Lead Item Data Specialist, you’ll take the lead as you complete item set-ups via partnership with merchant teams, internal stakeholders, and external vendor partners.
- You will drive data accuracy and ensure consistency across categories that you work with as well as collaborate with cross functional teams to validate and remediate data according to the category strategy.
- You will play a key role by evaluating launch readiness through troubleshooting, remediating, and communicating with vendors and internal partners about launch blocks, system issues, and content generation communication.
- As a lead in the area, you will be responsible for training and assisting with item Center of Excellence trainings for new hires and refresher sessions.
- You will also be a Department/Division owner in terms of workload planning, prioritization, and process changes and be a point person for communication between various Target locations and the other team members in the group.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Detail oriented, with excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize
- Willingness to embrace ambiguity and remain flexible
- Ability to multi-task with a high sense of urgency and initiative
- Experience researching root issues
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Experience using Microsoft Office software such as Excel and Outlook
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Target
Target Corporation operates an extensive chain of general merchandise and discount retail department stores across the United States. The company provides a broad assortment of owned and national brand products, including apparel, electronics, beauty items, groceries, and home goods. Through its physical stores and digital platforms, Target focuses on delivering style, design, and value to help consumers discover the joy of everyday life.
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 415000+ employees
- Founded
- 1902
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Chair of the Board
Jim Lee
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Prat Vemana
Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Product Officer
Mark Weinstein
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Guest Experience Officer
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