Sr Spclst Procurement Ops

About us:
Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.
Right on pace with Target’s distinctive and beloved retail brand, the Procurement team works across the
business to maximize every resource, asset and relationship. Procurement is responsible for working with
teams to contract indirect goods and services (non-retail). Our goal is to support indirect spend per the
Delegation of Authority Policy by identifying sourcing opportunities, ensuring contract requirements are met,
and operationalizing negotiated vendor agreements. We use good data, in-depth analysis and cross-functional
insights to identify and communicate the best practices that elevate our sourcing and procurement work to
its highest potential.
A role with Procurement Services is a chance to positively impact several key areas of Target’s business by:
• Promoting best practices across the entire company by developing deep knowledge and client
relationships in each spend category
• Providing expert integrated business planning and stakeholder management for all indirect items and
services
• Applying intelligent rate, demand and specification levers to source, negotiate and contract services
while sustainably lowering costs
• Propelling the business with accurate and comprehensive demand forecasting, financial planning and
work order setup
• Changing the game for our internal online catalog end users by making the entire buying process
faster and simpler
• Helping us cultivate Target’s partnerships with diverse, community-minded suppliers who
are committed to economic development and job growth
Primary Function
As a Senior Specialist, you will be managing daily operational activities which involves supporting stores and
HQ teams with regards to procurement of Indirect goods and services. You would work closely with partners
across the business to enhance process knowledge and deliver critical outcomes. As part of your key
responsibilities, you would need to:
• Support store team members with queries related to Indirect procurement leveraging available
resources like applications, knowledge documents and Standard operating procedures
• Indirect Category Management: Own and manage one or more Indirect categories.
o Enhance knowledge and deepen understanding of the category owned; analyze data to identify
business requirement and trends; work across business lines to remove barriers.
o Understand Indirect Procurement data across channels; identify and leverage relevant data
source to monitor key business metrics for each category and present them to leadership and
Indirect Planning teams.
o Build and maintain trusted partnership with key stakeholders (Indirect Planning team, Store
Insights team) through effective communication of progress and challenges
• Purchase Order management - Initiate the creation and maintenance of Purchase Orders for
assigned commodities and processes, ensuring accurate and timely delivery
• Liaise with Finance and Contract & Catalog management team for vendor setup and processing
payment requests
• Ensure compliance with all accounting practices, audit procedures and purchasing policies.
• Highly adaptable with demonstrated ability to work independently to prioritize and complete
multiple assignments at one time
About You:
• 0-2 years procurement experience with record of increased responsibility and/or complexity
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good communication and organizational skills
• Comfortable in handling data, data cleaning and deriving insights from the same
• Passion for owing processes end to end by actively communicating with US partners
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders to solve a problem
• Systems knowledge including SAP - Ariba, Microsoft Office and other system