Merch Planner, Owned Brand, Jewelry, Hair

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Merch Planner for Owned Brand Jewelry & Hair at Target. Responsible for financials, forecasting, and collaboration with Inventory and Supply Chain teams.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeMinneapolis • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $73,000 - $132,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in demand forecasting, assortment planning, and financial analysis to support inventory and merchandising strategies. Proven ability to collaborate across teams and provide actionable insights from data analysis.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Demand ForecastingAssortment PlanningFinancial AnalysisMerchandising ExperienceCross-Functional Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Comparative AnalysisRoot Cause AnalysisScenario PlanningUnit PlanningOpen-To-Buy ProcessIn-Season Decision SupportLocalization StrategiesChannel StrategiesData TranslationRisk Analysis

Soft Skills

Strategic ThinkingAnalytical SkillsCollaborationFlexibilityResilience

Certifications & Qualifications

Four-Year Degree

Industry Keywords

MerchandisingSupply ChainInventory ManagementPricing & PromotionCategory Expertise

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

conduct comparative analysis of holiday or other seasonal performance reports
provide insights to inform the Inventory team’s work
act as hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain
create financial link between essential groups
provide in-season decision support
collaborate on assortment planning
recommend localization and channel strategies
lead demand forecasting
support divisional strategy through category expertise
head up the open-to-buy process
conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts
communicate implications to vendors
conduct scenario planning
build unit plans
lead initial set planning and operationalization to optimize assortments
validate the unit promo planning forecast
drive maintenance, risk analysis and decision-making by the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence
run event forecast creation and flow

Requirements

What you’ll need

Four-year degree or equivalent experience
2-6 years of relevant experience
1+ 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

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive health benefits
medical, vision, dental, life insurance
401(k)
employee discount
short term disability
long term disability
paid sick leave
paid national holidays
paid vacation