Senior Merch Planner, Legwear

Target

Senior Merchandise Planner at Target managing financials and forecasting with merchandising and supply chain collaboration. Conducting analysis and leading demand forecasting strategies.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeMinneapolis • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $95,000 - $171,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong strategic, financial, and analytical capabilities to drive insights and recommendations for inventory and merchandising decisions. Proven experience in demand forecasting, assortment planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize product performance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Demand ForecastingMerchandising ExperienceFinancial AnalysisRoot Cause AnalysisCollaboration Skills

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Hard Skills

Comparative AnalysisIn-Season Decision SupportAssortment PlanningOpen-To-Buy ProcessChase-Cancel DecisionsEvent Forecast CreationData TranslationCategory-Level Investment

Soft Skills

Strategic ThinkingAnalytical SkillsFlexibilityResilience

Certifications & Qualifications

Four-Year Degree

Industry Keywords

Inventory ManagementSupply ChainLocalization StrategiesChannel StrategiesSeasonal Performance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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
create a financial link between Merchandising and Supply Chain
provide in-season decision support
collaborate on assortment planning
recommend localization and channel strategies including cluster types and profiles
lead demand forecasting
head up the open-to-buy process and decide on category-level investment
conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts to support “chase-cancel” decisions and communicate implications to vendors
run event forecast creation and flow, analyzing item lifecycles and driving recommendations on end-of-season management

Requirements

What you’ll need

Four-year degree or equivalent experience
6-10 years of relevant experience
4+ 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 and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
401(k)
employee discount
short term disability
long term disability
paid sick leave
paid national holidays
paid vacation