About us:

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

Target Merchandising is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how this $107 billion retailer offers the innovative, guest-inspiring items that Target is known and loved for. Our goal is to deliver exceptional value, quality, and style to elevate Target as the premier retailer in a competitive global marketplace. Through intelligent and progressive business strategies that make the most of Target’s resources and partnerships worldwide, merchandising works across product categories to create a localized shopping experience online and in our 1800 stores. Are you a creative problem solver who loves to see your work translate into real results? Can you collaborate effectively, execute a plan efficiently and positively influence how Target chooses and presents the right product in the right place at the right time? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

As a part of Space,Presentation & Transitions, we are on a mission to optimize store space & product allocation, create most appealing product presentations and enhance in-store experiences for our guests while maximizing sales. We are responsible for ensuring the right item is on the right shelf in the right store at the right time. We do this by using data insights & analytics to determine the optimal footage for each assortment for every store Adjacency during the Space phase. Each store's assortment, which is curated keeping in mind guest & demographic needs, is then assigned to a planogram (POG) developed during the Presentation phase. These planograms are built using presentation best methods and are then assigned to the correct location in a store. We believe that strategically planning space allocation and presentation decisions will increase sales, improve guest satisfaction and reduce out-of-stock. As a part of this team, you will partner with diverse cross-functional teams such as Store Design, Store Planning, Supply Chain, Marketing, Store Operations and Non-Retail Procurement from strategy to execution to achieve an inspiring and convenient in-store guest experience.

As a Senior Project Manager, SPT, your core deliverables will include the creation and execution of multiple projects required for successful technology product rollouts. You’ll work with a cross-functional team to create project plans, scope, document effort estimates, and budgets.

Stakeholder Management:

• Engages with stakeholders to develop partnerships, leveraging broad technical and business expertise.

• Manages day-to-day operations and associated communication & relationship, overcomes ambiguous situations as needed.

• Learns to leverage project sponsors and internal network to influence stakeholders and resolve situations.

• Drives stakeholder engagement by collaborating with stakeholders (within SPT, Store Design and Store Planning and Product Development partners.) in a positive manner, reviewing and analyzing stakeholder feedback, and leveraging trusted relationships with key internal resources (Best practice ops, Core SME’s, Manager SPOC) to act as the voice of the Business/Product.

• Effectively communicates, and manage project/product expectations, and key decisions to leadership teams.

Initiation

• Develops a comprehensive project plan, including timelines, milestones, resource allocation and creating work breakdown structures with cross functional teams.

• Maintain contractor pool of 10-15 TMs, responsible for performance management, Attrition management, Daily goals tracking, leave tracking and more.

• Balance needs across projects in challenging situations (e.g., scarce technical resources), with support from leadership as needed, and collaborates with other groups on integrated planning and organization of different projects.

Planning

• Establishes clear expectations and accountabilities, facilitates scope and effort discussions, facilitates Responsible-Accountable-Consulted-Informed matrix (RASCI) with all stakeholders/ team members and leads internal and external kick-off meetings

• Proactively engages broad set stakeholders, including those who are impacted by project scope/outcome, but not directly involved and engages subject matter experts in holistic planning activities, including team validation so business nuances are covered. 

Monitoring and Controlling

• Orchestrates and oversees a broad range of project timelines and proactively ensures adherence to timelines and provides strategic direction to drive success throughout project lifecycle.

• Proactively manages risks and issues, leveraging technical knowledge and previous experience to evaluate risks, perform qualitative analyses (e.g., probability, impact, urgency), create risk management plans, establish processes, and work with cross-functional teams to mitigate identified risks. Contributes to recovery efforts and ensures PM tools are updated.

• Ensures timely completion and quality of deliverables (e.g., documentation) and tracking of agreed upon next steps for projects by applying quality management techniques (e.g., benchmarking, interviews) for collecting data.

• Manages changes to project scope, schedule, and resources, while minimizing disruptions to the project timeline. Anticipates changes and proactively addresses by probing to ensure change can happen smoothly early in the process. Tests the process before initiating formal change.

• Monitoring project expenses and ensuring adherence to budget constraints. Aims to reduce cost and improve delivery margin without impact to quality or user experience and understands impact of decisions on the broader business

• Manages stakeholder communications on project health throughout entire project lifecycle (weekly or monthly), tailoring communications to the audience. Ensuring that deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

Closure

• Drives timely project review by ensuring completion of project sign off tasks. Drives incremental process improvement by reflecting on and sharing lessons learned across teams, creating, and suggesting improvements, providing feedback

• Maintaining accurate project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and meeting minutes

About you:

• Bachelor’s/master's degree in project management, business management, or related area of study.

• 10-13 years of experience as a Project Manager or similar position responsible for defining and managing project scope, timelines, profitability, and effective delivery of projects.

• Experience in managing delivery of customer-facing and internally facing projects or services.

• PMI or PMP certification or similar from an accredited organization is an added advantage.

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with industry-standard word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software programs.

• Experience in developing Project Reports and dashboard and influencing senior leadership through data driven insights