Capability Lead Planning & Inventory Management

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About us: As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful. Overview about TII At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations. About the Role The Capability Lead – Planning & Inventory Management plays a critical role in shaping how Target plans demand, positions inventory, and executes flow across the enterprise. This role is accountable for building and evolving enterprise planning and inventory capabilities by tightly integrating demand intelligence, inventory strategy, and operational execution. Operating as a senior individual contributor (Level 6, Senior Manager equivalent), this role drives synchronization across Merch Planning, Inventory Management, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure demand and inventory strategies collectively support sales growth, inventory health, speed to market, and guest experience. This role influences enterprise decision‑making through Integrated Business Planning (IBP), builds scalable planning and inventory frameworks, and leads complex, cross‑functional initiatives across discretionary, fast‑fashion, and frequency businesses. Core Responsibilities • Owns enterprise level inventory management & demand forecasting capabilities, not just functional execution • Operates independently with broad decision authority and high judgment • Influences outcomes across PIM, Supply Chain, Finance, and Merch without direct people leadership • Shapes standards, frameworks, and operating models that scale across multiple businesses • Drives clarity and alignment in executive and IBP forums through fact based narratives • Balances near term execution realities with long term capability and system health     Enterprise Demand Forecasting & Planning Strategy • Shape the strategic direction of short‑ and long‑term demand forecasts by synthesizing algorithmic model outputs, historical performance, trend indicators, and business context. • Partner closely with Data Science to refine forecasting models, validate assumptions, and improve accuracy across stable, seasonal, promotional, transition, and fast‑cycle categories. • Ensure demand strategies translate into executable receipt, flow, and inventory plans aligned to financial targets and network realities. • Influence forecasting standards, inputs, and operating rhythms that improve enterprise‑level consistency and decision quality. Guest, Trend & Market Signal Integration • Integrate guest behavior, digital and store signals, competitive dynamics, fashion and trend insights, macroeconomic inputs, weather impacts, and price/promo effects into demand and inventory plans. • Translate complex signals into clear, actionable guidance for Merch Planning, Inventory Management, and Merchant partners. • Anticipate demand inflections, lifecycle shifts, and trend acceleration/slowdown to proactively reposition inventory and adjust flow strategies. Inventory

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