Sr. Analyst, Market Analysis

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on include labor markets and in some instancesmay include education work experience and addition to your pay Target cares about and invests in you as a team member so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs which may include medical vision dental life insurance and more to help you and your family take care of your whole benefits for eligible team members include 401(k) employee discount short term disability long term disability paid sick leave paid national holidays and paid competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

A role in Financial Planning & Analysis means belonging to a great team of genuine diverse courageous and versatile people who put integrity and ethics at the heart of everything they do. Together youll drive outstanding financial results by enabling and accelerating Targets strategic execution. Youll nurture influential partnerships with leaders who value your credibility thanks to the quality and reliability of your insights. To teams across Target youll bring your skills for analytical rigor creative problem-solving and sound decision-making. Youll be an active contributor to cross-functional teams. Youll rise to the challenge of the dynamic retail industry brining innovative solutions that have a direct impact on financial and operational direction-setting merchandising and capital investments and how to best use our resources. All of your good work will help elevate and maintain Target as one of the worlds most recognized and best-loved retail brands.

As a Sr Analyst on Targets Market Research and Analysis team you will assist and support for market analysis strategic planning and geospatial analysis and location research for Targets new and existing store capital investment programs. You will partner closely across the Market Research Finance Properties-Real Estate Operations Stores and Merchandising teams to develop and communicate holistic market strategy drawing on geographic store and market insights.

You will influence both new store location strategy and existing store reinvestment decisions geared towards driving market-based decision making. You will own store sales forecasting for locations across your unique set of markets driving for accuracy while evaluating the importance of store location attributes; interpreting strategic tradeoffs competitive positioning site dynamics market trends demographic and economic indicators. You will apply geospatial analysis to support market and location decisions including the evaluation of trade areas market characteristics competitive positioning and other location-based factors.

You will leverage your excellent communication skills for presentations to Leadership across MRA Properties and FP&A. You will have the opportunity to contribute ideas to improve research methodologies GIS systems databases demographics and analytical tools including geospatial analysis workflows and the integration of geographic and market data.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• B.A/B.S or equivalent in business geography urban planning or related field
• 4-6 years relevant business experience
• Strong analytical decision-making project management and organizational skills
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with the ability to use data to evaluate market and location questions and translate findings into actionable recommendations
• Superior leadership skills with enthusiasm initiative curiosity and a passion for results
• Experienced in collaborating across departments/business units and driving results through collaboration
• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI Alteryx) and geographic information systems (e.g. ESRI MapInfo QGIS) preferred
• Experience applying GIS and geospatial analysis to business or market questions including trade area analysis and other location-based analytical workflows preferred
• Experience with SQL and working with geographic and other business data to support market and location analysis preferred
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; tailors message by audience negotiate consequences handle crisis setbacks and conflicts constructively and diplomatically and provide essential information to the right people at the right time; relationship-building aptitude
• 10-20% Travel

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to (Tues Wed & Thurs) and virtually depending upon what your role team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

In compliance with state and federal laws Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please reach out to Non-accommodation-related requests such as application follow-ups or technical issues will not be addressed through this channel.