The pay range is $109,000.00 - $196,200.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In 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 selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

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. ​

Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.  ​

Target Global Supply Chain and Logistics (GSCL) is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the right guest even better, faster and more cost effectively than before. We are becoming more intelligent, automated and algorithmic in our decision-making, so that no matter how guests shop—in stores or online—we deliver the convenience and immediate gratification they demand and deserve. We’re looking for exceptional people who are proactive, creative, independent, innovative, risk-savvy and comfortable working in varying degrees of ambiguity. Are you a critical thinker who seeks out root cause and can analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively? Are you a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems, quickly identifies solutions, commits to a plan and then positively influences others to execute it? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams.

About You:

Join Target’s Last Mile and Operations Design team where your goal will be to accelerate omni-channel experimentation to foster a culture of continuous innovation at Target. We believe that continuous innovation is critical to delivering and exceeding our brand promise of “Expect More Pay Less” to Target’s guests irrespective of their preferred channel of engagement and commerce.  You will enable continuous innovation and drive business performance in our Target Last Mile Delivery space.

A Lead Data Analyst role within Last Mile and Operations Design is a chance to help lead the and define our continued development of our in-house strength for getting the maximum value from Target’s scale and data assets in service of improving the guest and carrier/courier experience.  We see data as a product and an opportunity to experiment and refine our approach to new guest experiences.  Together, we positively impact changes to various initiatives, processes and interdependencies that require exceptional data collection, measurement, and timely industry leading analysis—ultimately leading to quicker and more meaningful decision-making.  This role works collaboratively with teams within product, research, data science, finance, and operations in planning and measuring performance. This is a role for someone passionate about data, feature experimentation, and impacting business strategy.

As a Lead Data Analyst you will:

• Serve as an advocate of our data-driven culture across Product, Research, Data Science, and Business Operations, to help them utilize insights that’ll direct their efforts towards initiatives with highest impacts
• You have solid foundational knowledge of supply chain optimization including the impact of inventory placement on, transportation, sourcing, distribution, fulfillment, and planning and how this impacts final mile optimization
• A keen understanding of first, middle, and last mile routing as it relates to planning, execution, and recovery
• Formulate precise problem statements, synthesize analysis and results in compelling storylines and communicate to key stakeholders. You should have the ability to tell a story around the problem, the solution and the impact and value of implementing a solution
• Analyze and explore data in our ecosystem, work across teams to design experiments, analyze the results, and provide strategic recommendations.
• Define data to be collected for measuring the success of new product features or business strategies, define KPIs, and work across functional teams on tracking and instrumentation of data
• Design and build self-service dashboards using a mixture of analytical and visualization techniques to derive actionable insight from data to guide and grade business decisions

Requirements:

• Four-year degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience deploying metrics/dashboards in a production environment
• 6+ years of experience in data analytics or reporting
• Ability to write and understand SQL (Hive, Teradata, etc.) and use SQL to bring insight to life via key BI tools
• Conversant with SAS, R Python or other analytics tools
• Experience working with large data sets, simulation interpretation driving to recommendations and analytics
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of analytical and statistical techniques including model building and experimental design
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to speak and write narratives to both business and technical teams as well as clearly translate ideas between them
• Comfort with ambiguity and open-ended problems
•  Proven business partnership connecting business questions with technical skills needed to address them
• Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration and presentation skills

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as "Flex for Your Day") work arrangement based on Target's needs.  A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location that's not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year.  A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location 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.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Target will provide reasonable accommodations with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Supply Chain Facility or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.