Lead Operations Analyst - Store Operations

Pay range: $95,000.00 - $171,000. Pay is based on several factors including labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs for eligible team members and their dependents, including medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee discount
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation
• Additional benefits for financial, education, and well-being available at Target Benefits

About 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. Our stores are at the heart of Target — delivering an easy, inspiring, and friendly shopping experience powered by consistent operations and high-performing, engaged teams. Our Stores Strategy is activated through Strategic Initiatives, Key Enablers, and Foundational Work that empower Store Directors and teams with the capabilities, technology, and support needed to simplify operations, drive performance, and elevate guest experience every day.

Responsibilities

• Store Inventory Operations & Field Support
  • Serve as the primary point of coordination for store inventory-related escalations from field leadership, ensuring timely, accurate, and guest-focused resolution
  • Monitor and manage store stock level issues by partnering across Inventory Management, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Technology, and other cross-functional teams to identify root causes and drive resolution
  • Prioritize and manage multiple inventory-related issues simultaneously, balancing business impact, urgency, and operational risk
  • Analyze trends in store inventory performance and field escalations to identify recurring opportunities for process improvements and operational efficiencies
  • Build strong cross-functional partnerships to influence outcomes, remove barriers, and improve the overall health and accuracy of store inventory
  • Communicate issue status, key insights, and resolution plans to field and headquarters partners, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the resolution process
• Strategy Development & Execution
  • Work with teams to define metrics and measurements to help communicate progress on goals and objectives
  • Benchmark across the industry and leverage research/intelligence to build strategies for tracking and measuring progress
  • Identify and assess roadblocks and impediments to develop insights and generate recommendations to improve effective team delivery
  • Build a strong solution differentiator by integrating key elements of Process, Technology, and Analytics
• Drive Team Effectiveness & Foster Continuous Improvement
  • Leverage best practices to ensure continuous process improvements are institutionalized throughout the business
  • Provide process consultancy and monitor process compliance
  • Implement appropriate mechanisms to identify, understand, and escalate performance gaps and/or performance breakthroughs
• Budget Management & Financial Operations
  • Analyze and report portfolio metrics
  • Improve financial status by analyzing/monitoring variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions to leaders
• Enable Performance & Resource Management
  • Drive initiatives/programs across cross-functional and cross-geography teams
  • Utilize facilitation to enable teams to develop skills to embrace change, work through change quickly, and develop communication routines
  • Organize and facilitate portfolio-level meetings, demos, and business reviews

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

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in an operations, inventory management, planning, or related analytical role
• Experience supporting inventory planning, inventory management, or store operations is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to achieve continuous improvements by introducing methods and processes, challenging current processes to drive business objectives
• Strong business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and project management skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), statistical analysis, and financial modeling
• Helpful to have an understanding of SAP and Domo
• Knowledge and experience of Lean and Agile methodologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Schedule

This position operates as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what the role, team, and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location.