Manager, Business Development-Target

About the role

The Business Development Manager – Target is responsible for driving profitable growth for Kinder’s by building deep partnerships with Target’s merchant and cross-functional teams, executing best-in-class Joint Business Plans, and elevating Kinder’s presence across Target’s omnichannel ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and strengthen relationships with Target Merchants (Buyers), Associate Buyers, and cross-functional partners (Category Management, Supply Chain, Site Merchandising) to unlock long-term growth.
• Develop and execute Joint Business Plans (JBPs) aligned with Target’s enterprise priorities, delivering against sales, profit, share, and guest experience goals.
• Serve as a trusted category partner, aligning Kinder’s strategies with Target’s category roles, guest insights, and owned brand positioning.
• Identify assortment gaps and lead item innovation, new item setup, and distribution expansion, ensuring alignment with Target’s curated assortment strategy.
• Leverage Circana/IRI/Nielsen data, Target POS, and guest insights to identify growth opportunities and inform strategic decisions.
• Build compelling, insight-led selling stories that position Kinder’s as a category growth driver within Target’s food ecosystem.
• Own sales forecasting by leading promotional and merchandising planning, including trade promotion management (TPM), event planning, forecast alignment, and post-promotion ROI analysis and ensuring alignment with Target’s promotional calendar (Circle offers, seasonal events, and key traffic-driving moments).
• Leverage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and finance teams to deliver seamless execution and support Target-specific needs (forecasting, service levels, item setup).
• Lead business reviews, assortment reviews, and line reviews with clear, concise, and insight-driven storytelling tailored to Target’s expectations.
• Monitor and analyze weekly POS, inventory, and forecast performance, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage trade investment and promotional funding, ensuring efficient allocation and strong ROI against Target-specific programs.
• Drive best-in-class omnichannel execution, including: In-store merchandising and display strategy (endcaps, sidecaps, pallets), Target.com content optimization (digital shelf, PDP quality, search visibility), seasonal and event-based activations, Partner with Target teams to execute off-shelf placements, secondary displays, and incremental merchandising programs that drive basket growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Kinder’s marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and