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Manager Global Supply Planning Operations

Target · Minneapolis, MN · 1 mo ago
Purchasing$73k–$132k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also remove Benefits Eligibility URL? That's part of benefits but it's a link; we can keep as part of benefits description. Also remove "Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)" etc. That's legal boilerplate; remove. Also remove "Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year in any of the following states: ..." That's a restriction; is that substantive? It's about work location restrictions; maybe keep as part of Schedule? It's not schedule but location restriction. Could be considered a requirement? Might be considered a condition; but it's not pay/benefits/schedule. Might be considered a requirement (location). The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep that restriction. Where to place? Could be under Requirements or maybe a separate section like "Work Location". But we only have allowed headings list; we could put under Requirements or maybe under About the role? Better to put under Requirements as a bullet. Also "The role is performed on -site in office 4 days per week from our Downtown MN campus." That's schedule/location; we can put under Schedule (if we have schedule content). The schedule is 4 days per week onsite. So we can create a Schedule section with that detail. Also we have Pay range: $73,000 - $132,000. So we need a Pay section. Benefits: we have description of benefits; we can create Benefits section. About Us: we have About Us paragraph; could be under About the role? Actually there is "About Us" separate; we could include as a section maybe "About the company"? Not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. We have "About The Role" paragraph describing role. That's suitable for About the role section. Responsibilities: we have "Core Responsibilities" with bullet points. So we can put those under Responsibilities. Requirements: we have "About You" bullet points (education, experience, skills). That's qualifications/requirements. Could split into Requirements and Qualifications but we can combine. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Requirements section covering education, experience, skills, etc. Qualifications maybe redundant. Skills maybe also covered. We could just have Requirements and maybe Skills if distinct. But we have many skill-like items; we could put them under Requirements. Benefits: we have benefits description. Pay: we have pay range. Schedule: we have onsite 4 days per week. We also have location restriction (states). Could be under Requirements as a bullet about location eligibility. We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's extract content. About Us paragraph: "Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company, and one of America’s leading retailers. At the heart of our success is our Owned Brand organization — a dynamic team that designs, develops, and sources the products our guests love. From concept to creation to manufacturing, we infuse trend, quality, and innovation into everything we do, building brands that surprise and delight millions of consumers. Global Supply Planning (GSP) designs and activates upstream supply and inventory strategies for Owned Brands, connecting Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, and production to enable reliable and flexible supply, faster reaction, and sustainable growth for Target. The centralized GSP Operations team provides the project leadership, processes, data, reporting, and operating infrastructure that enable the function to execute priorities effectively and operate with enterprise alignment." This is about the company; could be placed under About the role? But we already have About the role description. Maybe we can include a brief About the company under About the role? But the instruction: use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. Not About the company. However we could incorporate the About Us into About the role section as context. But we must preserve all substantive info; we could add a paragraph after the role description about the company. That's okay. Now extract About The Role paragraph: "As a Manager, Global Supply Planning Operations, you will lead cross-functional projects and initiatives that advance GSP’s strategic and operational priorities. You will be responsible for translating business objectives into structured project plans, mobilizing cross-functional teams, driving execution, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable outcomes. You will serve as a project leader and integrator, bringing together partners across Global Supply Planning, Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, Technology, and other teams to solve complex operational challenges. You will establish clear scope, milestones, roles, governance, and decision-making mechanisms while creating visibility to progress and escalating issues when needed. The role combines project leadership with process improvement and analytical problem solving. You will use data and reporting to identify opportunities, measure outcomes, and support decisions, while also helping strengthen GSP's operating routines, processes, and tools. You will lead multiple workstreams and initiatives simultaneously and influence teams without formal authority." Now Responsibilities bullet list: we have many bullet points under Core Responsibilities. Let's list them: - Project & Program Management: Lead cross-functional projects and workstreams from definition through implementation. Translate business objectives into clear scope, deliverables, milestones, workplans, ownership, and success measures. Maintain momentum and accountability throughout the project lifecycle. - Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Mobilize and lead project teams across GSP, Planning & Inventory Management, Sourcing, Technology, Data, and other partner organizations. Establish clear roles and working norms, facilitate productive discussions, and align teams around common outcomes. - Project Governance & Execution: Establish effective project governance, including working-team routines, leadership updates, decision forums, action tracking, and escalation paths. Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and changes in scope. - Stakeholder Management & Communication: Build strong relationships with business partners and leaders across functions and geographies. Develop clear project communications, executive updates, recommendations, and decision materials. Influence without formal authority and navigate differing priorities to drive alignment. - Process & Operating Model Improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize GSP processes and ways of working. Lead development and implementation of scalable processes, operating routines, SOPs, playbooks, and governance mechanisms that improve execution across the organization. - Change & Implementation: Partner with stakeholders to move solutions from design into execution. Develop implementation approaches, readiness plans, communications, documentation, and adoption mechanisms to ensure changes are successfully embedded into day-to-day operations. - Problem Solving & Decision Support: Structure ambiguous business problems, identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and facilitate decisions. Bring together business context, stakeholder perspectives, and quantitative insights to develop practical recommendations. - Data & Analytics: Use data and analytics to inform project priorities, evaluate opportunities, establish baselines, and measure business outcomes. Partner with analytics and technology teams to define reporting and measurement requirements and ensure appropriate visibility to performance. - Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring operational pain points and lead sustainable solutions that reduce manual effort, clarify ownership, improve execution, and increase organizational effectiveness. Now About You (requirements/qualifications): - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. - 4–7 years of experience in project/program management, supply chain, operations, business transformation, consulting, or related roles. - Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from definition through implementation, including managing scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables. - Strong ability to lead project teams and drive outcomes without formal authority, including navigating competing priorities and creating alignment across stakeholders. - Experience establishing project governance, facilitating working teams, managing action and decision logs, and communicating progress to leadership. - Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous or complex business challenges. - Demonstrated ability to translate strategy and business needs into executable plans and sustainable operating processes. - Excellent communication and storytelling skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and leadership-level updates. - Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to identify opportunities, evaluate performance, and measure outcomes. - Experience with reporting, BI platforms, planning systems, SQL, data lakes, or similar analytical tools is beneficial; deep technical expertise is not required. - Strong attention to detail with the ability to balance day-to-day execution with broader project objectives. - Ability to operate independently while partnering effectively with global teams as needed. - Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year in any of the following states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you will be prohibited from working remotely from any of the states listed above for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year. Now Benefits paragraph: "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." Also there is a Benefits Eligibility URL: "Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_D". That's also substantive; we can include as a link. Now Pay: "The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00 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." Now Schedule: "The role is performed on -site in office 4 days per week from our Downtown MN campus." Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings

for each section we include. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Skills? But we can incorporate skills into Requirements. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have real content. We'll produce:

About the role

... (About The Role paragraph) ...

... (About Us paragraph) ... maybe combine? Could be separate paragraph. But we should not duplicate. We'll include About Us as part of About the role? Might be okay. Better: About the role section includes the role description; we can add a separate paragraph about the company after. Now Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

  • ... each bullet as
  • ...
Now Requirements:

Requirements

  • ... each bullet from About You (including location restriction) ...
Now Benefits:

Benefits

... benefits description ...

... benefits eligibility URL ...

Now Pay:

Pay

... pay range and factors ...

Now Schedule:

Schedule

... role performed on-site 4 days per week from Downtown MN campus.

We must not include any boilerplate like ADA, etc. Also remove "Benefits El

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