Sales Specialist - Target

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About the role

We're looking for a Sales Specialist to support our Target team by helping identify growth opportunities, prepare for client engagements, and keep key sales initiatives moving forward. This role works closely with a VP of Sales and supports a variety of business development, research, reporting, and client-facing activities. You'll help gather insights, prepare materials, organize information, and contribute to projects that support both client growth and new business opportunities. The ideal candidate is curious, organized, proactive, and interested in building a career in sales, account management, or commercial strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support a VP of Sales in preparing for client meetings, business reviews, retailer discussions, and new business opportunities
• Conduct background research and develop briefing materials, summaries, and presentation support
• Create meeting agendas, capture key takeaways, and coordinate follow-up activities
• Help ensure client requests, action items, and deliverables are tracked and completed
• Research prospective brands, market opportunities, and emerging categories
• Research Target-specific trends, category opportunities, and emerging brands to support business development efforts
• Build and maintain lead generation lists and prospect tracking tools
• Monitor retail, consumer, and industry trends that may impact client growth strategies
• Gather competitive insights and category intelligence to support business development efforts
• Partner closely with a VP of Sales on strategic growth initiatives and business development efforts
• Support prospect research, outreach preparation, and opportunity tracking
• Help develop materials that showcase Bluebird's capabilities and value proposition
• Maintain sales tracking tools, internal documentation, and pipeline updates
• Support reporting, data organization, and performance tracking activities
• Assist with ad hoc reporting projects, including VIQ reporting and sales-related analysis
• Help maintain accurate records and visibility across active projects and opportunities
• Partner with sales leadership and internal teams to support ongoing business initiatives
• Coordinate information and updates across teams to ensure alignment and execution
• Support special projects and other initiatives as business needs evolve
• Learn Bluebird's approach to retail, client management, and business development while building foundational commercial experience

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• 0–2 years of relevant experience, including internships, part-time work, or early-career professional experience
• Interest in sales, account management, business development, retail, or commercial strategy
• Exposure to sales, marketing, research, retail, or customer-facing environments preferred

Skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities
• Comfortable gathering, organizing, and analyzing information
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, research tools, and Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new industries, retailers, and business processes
• Experience with CRM platforms is a plus (training provided)

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to include both company overview and job summary. Let's combine: About Bluebird paragraph: "We're The Bluebird Group - we're an omnichannel commerce partner that helps brands grow across every retail and digital channel. We sit at the intersection of retail, eCommerce, media, and data. We help brands show up wherever their customers are (Target, Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Kroger, social commerce like