Sr Manager, Market Research & Analysis
Target · Minneapolis, MN · 1 mo ago
$95k–$171k/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 if posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Let's extract:
- Pay range: $95,000 - $171,000. Also note "Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position." So we have Pay content.
- Benefits: "Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more... 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."
Thus Benefits section with list.
- About Us: description of Target, values, etc. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Us" is about company. The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these headings.
We have:
- About the role: description of role: "A role on the Financial Planning and Analysis team means providing insight and guidance to support Target’s strategic growth strategies and financial decisions. You’ll deliver objective and financially-focused insights to the business owners and finance leaders. You will be a critically important resource for long-term and annual financial planning, analysis and drive cross-company initiatives. As a Senior Manager on Target’s Market Research and Analysis team, you will be responsible for market analysis, strategic planning and location research for Target’s new and existing store capital investment programs. You will partner closely across the Market Research, Finance and Properties-Real Estate, Operations, Stores and Merchandising teams to develop and communicate holistic market strategy, drawing on your expert geographic, store and market insights. You will influence both new store location strategy and existing store reinvestment decisions geared towards maximizing market value. You will own store sales forecasting for locations across your unique set of markets, driving for accuracy while evaluating the importance of store location attributes; interpreting strategic tradeoffs, competitive positioning, site dynamics, market trends, demographic and economic indicators. You will leverage your excellent communication skills for presentations to Senior Leadership across MRA, Real Estate, Finance and the Capital Committee. You will have the opportunity to contribute ideas to improve research methodologies, GIS systems, databases, demographics and analytical tools."
That's responsibilities.
- Core responsibilities: "Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs." That's generic; maybe we can skip.
- About You: qualifications: "MA/MBA or equivalent in business, geography, urban planning or related field; 6-8 years relevant business experience; Strong analytical, decision-making, project management and organizational skills; Superior leadership skills with enthusiasm, initiative and a passion for results; Experienced in collaborating across departments/business units and driving results through collaboration; Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; tailors message by audience, negotiate consequences, handle crisis, setbacks and conflicts constructively and diplomatically, and provide essential information to the right people at the right time; relationship-building aptitude; 20-25% Travel; This position will operate 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 (Tues, Wed, & Thurs) the role is assigned to and virtually, 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."
Thus we have Requirements/Qualifications/Skills.
We need to decide which headings to use.
We have content for:
- About the role (maybe we can use "About the role" heading for role description). Could also use "Responsibilities". The role description includes responsibilities. Could put under "Responsibilities". The "About the role" heading could be used for a brief overview. But we have both role description and responsibilities overlapping. The instruction: "Use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Let's extract:
- Pay range: $95,000 - $171,000. Also note "Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position." So we have Pay content.
- Benefits: "Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more... 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."
Thus Benefits section with list.
- About Us: description of Target, values, etc. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Us" is about company. The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these headings.
We have:
- About the role: description of role: "A role on the Financial Planning and Analysis team means providing insight and guidance to support Target’s strategic growth strategies and financial decisions. You’ll deliver objective and financially-focused insights to the business owners and finance leaders. You will be a critically important resource for long-term and annual financial planning, analysis and drive cross-company initiatives. As a Senior Manager on Target’s Market Research and Analysis team, you will be responsible for market analysis, strategic planning and location research for Target’s new and existing store capital investment programs. You will partner closely across the Market Research, Finance and Properties-Real Estate, Operations, Stores and Merchandising teams to develop and communicate holistic market strategy, drawing on your expert geographic, store and market insights. You will influence both new store location strategy and existing store reinvestment decisions geared towards maximizing market value. You will own store sales forecasting for locations across your unique set of markets, driving for accuracy while evaluating the importance of store location attributes; interpreting strategic tradeoffs, competitive positioning, site dynamics, market trends, demographic and economic indicators. You will leverage your excellent communication skills for presentations to Senior Leadership across MRA, Real Estate, Finance and the Capital Committee. You will have the opportunity to contribute ideas to improve research methodologies, GIS systems, databases, demographics and analytical tools."
That's responsibilities.
- Core responsibilities: "Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs." That's generic; maybe we can skip.
- About You: qualifications: "MA/MBA or equivalent in business, geography, urban planning or related field; 6-8 years relevant business experience; Strong analytical, decision-making, project management and organizational skills; Superior leadership skills with enthusiasm, initiative and a passion for results; Experienced in collaborating across departments/business units and driving results through collaboration; Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; tailors message by audience, negotiate consequences, handle crisis, setbacks and conflicts constructively and diplomatically, and provide essential information to the right people at the right time; relationship-building aptitude; 20-25% Travel; This position will operate 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 (Tues, Wed, & Thurs) the role is assigned to and virtually, 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."
Thus we have Requirements/Qualifications/Skills.
We need to decide which headings to use.
We have content for:
- About the role (maybe we can use "About the role" heading for role description). Could also use "Responsibilities". The role description includes responsibilities. Could put under "Responsibilities". The "About the role" heading could be used for a brief overview. But we have both role description and responsibilities overlapping. The instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can choose any of those that have content.
We have:
- Pay: yes.
- Benefits: yes.
- Responsibilities: we have detailed responsibilities.
- Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: we have qualifications (education, experience), skills (analytical, leadership, communication, etc.), and also travel/hybrid arrangement.
We could combine qualifications and skills into one section "Requirements" or separate "Qualifications" and "Skills". The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine into "Requirements" covering education, experience, skills, travel, hybrid.
Thus sections: About the role (maybe short overview), Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Remove navigation, cookie, etc. Also remove "About Us" maybe not needed as heading; but we could incorporate into About the role? The "About Us" is about company, not role. Could be omitted as not required heading. The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content for it. We have content about company but not under the allowed headings. Could we put under "About the role"? Might be okay but it's more about company. However we could skip it.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting that are relevant.
Let's list all substantive info:
Pay range: $95,000 - $171,000. Pay based on factors: labor markets, education, work experience, certifications.
Benefits: health benefits (medical, vision, dental, life insurance, etc.), 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, paid vacation. Link to 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. Learn more about Target here." That's generic; maybe we can keep as a short paragraph under "About the role"? But it's not role-specific. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not EEO/legal but still generic. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not those. It's a brief company description. Could keep.
Role description: as above.
Responsibilities: same as role description; we can list bullet points.
Qualifications/Requirements: MA/MBA or equivalent in business, geography, urban planning or related field; 6-8 years relevant business experience; Strong analytical, decision-making, project management and organizational skills; Superior leadership skills with enthusiasm, initiative and a passion for results; Experienced in collaborating across departments/business units and driving results through collaboration; Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; tailors message by audience, negotiate consequences, handle crisis, setbacks and conflicts constructively and diplomatically, and provide essential information to the right people at the right time; relationship-building aptitude; 20-25% Travel; Hybrid/Flex work arrangement: core role performed both onsite at Target HQ MN location (Tues, Wed, & Thurs) and virtually depending on role/team/tasks; work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of primary work location unless otherwise prescribed.
Also note: "Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota." That's a link; maybe we can keep as a link? It's not essential but could be considered supplementary. Might be considered navigation? It's a link to learn about Minnesota. Could keep as a link in a paragraph.
Also "Benefits Eligibility Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E". That's a link for benefits eligibility. Could include under Benefits.
Also ADA statement: "In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel." This is legal/EEO? It's about ADA accommodation. Might be considered legal boilerplate; but it's about accommodations. The instruction says remove legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is ADA accommodation statement, likely considered legal boilerplate. Should remove.
Also "Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities." That's same.
Thus we remove that.
Also "Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits." Keep as part of Benefits.
Also "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. Learn more about Target here." Keep maybe as a short paragraph under "About the role" or separate "About the company"? Not in allowed headings. Could incorporate into "About the role" as introductory.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
About the role
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.
A role on the Financial Planning and Analysis team means providing insight and guidance to support Target’s strategic growth strategies and financial decisions. You’ll deliver objective and financially-focused insights to the business owners and finance leaders. You will be a critically important resource for long-term and annual financial planning, analysis and drive cross-company initiatives. As a Senior Manager on Target’s Market Research and Analysis team, you will be responsible for market analysis, strategic planning and location research for Target’s new and existing store capital investment programs. You will partner closely across the Market Research, Finance and Properties-Real Estate, Operations, Stores and Merchandising teams to develop and communicate holistic market strategy, drawing on your expert geographic, store and market insights. You will influence both new store location strategy and existing store reinvestment decisions geared towards maximizing market value. You will own store sales forecasting for locations across your unique set of markets, driving for accuracy while evaluating the importance of store location attributes; interpreting strategic tradeoffs, competitive positioning, site dynamics, market trends, demographic and economic indicators. You will leverage your excellent communication skills for presentations to Senior Leadership across MRA, Real Estate, Finance and the Capital Committee. You will have the opportunity to contribute ideas to improve research methodologies, GIS systems, databases, demographics and analytical tools.
Responsibilities
- Provide insight and guidance to support Target’s strategic growth strategies and financial decisions.
- Deliver objective and financially-focused insights to business owners and finance leaders.
- Serve as a critically important resource for long-term and annual financial planning, analysis and drive cross-company initiatives.
- Responsible for market analysis, strategic planning and location research for Target’s new and existing store capital investment programs.
- Partner closely across Market Research, Finance and Properties-Real Estate, Operations, Stores and Merchandising teams to develop and communicate holistic market strategy.
- Influence new store location strategy and existing store reinvestment decisions to maximize market value.
- Own store sales forecasting for locations across your unique set of markets, driving for accuracy while evaluating store location attributes, strategic tradeoffs, competitive