Job Description

ACCOUNT MANAGER

 

The Role:

 

We are seeking a talented individual to join our organization as an Account Manager on our sales team to manage and drive our vendor partners business at Target.

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Be an advocate on behalf of assigned vendors to help them solve problems, understand the needs of Target, and be successful in their business.
  • Communicate effectively with vendors and Target to build positive relationships and translate needs to achieve positive outcomes.
  • Demonstrate an ability to collaborate effectively across multiple divisions at ASM to meet business needs.
  • Manage pre-season forecast process, in addition to the chase/cancel process. Create and align item level forecasts between Target (Inventory and Planning Analysts) and assigned vendor partners.
  • Apply analytical skills through providing insights from the analysis of key sales reports
  • Manage Buyer requests including product revisions, samples, planogram requests, ad-hoc analysis
  • Validate and dispute Claims & Post Audits
  • Identify opportunities within your own role in addition to your vendor, to simplify processes and drive efficiencies and work cross-functionally to implement guidance and training to improve them
  • Help on-board new vendors and effectively train other account managers on vendor businesses that might be transfered from you to them.
  • Prepare for line reviews, “Top-to-Tops”, and other key meetings
  • Create / Own the master item listings for each of your vendors
  • Submit, forecast, track and report on incremental business opportunities (new items, end-caps, circulars, TPCs, and markdowns)

What You’ll Bring:

  • 2+ years of Account Management Experience (required)
  • 2+ years of item level forecasting Experience (required)
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel (required)
  • 2+ years of previous experience working with Target’s corporate offices (preferred)
  • Self-starter
  • Costumer service oriented
  • Ability to communicate through story-telling
  • Problem solving and navigating ambiguous situations 

The salary for this role is $60,000-$85,000

 

Application Instructions

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