Job Description

As a Director, SPT, you will lead , coach and develop a team of 35 to 50 Team Members (including people leaders) in owning End-to-End Execution of Adjacencies and Planograms at Target in India. Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to: Team: Lead teams to develop and drive timing and actions, lead their cross-functional team (CFT), and hold others accountable to key deadlines and quality expectations Actively collaborate with global partners to influence strategy execution timing and educate global teams on the impact of their decisions towards ensuring high quality execution. Lead planning & improvements for hiring, training, coaching, & recognition. Ensure that team members are highly motivated and perform to their full potential by: Providing insightful, motivating and constructive feedback to the team, helping them gain insights about themselves, their effectiveness and the organization. Help the team integrate their goals and capabilities with the organizations emerging needs. Identify and attract key individuals with the critical capabilities needed by the organization. Define and develop clear roles, responsibilities and routines across the global team to ensure flawless execution of space and presentation projects Business: Influence pyramid space and presentation strategies Establish and grow relationships with key decision-makers within the cross-functional team, both in Target in India and Minneapolis to drive strategic business initiatives. Drive cross pyramid collaboration to grow contextual knowledge, understand downstream impacts of the teams decisions and work outputs Operations: Develop and execute short term (12 months) and long term (24 months) strategies across the SPT teams to ensure Operational Excellence Lead across other pyramids in the organization (like Planning, Pricing and Promotions, Inventory Management, Store Design etc) Work with product management leadership to influence the product roadmap Focus on financials, improve the effectiveness of the team by introducing new processes, systems and procedures and or improving existing processes. About you: Four-year degree or equivalent experience 17+ years of overall experience, preferably at least some in brick-and-mortar retail especially in Inventory and/or merchandise planning and/or visual Merchandising and/or space and presentation and other related core merchandising domains. Strong team leadership (5+ years minimum), ability to be a leader of leaders Ability to engage and inspire others, co-create organizational roadmaps Demonstrated commitment to team and belonging Excellent planning, organizational, and data-driven decision-making skills Ability to influence and ideate thoughts, challenge status quo with global leadership across pyramid teams Exceptional communication skills, both verbal as well as written Experience fostering a culture of collaboration and teamwork across organizational boundaries. Responsive and resilient to changes in a dynamic competitive retail environment Ability to demonstrate courage, think critically, and drive for results