What are we looking for?
As a key Mars Snacking Category partner for Target, this associate will provide strong customer support and influence in the following areas:
• Support and co-lead assigned category captaincies, including Promotions, Fruity Confections, and Gum/Mint, in partnership with the broader Target Category Team.
• Monitor category performance and develop clear, actionable recommendations.
• Conduct confectionery aisle planogram analysis, including assortment opportunity assessment, space-to-sales analysis, shelving recommendations, and requested planogram support.
• Lead defined workstreams and support broader category projects, including test-and-learn measurement and post-event analysis.
• Complete competitive market analysis and translate findings into implications for Target’s confectionary business.
• Own recurring and ad hoc data management, reporting, analysis, and presentation development with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.
• Leverage category insights, shopper research, tools, and technology to identify shopper-focused ideas that can drive measurable category results.
• Contribute to the development of Target’s one-to-three-year category plans by assessing opportunities, sizing potential value, and supporting project prioritization.
• Support retail tests by defining measurement approaches, analyzing results, building insight-led stories, and presenting recommendations to internal and customer stakeholders.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal partners and Target stakeholders to strengthen trust, collaboration, and the team’s role in category decisions.
• Partner with the Category Leadership Strategy Team to support shopper learning agendas aligned to Target priorities and confectionery aisle growth initiatives.