Associate Planner

About Us

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.
As we continue to evolve our digital ecosystem, Target Plus serves as a curated marketplace that brings expanded assortment and value to our guests while driving profitable growth.

The Marketplace Planning teamis responsible fordriving financial and business performance across Target Plus, through data-driven planning, forecasting, and optimization of key metrics such as GMV, revenue, traffic, and conversion.

Role Overview

TheAssociate Planner – Planner Support, Discretionarysupports Marketplace Planners by providing data-driven planning support, forecasting inputs, business case development, and decision support across discretionary businesses including Home, Fun101, A&A, and Frequency.

This role works closely with MarketplacePlanning,,Partner Management, and other cross-functional teams to translate business questions into structured analysis,identifyopportunities, and support delivery of financial and operational goals.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial & Business Planning

• Support development of business plans for key metrics including GMV, revenue, traffic, conversion, and partner productivity. 

• Assistin building andmaintainingweekly, monthly, and quarterly forecasts across discretionary planning areas. 

• Track performance against plans and highlight risks, opportunities, and key drivers of variance. 

2. Planner Decision Support

• Translate planner requests into clear data requirements, analysis plans, and repeatable templates. 

• Produce forecasting inputs, pre/post-performancereads, business cases, and scenario analysis. 

• Consolidatedata support across Home, Fun101, A&A to improve consistency and speed of decision-making.

3. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Marketplace Planners, Partner Management, Finance, and Analytics teams to support business priorities. 

• Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to planners and cross-functional stakeholders.

4. Planning Process Excellence

• Support planning cadences including weekly business reviews, forecasting cycles, performance tracking, and business planning routines. 

• Identifyopportunities to improve planning processes, reduce manual effort, and enhance efficiency through automation. 

• Ensure data accuracy, consistencyanddocumentationacross planning tools, reports, and planner-facing outputs.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree. 

• 3–5 years of experience in business planning, financial analysis, merchandise planning,oreCommerce. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Proficiencyin Excel; Ability to work with large datasets and translate data into insights and recommendations. 

• Strong communicationand stakeholder management skills. 

• High attention to detail with a structured approach to problem solving. 

• Demonstrates ownership, curiosity, and a bias for action.