Associate Buyer - Apple and Wearables

Target Brands, Inc.

$58K — $104K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • Strong financial, strategic, and planning skills essential
  • Demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit with analytical and decision-making abilities
  • Proven leadership skills with a performance-driven mindset
  • Ability to thrive in dynamic environments with changing priorities
  • Comfortable with risk-taking and supporting creative initiatives
  • 1+ years of merchandising experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Execute advertising plans and strategies for your category
  • Select ad items and plan space allocation
  • Forecast pricing and ad volume
  • Analyze market trends and evaluate competitors
  • Coordinate promotional activities for Buyers
  • Assist with system input for item descriptions and markdown updates
  • Generate reports to analyze category metrics

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, and dental
  • 401(k) plan and employee discount available
  • Paid sick leave and vacation time offered
  • Short and long-term disability insurance provided
  • Paid national holidays included
  • Focus on well-being with various employee programs
Full Job Description
The pay range is $58,100.00 - $104,600.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. 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.

A role in Buying means working with several diverse vendors to choose the best product mix, both in-store and online. We help determine where to localize, while calibrating market positioning and acting as brand managers. Here, you'll own a wide SKU count so that your work is varied and challenging. Through cross-functional collaboration, instinct and creativity, you will be the expert on the guest, the market and the competition.

As an Associate Buyer, you'll execute advertising plans and strategies for your category via ad item selection, space allocation planning, pricing, ad volume forecasting and productivity analysis. You'll watch market trends, evaluate competitors, plan assortments and coordinate end-to-end promotional activities for the Buyer to review. In addition, you'll help Buyers with system input of item descriptions and markdown updates, and you'll generate reports to analyze weekly and monthly category metrics. In partnership with product design and sourcing, you will support the Buyer in guiding product development and executing the financial plan for your categories. Aligning with cross-functional partners, you will manage communication with vendors to maximize sales and profit. Your unique strategic perspective will be integral to Buyers selecting items and assortments.

Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

• A four-year degree or equivalent experience
• Strong financial, strategic and planning skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong analytical, decision-making, and organization skills
• A performance-driven individual who demonstrates strong initiative and has superior leadership skills
• Flexibility and resiliency; comfortable working in "grey areas" that are constantly changing
• Comfortable taking risks, working through change and supporting creative chances
• 1+ years merchandising experience preferred

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 be performed both onsite at the assigned Target HQ MN location and virtually, depending on the needs of the role, team, and tasks for that day. Current in-office expectations are Monday through Thursday, subject to change based on business needs. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

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Application deadline is : 09/21/2026

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