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Sr. Analyst – Market Analysis
| Company | Target |
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| Location | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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| Salary | $71000 – $128000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- B.A/B.S or equivalent in business, geography, urban planning or related field
- 4-6 years relevant business experience
- Strong analytical, decision-making, project management and organizational skills
- Superior leadership skills with enthusiasm, initiative, curiosity and a passion for results
- Experienced in collaborating across departments/business units and driving results through collaboration
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; tailors message by audience, negotiate consequences, handle crisis, setbacks and conflicts constructively and diplomatically, and provide essential information to the right people at the right time; relationship-building aptitude
Responsibilities
- Assist and support for market analysis, strategic planning and location research for Target’s new and existing store capital investment programs
- Partner closely across the Market Research, Finance, Properties-Real Estate, Operations, Stores and Merchandising teams to develop and communicate holistic market strategy
- Influence both new store location strategy and existing store reinvestment decisions geared towards driving market-based decision making
- Own store sales forecasting for locations across your unique set of markets, driving for accuracy while evaluating the importance of store location attributes; interpreting strategic tradeoffs, competitive positioning, site dynamics, market trends, demographic and economic indicators
- Leverage excellent communication skills for presentations to Leadership across MRA, Properties, and FP&A
- Contribute ideas to improve research methodologies, GIS systems, databases, demographics and analytical tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx) and geographic information systems (e.g., ESRI, MapInfo, QGIS) preferred.
