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.
The Associate Planner – Partner Incentive Strategy & Governancesupports the planning, tracking, and governance of partner incentive programs across Target Plus.
This role works closely with Marketplace Planning, Partner Management, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to manage incentive scorecards, track goal performance, support calculation accuracy, document governance routines, and provide transparency into incentive performance and business impact.
Key Responsibilities
1. Incentive Planning & Performance Tracking
Owndevelopment and maintenance of partner incentive scorecards and performance views.
Track performance against incentive goals and highlight risks, opportunities, and exceptions.
Assistinmaintainingincentivecalculationlogic, metric definitions, and supporting documentation.
2. Incentive Governance & Accuracy
Monitor incentive performance and support regular QA routines to improve calculation accuracy.
Manage documentation for metric refreshes, approvals, exceptions, and sign-off processes.
Identifydrivers of variance,calculationdiscrepancies, and process gaps requiring review or escalation.
3. Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Partner Management,Services,Finance, and other cross-functional teams toalign onincentive priorities, metrics, and timelines.
Support execution of incentive-related initiatives aimed at driving partner performance, GMV, revenue, and business growth.
Communicate incentive performance, risks, exceptions, and recommendations effectively to stakeholders.
4. Planning Process Excellence
Identifyopportunities to automate incentive inputs,consolidatecalculations, and reduce manual effort.
Ensure data accuracy, consistency, documentation, and auditability across incentive scorecards, reports, and governance tools.
About You
Bachelor’s degree.
3–5 years of experience in business planning, financial analysis, sales operations, marketplace operations, governance, or analytics.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Proficiencyin Excel; Ability to work with large datasets and translate data into clear performance insights.
Strong communicationand stakeholder management skills.
High attention to detail with a structured approach to governance, QA, and process management.
Demonstrates ownership, curiosity, and a bias for action.
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
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