Sr Program Owner Property Management - Refrigeration & Food Operations

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Sr. Program Manager – Refrigeration & Food Operations

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

Target’s distinctive brand love is infused throughout its many physical locations by the Properties teams. We have a direct and positive impact on the real estate, design, construction and maintenance of our stores, distribution centers and headquarters. Are you ready to help strategically grow Target’s brand through leading-edge design, development, construction, and management? Can you effectively balance the efficiencies of a large-scale organization with the unique challenges and innovative solutions required by individual sites? Then take your place on one of our Properties teams and help us make the most of Target’s physical assets. 

A role in Property Management means the opportunity to maximize the performance and longevity of Target’s assets while delivering value, reliability and brand integrity. Leverage and stretch your skills, whether your focus is electrical and plumbing, fire and security, smart buildings, HVAC and refrigeration, waste management and recycling, donations programs, or energy utility expense management. Here, your work will exceed the needs of both Target guests and team members, delivering a holistically positive and pleasing experience, every time they walk through our doors.

As a Sr Program Manager, Refrigeration and Food Operations, you will own the vendor  relationships, programs, and review tied to keeping Refrigeration and Food assets optimized at nearly 2,000 stores. You will own the Field strategy and relationship to improve knowledge, process, capabilities, and local vendor management. You will drive new internal technologies and tools that transform how Property Management and partner teams engage with vendors. You will make decisions that align with Target’s expectations for reducing overall expense, increasing asset uptime performance, and maintaining the overall brand and guest experience for Target Stores. The role will leverage communication and collaboration across Target and Vendors to listen to challenges and deliver tough messages.  You will build compelling business cases grounded in data and analytics to prioritize investments, improve ROI, and deliver measurable value for Target.

Job duties may change due to business needs.

About you: 

• Bachelor’s Degree, BA/BS 

• Minimum 3 years business experience

• Effective verbal, presentation, and written communication skills. 

• Experience managing multiple projects, 3rd party vendors, or contracts

• Excellent analytical, organizational, and reasoning abilities.

• Ability to influence others, maximize relationships, and lead through change. 

• Build strong partnerships while holding vendors accountable to service levels.

• Proven ability to balance store/field needs with enterprise strategy, financial discipline, and vendor performance standards

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 need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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