# Capability Lead Planning & Inventory Management

Job Summary Capability Lead Planning & Inventory Management is responsible for shaping demand and inventory planning strategies across multiple business areas. The role translates financial objectives, merchandising strategies, consumer demand signals, and supply chain considerations into forward-looking plans that drive sales, profitability, product availability, and inventory productivity. Capability Lead provides strategic direction on forecasting and inventory decisions across multiple planning horizons. This role identifies enterprise-level risks and opportunities, leads complex scenario planning, and influences senior partners across Merchandise Planning, Inventory Management, Buying, Supply Chain, Data Science, Technology, and other teams across Target India and Minneapolis. As a subject matter expert, he/she leads in advancing forecasting methodologies, planning capabilities, operating models, and decision-making practices. The role drives high-impact initiatives and drives scalable improvements that strengthen Planning & Inventory Management capabilities and business performance. Key Responsibilities Develop demand and inventory planning strategies across multiple categori

- **Id**: 3860277
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/target-capability-lead-planning-inventory-management-2>
- **Role**: Administrative
- **Role family**: Administrative
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bengaluru, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T09:03:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T07:37:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10085
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Travel Technology, Retail & Shop Systems, Online Groceries

## Company

- **Id**: 3684
- **Name**: Target
- **Domain**: target.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/target>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 431
- **Ghost share**: 0.016
- **Stale share**: 0.536
- **Repost share**: 0.032
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 9
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Power BI** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T09:03:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 56
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.624
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 9
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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