Key Account Manager - Target - Toys (ID:47022)

The Key Account Manager will be at the forefront of a rapidly growing Consumer Goods partnership with Target, owning the business strategy and execution across multiple toy categories. With full P&L responsibility, this role will shape the future of the business by developing and executing high-impact strategies that maximize sales, profitability, and market share. As the primary point of contact for Target merchants, the KAM will lead negotiations, influence category strategy, and drive joint business planning with a data-driven, entrepreneurial mindset. In this fast-paced, high-growth environment, success requires a passion for ownership, a bias for action, and the ability to turn insights into results.

Worksite Location: Minneapolis, MN - Onsite

Salary Range: $100,000-$120,000/yr. Base salary plus 20% bonus potential.

Benefits: Health, dental, long-term care, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Financial Ownership – Drive and exceed all key sales targets and performance metrics for Target
• Strategic Relationship Management – Maintain a relentless focus on collaboration and overcommunication with Target merchants, co-developing category strategies that drive mutual growth.
• Category Leadership – Serve as a trusted category expert, providing data-driven insights to Target to shape category direction and position the company as a key growth driver.
• Cross-Functional Leadership – Champion business and category needs across internal teams, including NPD, Supply Chain, and Marketing, ensuring alignment and execution excellence.
• Supply & Demand Optimization – Partner with Demand Planning to exceed customer service level expectations while streamlining supply chain operations for maximum efficiency and in-stock availability.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

• An Entrepreneurial mentality, acting as an owner of your business
• Analytical focus - Strong knowledge of syndicated data (ideally Luminate Charter experience) and customer management process
• Track record of advancement and hunger for growth in role and responsibility
• Experience working directly with Target (or other Big 6 retailer), either in an account manager, category manager, or senior analytical capacity
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• 4-year college degree preferred or equivalent management experience
  
  

About Versique

Versique: /ver-seek/ adj. being both versatile and unique; n. a high-performance recruiting firm specializing in executive leadership search, direct hire, and interim hiring solutions.

Versique Executive, Professional, & Interim Recruiting is a locally owned and operated hiring and placement firm based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. With specialized practice areas across our three divisions, Versique delivers tailored expertise to a wide range of industries. What sets us apart is our team of recruiters—seasoned professionals who have worked in the very fields they now hire for, providing unmatched industry insight and connections.

We believe people are more than resumes—they are transformative, unlocking the potential for organizational growth and success.

Versique is proud to be an award-winning company, earning recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 list for 2023. We are also consistently recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace and were named a Best Place to Work in 2022 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

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Versique is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.