Roles & Responsibilities
- Developing relationship, joint business plans, and have regular contact with leaders and buyers at Target.
- Developing long-term, profitable, and sustainable growth across ZURU and Target KPIs.
- Drive ZURU financial performance to unlock the fuel for further investment in better consumer experience: win with customer partners, maximising ZURU P&L delivery & unlocking margin to reinvest in game-changing Innovation.
- Execute with excellence: maximize availability, visibility and awareness of ZURU brands in store and online via best in class delivery of distribution, feature, display and marketing activation across our biggest bet.
- Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute marketing campaigns, product launches, and promotional activities to drive brand awareness and demand generation.
- You will ensure ZURU is capturing or over-indexing its Share of Shelf vs competitors, working closely with commercial, marketing & supply teams to achieve distribution goals and maximize performance at shelf.
- You will be able to work and deliver results while working as part of a cross-functional team across different time zones.
- Manage buyer relationships across 5 departments at Target.
- Perform other Target business-related duties as required: Utilize Target’s Partners Online (POL) as needed.
- Constantly add value by developing and improving commercial processes to improve performance and drive efficiencies.
Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of professional, relevant account management/consumer sales experience
- Experience working with Target or managing Target relationships
- Toy Industry experience preferred but not required
- Strong commercial & business acumen, strategic thinking and problem-solving
- Strong communication & cross functional collaboration skills, with the ability to translate messages across a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Please note: this is a full-time position based onsite in our Minneapolis office
- Please note: US work permit required
What We Do
ZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow from A to Z. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions—ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction). Known for its cutting-edge software and world-leading automation and manufacturing systems, ZURU has over 5,000 team members in over 30 global locations, making it perfectly placed to continue building its reputation as one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies in the world. ZURU TOYS ZURU Toys is one of the largest toy companies in the world, known for its innovation, creativity and disruption through automation. Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU Toys distributes to all major retailers in over 120 countries and has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™, and Pets Alive™ and partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. ZURU EDGE ZURU Edge is disrupting stale consumer goods categories and building new generation brands to better serve modern consumers. Arguably the fastest-growing consumer goods company in the world today, ZURU Edge has a key focus on building tomorrow’s brands across five key verticals—Pet Care, Baby Care, Personal Care & Beauty, Home Care and Health & Wellness. ZURU TECH ZURU Tech is revolutionizing the way the world builds to bring greater flexibility, speed, affordability, quality and sustainability to the construction industry. Ten years in the making, ZURU Tech has reinvented every aspect of the construction process, developing the world’s first BIM software that directly connects to fully automated production. Get to know us a little better by checking out our company Instagram @lifeatzuru
