Associate Buyer Internship - Minneapolis, MN (Starting Summer, 2027)
Minneapolis, MNFull-time$29/hrPosted 2w agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Associate Buyer Internship provides a summer 2027 preview of the Associate Buyer role. The intern will manage a project from start to finish and present results to business leadership. The experience offers insight into assortment analysis and recommendations, vendor relationships, and promotional planning, while applying analytical, strategic, and collaborative skills in Target’s merchandising department.
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Full job description
This position is entry-level position that starts in Summer 2027. Starting Hourly Rate $29.00 per hour.
Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits
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.
About us: At Target, you’ll discover a Fortune 50 company focused on making life better for our guests. Creating a shopping experience where guests can find what they want – and discover something new – is the heart of the merchandising department.
In this role, you’ll gain a realistic job preview into life as an Associate Buyer. Learn how to apply your strategic, analytical and collaborative skills to impact the bottom line as we work to deliver products to guests anytime and anywhere. Manage a project from start to finish, and culminate your summer experience by presenting your results to leadership within your business. You’ll gain valuable insight into the day-to-day role of an Associate Buyer, and see how they help support assortment analysis and recommendations, maintain business relationships with the largest vendors in the industry, and execute promotional plans/strategies.
About you:
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with entrepreneurial spirit
- Strong planning and organizational abilities
- Exceptional leadership qualities and decision-making skills
- The ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Development-focused; eager to learn and to satisfy your innate curiosity
- Strong sense of accountability and initiative
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous growth environment
Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,173 open Buyer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$29/hr
- US median$27–34/hr128 hourly ranges
This rate, $29/hr, is 5% below the US median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the middle half of Buyer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Buyer jobs in Minnesota and 1,173 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Target (this employer)11 open
- Cargill3 open
- Robert Half3 open
- Experience
- Buyer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (843 postings).
- Education
- 307 of the 1,173 open Buyer jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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