Senior Engineer, Responsible Materials – Animal Welfare

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00 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 .

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Overview The Owned Brand Responsible Materials team helps Target address environmental, social and animal welfare impacts associated with Target Owned Brand products. Our portfolio spans hard goods, product ingredients/formulations, chemicals, animal-derived materials and animal welfare. We develop strategies, policies and commitments and partner with teams across all of Target’s Owned Brand categories, including Sourcing, Merchandising, Product Design, Packaging, Quality Assurance, Legal and Enterprise Sustainability to put them into practice. We also engage suppliers, NGOs, industry groups, academics and standards organizations to advance solutions that are credible, practical and scalable.

Overview A role as a Sr. Engineer, Responsible Materials – Animal Welfare means helping Target advance the welfare of animals within our Owned Brand supply chains. Do you bring deep knowledge of animal welfare science and commercial agriculture? Can you translate complex and evolving information into practical strategies that work for animals, suppliers, products and the business? Can you collaborate across diverse stakeholders to identify challenges and implement solutions at scale? Then you’ll find success on Target’s Owned Brand Responsible Materials team. As the Sr. Engineer, Responsible Materials – Animal Welfare , you will serve as Target's authoritative technical owner for animal welfare across the Owned Brand business, establishing and maintaining standards, policies and sourcing criteria and identifying material risks. Your initial focus will be farm animal welfare within food and agricultural supply chains, including laying hens, broiler chickens, swine, dairy and beef cattle, turkeys and other relevant species. Topics may include housing, breeds and growth rates, enrichment, health, handling, transportation, slaughter, certification, byproducts and animal welfare claims. You will use animal welfare science, knowledge of commercial production systems and an understanding of supply-chain realities to set technical direction and define credible pathways for progress. You will be accountable for maintaining species- and commodity-level roadmaps, identifying gaps against Target standards and commitments, and establishing the evidence and assurance expectations needed to support claims and reporting. In partnership with business owners, you will drive action plans to close material gaps while considering product quality, affordability, supply availability and operational feasibility. You will lead as a strategic driver, build strong partnerships, influence through expertise and champion our team and Company values. This will be accomplished through: STRATEGY & TECHNICAL OWNERSHIP Using your expertise and industry relationships, you will own the technical direction for Target's animal welfare program and develop strategies, roadmaps and