General Merchandise Team Leader

The pay range per hour is $23. 50 - $39. 95

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 .

ALL ABOUT TARGET

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.

ALL ABOUT GENERAL MERCHANDISE

Experts of operations, process and efficiency who enable a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is set, merchandised and available, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor. The General Merchandise and Food Sales team leads inbound, outbound, replenishment, and promotional signing processes for all General Merchandise (GM) areas of the store. This team also leads inventory accuracy, merchandise set-up and pricing processes for all areas of the store. This team may also lead Food & Beverage and Food Service, providing a fresh and food safe experience. Experts enable efficient delivery of merchandise to our guests by owning pick, pack and ship fulfillment work.

At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a General Merchandise Team Leader can provide you with the skills and experience of:

Guest service fundamentals and experience building a guest first culture on your team

Retail business fundamentals including: department sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies

Leading a team by planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals, with alignment from your direct leader, all while driving process improvements and enhancing workload efficiency.

Leading a team of hourly team members; including skills in interviewing, developing, coaching, evaluating and retaining talent.

Coaching and training hourly team members to build a team of hourly team members with direction from your direct leader

As a General Merchandise Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day most likely will include the following responsibilities:

Execute daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including: merchandising, pricing, setting and updating merchandise salesfloor displays, sampling, promotions and price change.

With guidance from your leader, educate your team on how operational procedures, such as setting up and organizing merchandise, managing product stock levels, and maintaining sales floor areas, affect inventory management, store profitability, and product availability.

Help assess reporting to identify gaps in GM processes and assist to develop a plan to resolve for your direct leader to review and approve.

Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process and efficiency.

With your direct leader's guidance, assist with and lead the daily execution of tasks such as receiving products, restocking shelves, organizing the backroom, arranging merchandise, and putting up promotional signs for GM areas.

With your direct leader's guidance, assist and lead with the processes in inventory accuracy, merchandise set-up and maintenance, and pricing for all areas of the store.

Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns, ensuring alignment with weekly and monthly business priorities set by your leader.

With your direct leader's guidance, help establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations.

With your direct leader's guidance, help with efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work accurately (if applicable) and assess reporting in fulfillment to identify gaps and assist to develop a plan.

Responsible for collaborating with all teams and leaders (including closing team) to identify key priorities and ensure the store is guest ready in alignment with your leader's direction.

Stay informed about relevant trends and products to educate team members by relaying Target communications from available tools and resources during team connection moments.

Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team, as directed by your immediate leader. Model a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.

Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends).

Support guest services such as back-up cashier, digital fulfillment processes while maintaining a compliance culture, including compliance with federal, state, and local adult beverage laws.

Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.

Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance; lead and hold the team accountable to work in the same way.

Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, identifying and correcting hazards, holding team accountable to following safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and reporting/investigating injuries timely and accurately.

Model the execution of physical security processes in order to enhance the instore security culture.

Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store; including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.

Model creating a welcoming experience by greeting guests as you and your team are completing your daily tasks.

Demonstrate how to engage with guests when assistance is needed, engage with guests in a welcoming way, and help solve their specific needs.

Lead by thanking guests and let them know we're happy they chose to shop at Target.

If applicable, as a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes.

Address all store emergency and compliance needs.

All other duties based on business needs

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

This may be the right job for you if:

You enjoy interacting and helping others - inclu.