Assets Protection Team Leader

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The pay range per hour is $21.75 - $37.00.

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Assets Protection (AP) teams function to keep our guests, teammates, and brand secure and lead through crisis events. They protect profitable sales by mitigating shortage risks, preventing theft and fraud, and ensuring product availability for our guests. They also build relationships inside and outside of Target, including store leaders, public safety officials, law enforcement, and other stakeholders.

• Leading a security culture, including crisis response, a strong safety environment, and crowd‑management planning; providing support to both guests and teammates.
• Implementing daily/weekly AP workload priorities to support business priorities and deliver on goals.
• Responding to external and internal theft incidents and preventing future theft.
• Strategically resolving external theft and fraud and apprehending individuals in accordance with Target policy and leadership guidance.
• Partnering, educating, and supporting store business leaders on operational shortage priorities.
• Leading a team of hourly teammates, including leveraging skills in interviewing, developing, evaluating, and retaining talent.

• Support total store sales and increase profitability by ensuring products are in stock and available to our guests.
• Influence and validate physical security and safety processes; participate in store response and emergency crisis situations; create security plans for in‑store events.
• Support your leader in educating teams on emergency preparedness and physical security procedures.
• Develop, coach, and lead your team members to elevate their skills and expertise, per direction from your leader.
• Anticipate staffing needs and support your leader to effectively talent‑plan around a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management.
• Identify theft and shortage trends in your store.
• Identify shortage risks in key areas and support your leader and leaders across the store to develop tactics that reduce shortage and drive profitable sales.
• Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs based on security and theft patterns (this includes early morning/overnight shifts, evening, and weekends).
• Develop team schedules and adjust based on security and theft trends with leader validation.
• Own the prevention (inclusive of merchandise protection budgeting), identification, and resolution of external theft incidents. Resolve theft using good judgment and conducting apprehensions while adhering to policy and procedures.
• Initiate, investigate, and resolve internal investigations as directed by AP leader in your market and/or your leader.
• Educate store leadership on merchandise protection best practice and audit execution in partnership with key partners.
• Implement and follow up on any operational changes as directed by your leader.
• Support your leader to educate and support store teams on operational shortage priorities.
• Order merchandise protection devices as needed to support the minimum standards for your store. Review and manage the allocated budget and adhere to guidance in the Merchandise Protection Best Practice on Workbench.
• Communicate AP priorities to the team, peers, and leadership.
• Build a relationship of trust and accountability with your leader and Store Director.
• Maintain relationships inside and outside Target, including district and store leaders and law enforcement.
• Ensure our teams and tactics maintain Target’s reputation.
• Collaborate with retail organization partners to analyze industry trends and enhance security for guests and team members.
• Evaluate and recommend candidates for open positions and develop a guest‑centric team.
• Support team onboarding and learning, and close knowledge and skill gaps through training and experience.
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct and compliance; lead the team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment.
• Hold team members accountable to expectations set by your leader.
• Maintain all required training.
• Serve as first responder for in‑store safety incidents (e.g., security, weather, etc.), executing Target's procedures and best practices.
• Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching, and teamwork.
• Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
• Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, identifying and correcting hazards in partnership with store leaders, holding team accountable to follow safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and…