Assets Protection Team Leader - Fairview Heights, IL

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $22.00 - $24.00. The full pay range for this position per hour is $22.00 - $37.40. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs such as medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more.

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. For more information about benefits, visit

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

Assets Protection (AP) teams function to keep our guests, team members, and brand secure and lead through crisis events. They protect profitable sales by mitigating shortage risks, preventing theft, and fraud to ensure product is available for our guest. They also build relationships inside and outside Target, including store leaders and public safety officials, and law enforcement.

• Leading a security culture, including crisis response, a strong safety environment and crowd management planning, providing support to both guests and team members
• Implementing daily/weekly Assets Protection workload priorities to support business priorities and deliver on goals
• Responding to external and internal theft incidents and preventing future theft
• Implementing strategic resolutions of external theft and fraud and apprehending individuals attempting to cause a loss, in accordance with Target policy and leadership’s guidance
• Partnering, educating and supporting store business leaders on operational shortage priorities
• Leading a team of hourly team members, including leveraging skills in interviewing, developing, evaluating and retaining talent

• Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an easy, inspiring and friendly guest experience.
• Ensures every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target’s guest experience commitments and consistent operations.
• Actively observes and provides feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments.
• Reviews area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, takes action to improve, and aligns team on the right behaviors and execution, celebrates wins, drives results that deliver outcomes and elevates the guest experience.
• Support total store sales and increase profitability by ensuring products are in stock and available to our guests. Welcome and engage guests at the front of the store and on the sales floor.
• 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 direct leader.
• Anticipate staffing needs and support your direct 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 direct leader and leaders across the store to develop tactics that will 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 judgement and conducting apprehensions while adhering to policy and procedures.
• Initiate, investigate and resolve internal investigations as directed by AP leader in…