General Merchandise Team Leader - Mankato, MN

Pay Range: $21.50 – $23.50 per hour (starting); $21.50 – $36.55 per hour (full range).

Target offers comprehensive health benefits and programs to eligible team members and their dependents, including medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more; additional benefits include 401(k), employee discount, short‑term and long‑term disability, paid sick leave, national holidays, and vacation.

• Guest service fundamentals and building a guest‑first culture on your team.
• Retail business fundamentals, including department sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotion strategies.
• Leading a team by planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals, 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.

• Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience.
• Ensure every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target’s guest experience commitments and consistent operations.
• Actively observe and provide feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments.
• Review area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities; take action to improve and align team on the right behaviors and execution.
• Lead the execution of daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including receiving products, merchandising, signing, setting and updating sales‑floor displays, sampling, restocking shelves, organizing backrooms, and price changes for GM areas.
• Educate your team on how operational procedures affect inventory management, store profitability, and product availability.
• Assist in assessing reporting to identify gaps in GM processes and develop a plan to resolve them.
• Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process and efficiency.
• Assign daily tasks to team members based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns.
• Help establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations.
• 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.
• Ensure product is in stock, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor while prioritizing guest experience; collaborate with all teams and leaders to keep the store guest ready.
• Stay informed about relevant trends and products and educate team members using Target communications.
• Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest‑centric team, closing skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.
• Identify team members for future leadership positions and build a talent pool.
• Support guest services such as back‑up cashier, digital fulfillment processes, maintaining a compliance culture and adhering to federal, state and local adult beverage laws.
• Demonstrate inclusivity, authenticity, respect, equitable experiences and a culture of ethical conduct.
• Maintain a safe, compliant workplace by reporting and correcting hazards; lead and hold the team accountable to safety expectations.
• Model the execution of physical security processes to enhance the in‑store security culture.

• Support merchandise protection strategies across the store, including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.
• If applicable, follow safe and secure training and processes as a key carrier.
• Occasionally assume store‑level leadership on duty responsibilities to enable the guest experience during assigned shifts.
• Address all store emergency and compliance needs.
• All other duties based on business needs.

• You enjoy interacting and helping others, including guests and fellow team members.
• You thrive in a fast‑moving, highly active and…