General Merchandise Team Leader

General Merchandise Team Leader

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Pay range per hour: $22.00 - $37.40. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position such as labor market, education, work experience, and certifications.

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 include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

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

Experts in 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.

The team may also lead Food & Beverage and Food Service, providing a fresh and food‑safe experience.

• 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 promotion strategies
• Leading a team by planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals, with alignment from direct leader, 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

• Execute daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including merchandising, pricing, setting and updating merchandise sales‑floor displays, sampling, promotions and price changes
• 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 in developing a plan to resolve for direct leader review and approval
• Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process and efficiency
• Assist with and lead daily execution of tasks such as receiving products, restocking shelves, organizing the backroom, arranging merchandise, and putting up promotional signs for GM areas
• 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
• 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 and assist in developing a plan
• Collaborate with all teams and leaders 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 during team connection moments
• Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest‑centric team, as directed by your immediate leader
• Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (including early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
• Support guest services such as back‑up…