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General Merchandise Team Leader

Job in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, 07052, USA
Listing for: Target
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-02
Job specializations:
  • Retail
    Retail & Store Manager
  • Management
    Retail & Store Manager, Operations Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below

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The pay range per hour is $25.25 - $42.95

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. Learn more about Target here.

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.

Skills
  • 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
Responsibilities
  • 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 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…
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