Executive Team Leader GM & Grocery (Assistant Manager General Merchandise and Grocery)- North Orange County

Target•Garden Grove, CA

7d•$83,200 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Team Leader GM & Grocery (Assistant Manager General Merchandise and Grocery) role at Target focuses on leading operations, process, and efficiency to ensure a consistent guest experience. This involves managing product presentation, inventory accuracy, pricing, and promotional signing for General Merchandise (GM) areas, as well as overseeing Food & Beverage and Food Service operations with a focus on freshness and food safety. The role also involves managing fulfillment work for efficient guest delivery. Target emphasizes meaningful experiences for team members to build skills for a career, and this role offers knowledge in guest service, retail business fundamentals, department workload planning, competitive analysis, and team management. The position requires leading teams, driving sales, ensuring operational efficiency, maintaining a guest-obsessed culture, and upholding ethical conduct and safety standards.

Requirements

4 year degree or equivalent experience
Strong interest and knowledge of the Food & Beverage business
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong business acumen
Comfortable dealing with ambiguity
Manage conflict, lead and hold others accountable
Relate well with and interact with all levels of the organization
Strong cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision making, financial and quantitative analysis
Learn and adapt to current technology needs
Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
Interpret instructions, reports and information
Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 40 pounds
Accurately handle cash register operations
Climb up and down ladders

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of guest service fundamentals and experience building and managing a guest first culture on your team
Knowledge of retail business fundamentals including: department sales trends, inventory management, freshness and quality, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
Experience in setting and planning department(s) monthly/quarterly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver on sales goals
Knowledge of the competition; leveraging insights to drive business objectives
Experience managing a team of hourly team members and leaders and creating business specific strategies and goals
Skills in recruiting, selecting and talent management of hourly team members and leaders

Responsibilities

Drive total store sales, understand your role in sales growth and how your departments and team contribute to and impact total store profitability
Manage Food & Beverage, food services (if applicable), inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes for all GM areas of the store
Manage a team of experts in operations, accuracy and efficiency
Enable efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work (if applicable)
Develop a strategy and utilize your workload planning tools to complete all scheduled workload ensuring you are guest ready at all times
Conduct regular check-ins with your team to ensure completion of tasks and workload
Manage all GM backroom and sales floor areas, review all reporting to identify gaps and develop a plan to resolve
Oversee GM Team Leaders workload planning including transitions, revisions and salesplans for all GM areas
Drive fulfillment sales by leading the Fulfillment team to fulfill each order accurately and efficiently and deliver on each guest promise time
Drive a culture centered in food safety; train, validate and coach team to deliver proper execution on all food safety standards and cleaning routines
Lead an efficient operation to fund the sales culture
Oversee Food & Beverage Team Leader’s workload planning including transitions, revisions, salesplans, sampling and promotions
Create a guest-obsessed culture that prioritizes the guest experience and delivers on store sales goals
Know and assess the competition; leverage guest insights and feedback to drive the business and be the destination of choice for our guests
Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
Manage a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is in stock, fresh, available, food safe, and accurately priced and signed on the sales floor with minimal disruption to the guest
Assess all GM and Food & Beverage backroom and sales floor areas, walk Food & Beverage Standards to assess priorities in food and review GM/Food reporting to identify gaps and develop a plan to resolve
Plan, lead and follow-up on organizational and operational change
Anticipate and identify changes in unique store trends
Develop and coach your team to elevate their skills and expertise
Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management; actively develop, coach and train your team; anticipate staffing needs, talent plan and recruit – both long and short term
Provide service and a shopping experience that meets the needs of the guest
Always demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment
As a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes
Address store needs (emergency, regulatory visits, etc.)
All other duties based on business needs