Executive Team Leader Service & Engagement (Assistant Manager Front End)- Fitchburg, WI

Target•Fitchburg, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Team Leader Service & Engagement is responsible for leading a team of passionate and knowledgeable Guest Advocates and Service and Engagement Leaders. This role focuses on exceeding guest service expectations by decreasing wait times, fostering friendly guest interactions, and ensuring effective service recovery. The position drives total store sales and profitability by understanding departmental contributions and managing the front-end experience. Key aspects include anticipating staffing needs, talent planning, recruiting, and providing continuous development opportunities for the team. The role emphasizes building a positive, guest-centric culture through personalized recognition, accountability, and performance management. This leader will also manage schedules to align with business needs, ensure a frictionless experience across all shopping channels (checklanes, SCO, OPU, drive-up), and champion Target's physical and digital offerings. They will utilize guest feedback and reporting tools to drive improvements and ensure efficient guest pick-up experiences. Ethical conduct, safety, and compliance are paramount, with the leader expected to act as a key carrier and follow all security procedures.

Requirements

4 year degree or equivalent experience
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong business acumen
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 and with a team
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 15 pounds and occasionally lifting or moving merchandise up to 40 pounds
Accurately handle cash register operations and cash transactions

Nice To Haves

Working in a fun and energetic environment makes you excited
Providing service to our guests that makes them say I LOVE TARGET! excites you
You enjoy interacting with people all day and making things easy for others
You aren’t looking for Monday thru Friday job where you are at a computer all day

Responsibilities

Build a team of passionate and knowledgeable Guest Advocates and Service and Engagement Leaders who strive to exceed guest service expectations by focusing on decreasing wait time, friendly guest interaction and service recovery
Drive total store sales, understand your role in sales growth and how your departments and team contribute to and impacts total store profitability
Anticipate staffing needs, talent plan and recruit – both long and short term
Manage leaders to follow-up on training completion, check for understanding and provide continuous education opportunities to drive proficiencies for all front of store experiences
Engage in consistent and meaningful development conversations throughout the critical touch points within Service and Engagement Team leader career path
Personalize recognition and appreciation to reinforce critical guest service behaviors and promote a positive team and guest centric culture
Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management (listen, observe, recognize and coach) on critical Service and Engagement behaviors
Understand business reporting and guest insights to understand, troubleshoot and follow-up on opportunity areas
Quickly respond to any negative guest shopping experience by de-escalating the situation and ensuring your team understands and feels supported to make things right for the guest
Own schedules that follow the scheduling allocation and guidelines to support peak traffic times, key holiday events and weekends
Manage the store experience by anticipating and/or reacting with urgency to staffing or scheduling needs based on fluctuations in guest traffic and sales
Ensure Team Leader schedules support a frictionless experience during guest peak traffic times for all shopping preferences: checklanes, self-checkout (SCO), Order Pick-up (OPU), drive up (DU)
Be the champion of physical and digital offerings to ensure your team can inform, educate and promote the suite of benefits, features and offerings that reward our guest and/or enhance their shopping experience (Including Target RedCard and Wallet)
Expect and enable your team to stay up-to-date on upcoming major promotions, brand launches and events
Utilize guest survey reporting tools to drive change in key areas with the greatest impact on guest experience; and use guest feedback to coach/recognize teams
Lead the team to deliver an efficient and hassle free guest pick up experience
Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening and weekends)
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