General Merchandise Team Leader (3:30am start)

Target • Taunton, MA

6d • $24 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

The General Merchandise Team Leader role is focused on ensuring a consistent guest experience by managing operations, processes, and efficiency within the General Merchandise department. This involves tasks such as replenishment, pricing, signing, setting and maintaining the sales floor and backroom, as well as executing inbound, outbound, and fulfillment responsibilities. The role provides opportunities to develop skills in guest service, retail business fundamentals, team leadership, and talent management.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Age 18 or older
• Lead and hold others accountable
• Communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed
• Work independently and as part of a team
• Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members
• Effective communication skills
• Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
• Interpret instructions, reports and information
• Accurately handle cash register operations as needed
• Climb up and down ladders
• Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others.
• Capable of working in and exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain job duties including but not limited to Drive-Up, carryout, etc.
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift (shift length may vary).

Nice To Haves

• Previous retail experience preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• 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, celebrate wins, drive results that deliver outcomes and elevate the guest experience.
• 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 merchandise salesfloor displays, sampling, restocking shelves, organizing backrooms, and price change for GM areas.
• Educate the team on how operational procedures affect inventory management, store profitability, and product availability.
• Assess reporting to identify gaps in GM processes and assist to develop a plan to resolve.
• Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns, ensuring alignment with weekly and monthly business priorities.
• 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 to develop a plan.
• Ensure product is in stock, available, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor while prioritizing guest experience.
• Collaborate with all teams and leaders to identify key priorities and ensure the store is guest ready.
• Stay informed about relevant trends and products to educate team members by relaying Target communications from available tools and resources.
• Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team.
• Model a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.
• Identify team members for future leader positions and utilize growth development to build a talent pool within your department.
• Support guest services such as back-up cashier, digital fulfillment processes while maintaining a compliance culture, including compliance with federal, state, and local adult beverage laws.
• Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, following all Target policies and safety procedures, adhere to role-specific guidelines, and help maintain a safe, compliant workplace by reporting and correcting hazards; lead and hold the team accountable to work in the same way.
• Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, identifying and correcting hazards, holding team accountable to following safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and reporting/investigating injuries timely and accurately.
• Model the execution of physical security processes in order to enhance the instore security culture.
• Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store; including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.
• If applicable, as a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes.
• Occasionally assume store-level leadership on duty (LOD) responsibilities to enable the guest experience for the store during assigned shifts based on store needs.
• Address all store emergency and compliance needs.
• Perform other duties based on business needs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs (medical, vision, dental, life insurance)
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED