Operations Manager - Indirect Facility - Joliet, IL

Target • Joliet, IL

4d • $73,000 - $132,000

About The Position

An Operations Manager in Target’s Distribution and Receive Centers works on the front lines of getting products to guests. The role emphasizes safety, leadership, excellence, self-motivation, problem-solving, and teamwork. The manager fosters a safety-first culture through awareness, training, and accountability, and leads the team in maximizing productivity, growth, and development.

The manager creates a positive work environment through real-time observation and specific, constructive, actionable feedback. They ensure operational plans are executed, performance and budget goals are achieved, and teams are informed and coordinated across functions. The role includes innovating processes and methods to improve efficiency and optimize future process flow, identifying root causes through testing and calculated risk, and helping teams meet business goals. Duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, including the ability to engage and motivate others.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Good reasoning, conflict-management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to access all areas of the Distribution Center, including mezzanine platforms.
• Ability to read and interpret necessary policies and procedures, perform updates, and operate Distribution Center systems and programs, including traversing conveyor crossovers.

Responsibilities

• Foster a safety-first culture through awareness, training, and accountability.
• Lead the team in maximizing productivity, growth, and development.
• Create a positive work environment through real-time observation and specific, constructive, actionable feedback.
• Ensure operational plans are executed and performance and budget goals are achieved.
• Keep teams informed and coordinated across functions.
• Develop and implement new approaches to processes and methods to improve efficiency and optimize future process flow.
• Identify root causes of problems and support testing and calculated risk.
• Help teams meet their business goals.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and dependents may receive comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• 401(k).
• Employee discount.
• Short-term disability.
• Long-term disability.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid national holidays.
• Paid vacation.
• Financial, education, and well-being benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager