About The Position

The Operations Manager in Target’s Distribution and Receive Centers works on the front lines of moving product to guests as quickly as possible. The role focuses on safety, leadership, operational 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 position creates a positive work environment through real-time observation and specific, constructive, actionable feedback. The Operations Manager ensures operational plans are executed, performance and budget goals are achieved, and teams remain informed and coordinated across functions. The role also includes innovating process and methods to improve efficiency and optimize future process flow, identifying root causes through testing and calculated risk, and helping teams meet business goals. Job 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 other programs, including traversing conveyor crossovers.

Responsibilities

  • Foster a safety-first culture through awareness, training, and accountability.
  • Lead the team to maximize 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 process and method improvements to increase efficiency and optimize process flow.
  • Identify root causes of problems using testing and calculated risk.
  • Help teams meet 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
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