Operations Manager - Regional Distribution Center - Topeka, KS

Target • Topeka, KS

3d • $73,000 - $132,000

About The Position

An Operations Manager in Target’s Distribution and Receive Centers leads teams and operations focused on getting products to guests efficiently. The role emphasizes safety, leadership, operational excellence, self-motivation, problem-solving, and teamwork. The manager fosters a safety-first culture through awareness, training, and accountability; establishes an engaging and inclusive team environment; and takes ownership of team productivity, growth, and development. The manager provides real-time observation and specific, constructive, actionable feedback, and works with urgency to execute operational plans, achieve performance and budget goals, and keep teams informed and coordinated across functions. The role also involves innovating processes and methods to improve efficiency and optimize future process flow, identifying root causes through testing and calculated risk, and actively supporting teams in meeting 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 programs; examples include traversing conveyor crossovers.

Responsibilities

• Foster a safety-first culture through awareness, training, and accountability.
• Lead inclusively and engage and motivate team members, taking ownership of team productivity, growth, and development.
• Create a positive work environment through real-time observation and specific, constructive, actionable feedback.
• Execute operational plans and achieve performance and budget goals.
• Keep teams informed and coordinated across functions.
• Innovate processes and methods to improve efficiency and optimize future process flow.
• Identify root causes of problems in an environment that supports calculated risk and testing.
• Help teams meet business goals.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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