Service & Engagement Team Leader - Round Rock, TX

Target • Round Rock, TX

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Service & Engagement Team Leader role is designed to provide meaningful experiences that help team members build and develop skills for a career. This role focuses on guest experience, leading a team, and understanding retail business fundamentals. The Service and Engagement Team Leader will be responsible for creating an Easy, Inspiring, and Friendly guest experience, ensuring team members are trained and deliver on Target's guest experience commitments. They will also review metrics, demonstrate inclusivity, lead a team of Guest Advocates, Service Advocates, and Front of Store Attendants, and support sales goals and guest engagement. The role involves supporting Target Loyalty Programs, continuous education, development conversations, and fostering a culture of accountability and ethical conduct. Additionally, the Team Leader will ensure safety and security protocols are followed, support merchandise protection, and may assume store-level leadership responsibilities as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be at least 18 years of age or older
• Previous retail experience preferred, but not required
• Ability to lead and hold others accountable
• Ability to 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 and with a team
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members
• Effective communication skills
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
• Interpret instructions, reports and information
• Accurately handle cash register operations, cash transactions, and oversee cash office processes as needed
• Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others
• Climb up and down ladders as needed
• Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays) and reliable and prompt attendance necessary
• 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. as needed
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift (shift length may vary).

Nice To Haves

• Previous retail experience

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.
• Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
• Lead a team of passionate and knowledgeable Guest Advocates, Service Advocates and Front of Store Attendants who strive to exceed guest service expectations by focusing on decreasing wait time, friendly guest interactions, quality of service, resolution, driving loyalty and cleanliness standards.
• Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.
• Understand sales goals, business reporting and guest insights to plan and execute daily/weekly workload, to deliver on store sales goals, guest engagement and troubleshoot opportunity areas as needed throughout the day.
• Support Target Loyalty Programs to ensure your team can educate and promote the suite of benefits, features and offerings that reward our guest and enhance their shopping experience.
• Support your direct leader by following up on training completion, checking for understanding and supporting continuous education opportunities to drive proficiencies for all front of store experiences.
• With guidance from your direct leader, engage in consistent, meaningful development conversations throughout the critical touch points within the team's career path.
• Personalize recognition and appreciation of your team to reinforce critical guest service behaviors and promote a positive team and guest-centric culture.
• With guidance from your direct leader, help lead a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management (listen, observe, recognize and coach) on critical Service and Engagement behaviors.
• Quickly respond to any concerns with guests' shopping experience by de-escalating the situation and ensuring your team understands and feels supported to resolve or address guest concerns and issues.
• Ensure your team members stay up-to-date on upcoming major promotions, brand launches and events.
• Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team as directed by your direct leader.
• Support and enable team members to deliver pick up and drive up orders (including drive up returns and Starbucks) efficiently and accurately to digital guests, following all federal, state and local adult beverage laws.
• Support guest services as needed.
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment.
• 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 in-store 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.
• All 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