Specialty Sales Team Leader

Target • Horn Lake, MS

12d • $22 - $37 • Onsite

About The Position

The Specialty Sales Team Leader leads specialized sales teams across Apparel and Accessories, Home, Baby, Core Beauty, and Electronics. The role focuses on delivering a guest-first experience, maintaining strong retail operations and compelling visual merchandising, and ensuring products are available and easy to shop. The leader plans and executes department workloads, supports sales goals, develops team members, and balances the needs of multiple departments.

The position includes coaching and holding team members accountable for guest service, operational execution, safety, compliance, and merchandising standards. With guidance from a direct leader, the Team Leader assigns daily work, supports hiring and onboarding, coordinates with third-party vendors, and helps maintain backroom organization and sales-floor replenishment. The role may occasionally assume store-level leader-on-duty responsibilities and support guest services such as backup cashiering, order pickup, and Drive Up.

This is a full-time role with a variable schedule that may include nights, weekends, holidays, closing shifts, and peak shopping times. It does not guarantee 40 hours per week; hours may fluctuate according to business needs. The work is physically active and may involve exposure to varying temperatures and other outdoor or environmental conditions while performing duties such as Drive Up or carryout.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to lead others and hold them accountable.
• Ability to communicate using multiple-frequency devices and operate handheld scanners and other technology equipment as directed.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage workload and prioritize tasks independently.
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward guests and team members.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and complete multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Ability to access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues.
• Ability to interpret instructions, reports, and information.
• Ability to accurately handle cash register operations as needed.
• Ability to climb ladders as needed.
• Ability to scan, handle, and move merchandise safely and efficiently, including frequent lifting or moving of up to 15 pounds and occasional lifting or moving of up to 44 pounds without additional assistance.
• Flexible schedule availability, including nights, weekends, holidays, closing shifts, and other peak shopping times; reliable and prompt attendance.
• Ability to work in and be exposed to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain duties, including Drive Up and carryout.
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift, which may vary in length.

Nice To Haves

• Previous retail experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an Easy, Inspiring, and Friendly guest experience and ensure team members understand, train for, and consistently meet guest experience and operations expectations.
• Observe team member performance, provide feedback, recognize strong service, and hold team members accountable.
• Review guest, financial, and team outcome metrics; identify opportunities, take action, align the team on execution, and celebrate results.
• Model, train, and coach the team on guest service, inclusivity, ethical conduct, safety, and compliance.
• Plan and execute daily and weekly workloads, merchandising sets, planograms, sales plans, events, and promotions to support sales goals and guest engagement.
• Develop, coach, and lead consultants with guidance from the direct leader, and help close skill gaps through training and team interactions.
• Assign daily tasks based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns while aligning work with business priorities.
• Encourage the use of department tools such as fitting rooms, testers, and displays to provide personalized guest recommendations.
• Partner with third-party vendors, with direct leader guidance, to maintain brand standards, merchandising, and in-stock areas.
• Support updates to merchandise sets and visual presentations, and ensure products are organized, signed correctly, and merchandised to support seasonal trends.
• Support backroom organization, layout, and replenishment to keep products available for guests.
• Participate in team hiring and onboarding.
• Ensure fitting rooms are welcoming, clean, and safe when applicable to assigned areas.
• Support the direct leader in establishing goals and expectations and holding team members accountable.
• Model safe behaviors, identify and correct hazards, support incident response, and report and investigate injuries accurately and promptly.
• Model physical security processes and support merchandise protection strategies, including ordering, storage, and application as directed.
• Follow safe and secure processes if serving as a key carrier.
• Occasionally assume store-level leader-on-duty responsibilities during assigned shifts based on store needs.
• Address store emergency and compliance needs.
• Support backup cashiering, order pickup, and Drive Up while maintaining applicable compliance requirements, including adult beverage laws.
• Perform other duties based on business needs.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and their 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.
• Additional financial, education, and well-being benefits may be available to eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

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