Store Director (Store Manager) - Muncie Area

Target • Muncie, IN

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Store Director (Store Manager) role involves leading a team to help families discover the joy of everyday life. This position focuses on developing leaders who care about their teams, guests, and each other. The Store Director leads a team of experts, advocates, and consultants passionate about guest satisfaction and takes accountability for running a profitable growth business. Target believes in providing meaningful experiences for leaders to build and develop skills for a career. This role offers opportunities to gain experience in managing large teams, recruiting, talent management, guest service, retail business financials, developing store-specific strategies, understanding retail business fundamentals, setting quarterly business priorities, and making informed business decisions.

Requirements

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Team leadership and engagement
• Strong cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision making, financial and quantitative analysis
• Manage conflict and lead and hold others accountable
• Relate well with and interact with all levels of the organization
• Welcoming and helpful attitude
• Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed
• Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
• Interpret instructions, reports and information
• Accurately handle cash register operations as needed
• Climb up and down ladders 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
• 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.
• Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift (shift length may vary)

Nice To Haves

• Enjoy interacting and helping others - including guests that shop our store and fellow team members you work with.
• Thrive in a fast-moving, highly active and physically demanding role, where teamwork, flexibility, and creative problem solving are key to success.
• Open to working a flexible work schedule with varying hours, days or shifts (including nights, weekends, holidays and other peak shopping times).

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a guest-centric and engaged team.
• Lead a talent culture through active involvement in onboarding, development, and growth of leaders.
• Drive accountability through clear expectations and consistent performance management.
• Create and deliver sustainable and equitable talent strategies in partnership with HR to fuel career progression and team growth.
• Be approachable and available for the team, fostering a culture where issues are quickly resolved.
• Recruit, hire, and retain a passionate team with area-specific knowledge and expertise.
• Oversee the scheduling process to meet business needs, ensure consistent guest experience, and align with team member availability.
• Own and implement leadership schedules aligning with guest and business needs, including weekends, mornings, evenings, and overnight shifts.
• Demonstrate and promote inclusivity by valuing diverse voices, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
• Invest in and follow up on personal and team training to enhance skills and capabilities.
• Model creating a welcoming experience by greeting guests.
• Demonstrate how to engage with guests, help solve their specific needs, and thank them for shopping at Target.
• Lead by thanking guests and expressing appreciation for their choice to shop at Target.
• Drive a guest-obsessed culture balancing in-store and digital guest experiences to meet store sales and operational goals.
• Ensure the team can inform, educate, and promote Target's benefits, features, and offerings.
• Own the store's overall business to drive efficiency, safety, and sales growth.
• Build and execute plans for an efficient operation to fund future growth.
• Lead and create a culture of executing best practices by understanding and resolving operational shortage opportunities.
• Leverage reports (financial, operational, safety, food safety, team, and guest) to understand the business and make decisions.
• Lead a culture of financial accountability by monitoring sales trends, leadership headcount, payroll, and overtime.
• Assess competition and leverage guest insights to drive the business and be the destination of choice.
• Build community relationships to address local needs.
• Leverage field support partners to solve problems and drive operational improvement.
• Set clear priorities for the team by balancing competing demands.
• Own the safety culture and performance by modeling safe behaviors, identifying hazards, assisting with incident response, and ensuring effective investigations.
• Validate an instore security culture by focusing on deterrence, response, and resolution.
• Validate merchandise protection strategies are executed according to best practices.
• Address all store emergency and compliance needs.
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance, and hold the team accountable.

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: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree