Executive Team Leader General Merchandise & Food Sales (Assistant Manager Operations & Grocery)- Baltimore, MD

Target; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 64,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Life insurance

401(k)

Employee discount

Short term disability

Long term disability

Paid sick leave

Paid national holidays

Paid vacation

Job summary

Target is seeking a General Merchandise & Food Sales Executive Team Leader to drive store sales, oversee GM and Food Service operations, and lead a team of hourly team members. The role emphasizes guest experience, inventory accuracy, and promotions execution in a dynamic retail environment.

The position requires strong leadership, scheduling, and operations know-how, with responsibilities spanning backroom management, floor leadership, and cross-team collaboration to meet store goals.

Qualifications

• Experience leading GM and Food Sales teams.
• Strong scheduling and workload planning abilities.
• Proven ability to drive store sales and guest satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Drive total store sales and assess department impact on profitability.
• Manage Food & Beverage, inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory, pricing and promotions.
• Lead a team of hourly team members and leaders; recruit and develop talent.
• Oversee fulfillment operations including pick, pack and ship where applicable.
• Plan workloads and conduct regular check-ins to ensure tasks are completed.
• Manage GM backrooms and sales floor areas, monitor reporting to close gaps.
• Ensure food safety standards and proper execution across operations.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Scheduling

Retail operations

Job description

The pay range is $64,000.00 - $128,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.

Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits .

• medical
• vision
• dental
• life insurance
• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation

ALL ABOUT TARGET

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here .

ALL ABOUT GENERAL MERCHANDISE

Experts of operations, process and efficiency who enable a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is set, in‑stock, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor. The General Merchandise and Food Sales team leads inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes for all General Merchandise (GM) areas of the store. This team leads Food & Beverage and Food Service, providing a fresh and food safe experience.

Experts enable efficient delivery to our guests by owning pick, pack and ship fulfillment work.

At Target, we believe in our team members having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career.

The role of a General Merchandise & Food Sales Executive Team Leader can provide you with the:

• Knowledge of guest service fundamentals and experience building and managing a guest first culture on your team
• Knowledge of retail business fundamentals including: department sales trends, inventory management, freshness and quality, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
• Experience in setting and planning department(s) monthly/quarterly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver on sales goals
• Knowledge of the competition; leveraging insights to drive business objectives
• Experience managing a team of hourly team members and leaders and creating business specific strategies and goals
• Skills in recruiting, selecting and talent management of hourly team members and leaders

As an General Merchandise & Food Sales Executive Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities:

• Drive total store sales, understand your role in sales growth and how your departments and team contribute to and impact total store profitability
• Manage Food & Beverage, food services (if applicable), inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes for all GM areas of the store
• Manage a team of experts in operations, accuracy and efficiency
• Enable efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work (if applicable)
• Develop a strategy and utilize your workload planning tools to complete all scheduled workload ensuring you are guest ready at all times
• Conduct regular check-ins with your team to ensure completion of tasks and workload
• Manage all GM backroom and sales floor areas, review all reporting to identify gaps and develop a plan to resolve
• Oversee GM Team Leaders workload planning including transitions, revisions and salesplans for all GM areas
• Drive fulfillment sales by leading the Fulfillment team to fulfill each order accurately and efficiently and deliver on each guest promise time
• Drive a culture centered in food safety; train, validate and coach team to deliver proper execution on all food safety standards and cleaning routines
• Lead an efficient operation to fund the sales culture
• Oversee Food & Beverage Team Leader's workload planning including transitions, revisions, salesplans, sampling and promotions
• Create a guest-obsessed culture that prioritizes the guest experience and delivers on store sales goals
• Know and assess the competition; leverage guest insights and feedback to drive the business and be the destination of choice for our guests
• Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
• Manage a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is in stock, fresh, available, food safe, and accurately priced and signed on the sales floor with minimal disruption to the guest
• Assess all GM and Food & Beverage backroom and sales floor areas, walk Food & Beverage Standards to assess priorities in food and review GM/Food reporting to identify gaps and develop a pla