General Merchandise Team Leader

1001 Target Corporation; Bradenton (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Employee discount

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Health benefits

Job summary

Target in Bradenton, FL seeks a General Merchandise Team Leader to guide a team, drive store priorities, and deliver an exceptional guest experience. You will lead daily workflows, oversee merchandise presentation, and coach hourly associates to meet sales goals.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or equivalent, be at least 18, and bring a collaborative, customer-focused mindset. This role offers opportunities for growth within Target's GM organization.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Age 18 or older.
• Previous retail experience preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team by planning workload to support priorities and achieve sales goals.
• Deliver guest experience commitments and ensure consistency of operations.
• Coach and train hourly team members and develop talent for future leadership.
• Assist with daily tasks: stocking, merchandising, signing, and price changes.

Skills

Lead accountability

Multidevice communication

Independent work

Workload management

Effective communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Handheld scanners

Job description

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $21.50 - $23.50. The full pay range for this position per hour is $21.50 - $36.55 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.

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. Teams in General Merchandise (GM) prioritize guest experience while blending completion of tasks that ensure product is available and easy to shop – replenishment, pricing and signing, setting, and maintaining the sales floor and the backroom. The GM teams also execute inbound, outbound, and fulfillment responsibilities. At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career.

General Merchandise Team Leader

• Guest service fundamentals and experience building a guest-first culture on your team
• Retail business fundamentals, including department sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
• Leading a team by planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals, with alignment from your direct leader, all while driving process improvements and enhancing workload efficiency
• Leading a team of hourly team members, including skills in interviewing, developing, coaching, evaluating and retaining talent
• Coaching and training hourly team members to build a team of hourly team members with direction from your direct leader

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

• Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience
• Ensures every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target's guest experience commitments and consistent operations
• Actively observes and provides feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments
• Reviews area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, takes action to improve, and aligns team on the right behaviors and execution, celebrates wins, drives results that deliver outcomes and elevates the guest experience
• With your direct leader’s guidance, lead the execution of daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including receiving products, merchandising, signing, setting and updating merchandise salesfloor displays, sampling, restocking shelves, organizing backrooms, and price change for GM areas
• With guidance from your direct leader, educate your team on how operational procedures, such as setting up and organizing merchandise, managing product accuracy and stock levels, and maintaining sales floor areas, affect inventory management, store profitability, and product availability
• Help assess reporting to identify gaps in GM processes and assist to develop a plan to resolve for your direct leader to review and approve
• Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process and efficiency
• Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns, ensuring alignment with weekly and monthly business priorities set by your direct leader
• With your direct leader’s guidance, help establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations
• With your direct leader’s guidance, help with efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work accurately (if applicable) and assess reporting in fulfillment to identify gaps and assist to develop a plan
• Help enable a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is in stock, available, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor while prioritizing guest experience
• Collaborate with all teams and leaders (including closing team) to identify key priorities and ensure the store is guest ready in alignment with your leader’s direction
• Stay informed about relevant trends and products to educate team members by relaying Target communications from available tools and resources during team connection moments
• Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team, as directed by your direct leader
• Model a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions
• Identify team members for future leader positions and utilize growth development to build a talent pool within your department
• Support guest services such as back-up cashier, digital fulfillment processes while maintaining a compliance culture, including compliance with federal, state, and local adult beverage laws

Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences

Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, following all Target policies and safety procedures, adhere to role-specific guidelines (e.g., food safety, pricing), and help maintain a safe, compliant workplace by reporting and correcting hazards, lead and hold the team accountable to work in the same way

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 instore 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

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Age 18 or older
• Previous retail experience preferred, but not required
• Lead and hold others accountable
• 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
• Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes
• Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members
• Effective communication skills

OTHER EXPECTATIONS

• 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
• Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others
• Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays); reliable and prompt attendance necessary
• Although the role is full-time, it does not come with a guarantee of 40 hours each week. Hours will depend on the needs of the business and may fluctuate as required
• 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).

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [e-mail]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.

We care about and invest 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.