General Merchandise Team Leader

Target; Commerce (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Employee discount

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Job summary

Target is hiring a General Merchandise Team Leader in Commerce, CA. You will lead guest-focused operations and daily workflows to ensure shelves are stocked, pricing is accurate, and the store delivers a friendly guest experience.

The role emphasizes supervising hourly team members, coaching them to perform at a high standard, and driving sales through efficient merchandising and customer service.

Qualifications

• Guest service fundamentals and guest-first culture.
• 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 priorities and achieve sales goals.
• Coaching and training hourly team members to build a strong team.
• Interviewing, developing, coaching, evaluating and retaining hourly staff.

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.
• 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 and drive improvements.
• With direct leaders, lead daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement.

Skills

Guest service

Retail fundamentals

Team leadership

Coaching

Communication

Job description

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $25.00 - $27.00. The full pay range for this position per hour is $25.00 - $42.50

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.

Skills

At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a General Merchandise Team Leader can provide you with the skills and experience of:

• 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

Responsibilities

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 leaders 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