General Merchandise Team Leader: Lead a Fast-Paced Store

Target; Villa Park (IL); On-site; USD 33,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Employee discount

Job summary

Target in Villa Park, IL is hiring a General Merchandise Team Leader to drive guest experience, store operations, and team development. You’ll lead daily tasks, set priorities, train hourly teammates, and ensure product availability with accurate signing and pricing.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and a customer-first mindset. Join a team that prioritizes safety, inclusion, and continuous improvement while delivering measurable results and upholding Target’s values and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in retail or guest service preferred.
• Ability to lead a team and manage a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

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 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 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.

Skills

Guest service

Leadership

Retail operations

Communication

Team management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Target in Villa Park, IL is hiring a General Merchandise Team Leader to drive guest experience, store operations, and team development. You’ll lead daily tasks, set priorities, train hourly teammates, and ensure product availability with accurate signing and pricing.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and a customer-first mindset. Join a team that prioritizes safety, inclusion, and continuous improvement while delivering measurable results and upholding Target’s values and