General Merchandise Team Leader: Lead & Elevate Guest Experience

Target Corp; Duluth (MN); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

401(k)

Job summary

Target Corporation in Duluth, MN seeks a General Merchandise Team Leader to guide daily store operations, maintain product availability, and coach a team of hourly associates to deliver an exceptional guest experience.

You will plan workload, organize signages, pricing, and backroom tasks while ensuring compliance with safety and company policies. This role emphasizes leadership, communication, and a guest-first culture.

Qualifications

• 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.

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 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

Customer service

Communication

Team leadership

Time management

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Target Corporation in Duluth, MN seeks a General Merchandise Team Leader to guide daily store operations, maintain product availability, and coach a team of hourly associates to deliver an exceptional guest experience.

You will plan workload, organize signages, pricing, and backroom tasks while ensuring compliance with safety and company policies. This role emphasizes leadership, communication, and a guest-first culture.