Guest-Obsessed Store Leader & Team Builder

Target; Bryant (AR); On-site; USD 64,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is hiring an Executive Team Leader in the United States to start Summer 2027. This entry level role focuses on guest experience, staffing, training, and leading a team across the store to meet daily goals.

You will recruit, coach and develop hourly team members, plan schedules, manage workloads, and ensure safety and compliance while delivering great service and sales results. Target offers comprehensive benefits and a path for growth.

Qualifications

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Manage conflict, lead and hold others accountable.
• Relate well with and interact with all levels of the organization.
• Strong cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision making, financial and quantitative analysis.
• Learn and adapt to current technology needs.
• Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently and with a team.

Responsibilities

• Create a guest-obsessed culture that prioritizes the guest experience and delivers on store sales goals.
• Anticipate staffing needs, talent plan and recruit – both long and short term.
• Manage leaders to follow up on training completion, check for understanding, and provide continuous education opportunities.
• Engage in consistent and meaningful development conversations throughout the critical touch points with Team leaders.
• Personalize recognition and appreciation to reinforce critical guest service behaviors and promote a positive team and guest centric culture.
• Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management (observe, recognize and coach) on critical behaviors.
• Understand business reporting and guest insights to understand, troubleshoot and follow up on opportunity areas.
• Quickly respond to any negative guest shopping experience by de-escalating the situation and ensuring your team understands and feels supported to make things right for the guest.
• Create a scheduling plan in partnership with your Team Leaders based off of monthly and weekly business workload and guest traffic.
• Plan, manage and follow-up on organizational and operational change.
• Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance. Lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment.
• As a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes.
• Address store needs (emergency, regulatory visits, etc.).
• All other duties based on business needs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

4 year degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Target is hiring an Executive Team Leader in the United States to start Summer 2027. This entry level role focuses on guest experience, staffing, training, and leading a team across the store to meet daily goals.

You will recruit, coach and develop hourly team members, plan schedules, manage workloads, and ensure safety and compliance while delivering great service and sales results. Target offers comprehensive benefits and a path for growth.