General Merchandise & Food Sales Team Leader
TargetAbout the role
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
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.
Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It's how we care, grow, and win together. The Food & Beverage team works together to provide the guest a fresh, full and food safe shopping experience all day, every day.
ALL ABOUT GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Experts of operations, process and efficiency who enable a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is set, in-stock, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor. The General Merchandise and Food Sales team leads inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes for all GM areas of the store. This team leads Food & Beverage and Food Service, providing a fresh and food safe experience. Experts enable efficient delivery to our guests by owning pick, pack and ship fulfillment work.
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 & Food Sales 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: department sales trends, freshness and quality, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
- Planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals
- Process improvements and workload efficiency
- Helping build a team of hourly team members
As a General Merchandise & Food Sales Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day most likely will include the following responsibilities:
- Execute daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including planning merchandising, pricing workload, transitions, revisions, sales plans, sampling, promotions and price change
- Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
- Help assess General Merch backroom, food and sales floor areas, and assist in review of all reporting to identify gaps and develop a plan to resolve
- With ETL guidance, lead food, food services (if applicable), inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes
- Help enable a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is in stock, available, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor with minimal disruption to the guest
- Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process and efficiency
- Enable efficient delivery to our guests by owning pick, pack and ship fulfillment work
- Execute a fresh, full and food safe area during all operating hours leveraging strong inventory management area routines and Food Safety policies and procedures
- Ensure proper execution on all food safety standards and cleaning routines
- Partner with vendors to ensure brand standards such as delivery and merchandising are being met and areas are full and maintained
- Ensure team member safety
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