Executive Team Leader Assets Protection (ASM of AP) - Laurel, MD

About the role

The Executive Team Leader-Assets Protection (ASM of AP) at Target is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment, leading crisis response, and managing internal investigations.

Responsibilities

• Drive total store sales and increase profitability by ensuring product availability
• Manage, influence, and validate a safe and secure culture through physical security and safety processes
• Lead store response and emergency crisis situations, and create plans for in-store events
• Educate store leaders and teams on emergency preparedness and physical security procedures
• Identify shortage risks in key divisions and develop strategies to mitigate shortages and drive sales
• Act as a key resource for company initiatives for AP team leaders in your district/market
• Lead investigative and verbal de-escalation classroom trainings; facilitate other trainings as needed for your AP team, store or district
• Maintain all required training
• Manage the identification and resolution of internal investigations; complete internal interviews for your store and nearby stores at the discretion of your leader
• Determine operational shortage priorities; educate and influence store teams on these priorities
• Manage the prevention, identification, and resolution of external theft incidents and investigations
• Work a flexible schedule that aligns with guest and business needs based on safe and secure and theft patterns (this includes early morning/overnight shifts, evenings, and weekends)
• Build partnerships to identify market trends and competition strategies; leverage guest insights and feedback to drive the business and be the destination of choice for our guests
• Build a close partnership with the Store Director
• Develop, schedule, and deploy resources based on safe and secure and theft trends
• Plan, lead, and follow-up on organizational and operational changes
• Create, communicate, influence, and educate AP priorities (including shortage priorities) to your team, peers, and store teams
• Create and model the safety culture in store by recognizing safe behaviors and identifying and resolving safety hazards and unsafe behaviors; investigate injuries that occur to determine root cause and resolve through appropriate action plans and partnerships
• Act as first responder for in-store incidents (e.g., security, weather, etc.)
• Provide service and a shopping experience that meets the needs of the guest
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
• Follow all safe and secure training and processes as a key carrier

Qualifications

• A 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• Meet any state or local licensure and/or other legal requirements related to the position
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong business acumen
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• 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

Skills

• Experience managing a safe and secure culture, including crisis response, a strong safety environment, and crowd management planning
• Experience in creating strategic AP strategies and goals and delivering results through your team
• Experience identifying strategic resolutions of external theft and fraud and apprehending individuals attempting to cause a loss, in accordance with Target policy
• Experience managing the identification and resolution of internal investigations
• Skills in recruiting, selecting, and talent management of hourly team members and leaders

Benefits

Target offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term and long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

For more information on Target’s benefits, visit https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_DAmericans.