Executive Team Leader General Merchandise and Food Sales (Assistant Store Manager) - Dayton, OH

About the role

The Executive Team Leader General Merchandise and Food Sales (Assistant Store Manager) role at Target is responsible for driving total store sales, managing operations, and ensuring a consistent and food-safe experience for guests. This role requires a strong understanding of retail business fundamentals, operations, and the ability to manage a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive total store sales and understand your role in sales growth
• Manage Food & Beverage, food services, inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing and promotional signing processes for all GM areas of the store
• Manage a team of experts in operations, accuracy and efficiency
• Enable efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work (if applicable)
• Develop a strategy and utilize workload planning tools to complete all scheduled workload ensuring guest readiness
• Conduct regular check-ins with your team to ensure task completion and workload management
• Manage GM backroom and sales floor areas, review reporting to identify gaps and develop plans to resolve
• Oversee GM Team Leaders workload planning including transitions, revisions, salesplans for all GM areas
• Drive fulfillment sales by leading the Fulfillment team to fulfill orders accurately and efficiently and deliver on guest promises
• Lead a culture centered in food safety; train, validate, and coach team to execute food safety standards and cleaning routines
• Lead an efficient operation to fund the sales culture
• Oversee Food & Beverage Team Leader’s workload planning including transitions, revisions, salesplans, sampling and promotions
• Create a guest-obsessed culture that prioritizes the guest experience and achieves store sales goals
• Know and assess the competition; leverage guest insights and feedback to drive business objectives
• Work a flexible schedule that aligns with guest and business needs (including early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
• Ensure product availability, freshness, and accurate pricing on the sales floor with minimal disruption to guests
• Assess GM and Food & Beverage backroom and sales floor areas, walk Food & Beverage Standards to assess priorities, review GM/Food reporting to identify gaps and develop plans to resolve
• Plan, lead, and follow-up on organizational and operational changes
• Anticipate and identify unique store trends
• Develop and coach your team to elevate their skills and expertise
• Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management; actively develop, coach, and train your team; anticipate staffing needs, talent plan, and recruit – both long and short term
• Provide service and a shopping experience that meets guest needs
• Demonstrate ethical conduct, safety, and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment
• Follow safe and secure training and processes as a key carrier
• Address store needs (emergency, regulatory visits, etc.)

Requirements

• A 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• Strong interest and knowledge of the Food & Beverage business
• 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

Qualifications

• Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
• Interpret instructions, reports, and information
• Scan, handle, and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 40 pounds
• Accurately handle cash register operations
• Climb up and down ladders
• Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays) and regular attendance necessary

Skills

• Knowledge of guest service fundamentals and experience building and managing a guest-first culture on your team
• Knowledge of retail business fundamentals including: department sales trends, inventory management, freshness and quality, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
• Experience in setting and planning department(s) monthly/quarterly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver on sales goals
• Experience in the competition; leveraging insights to drive business objectives
• Experience managing a team of hourly team members and leaders and creating business-specific strategies and goals
• 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
• Competitive market-leading pay
• Team Target discount
• Additional benefits and perks

Pay

The pay range for this role is $64,000.00 - $128,000.00, based on several factors including labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.

Schedule

The role requires a flexible schedule that aligns with guest and business needs, including early morning, evening, overnight shifts, and weekends.

Application Instructions

To apply for this position, please visit: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_DAmericans

Equal Opportunity Employer

Target is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected characteristics. Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities in the application and hiring process. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.