Specialty Sales Team Leader

Starting pay range: $21.00 – $23.00 per hour. Full pay range: $21.00 – $35.70 per hour. Pay is based on labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, vision, dental, life insurance) for eligible team members and dependents
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee discount
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid sick leave, national holidays, and vacation
• Additional financial, education, and well-being benefits (details at Target Benefits)

About the Role

As a Specialty Sales Team Leader, you’ll help all families discover the joy of everyday life by delivering strong operations, incredible guest experiences, and compelling visual merchandising. You’ll lead teams in Apparel & Accessories, Home, Baby, Core Beauty, or Electronics, ensuring product availability and an easy-to-shop environment through tasks like pulling, filling, pricing, setting, staging, and maintaining the sales floor and backroom.

This role builds skills for a career, including guest service, retail business fundamentals, inventory management, pricing strategies, workload planning, team leadership, and talent development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a consistent, inspiring, and friendly guest experience by training and holding team members accountable to Target’s service commitments.
• Review guest, financial, and team metrics to identify opportunities, drive improvements, and celebrate wins.
• Model and coach a guest-first service culture, valuing diverse voices and creating equitable experiences.
• Plan and execute daily/weekly workloads to meet sales goals, including merchandising sets, promotions, and inventory management.
• Lead and develop a team of consultants, assigning tasks based on workload and guest traffic patterns.
• Encourage team members to use department tools (e.g., fitting rooms, testers, displays) to provide personalized guest recommendations.
• Partner with third-party vendors to maintain brand standards and ensure areas are fully stocked.
• Support visual merchandising updates, ensuring product is organized, signed correctly, and aligned with seasonal trends.
• Lead backroom processes, organization, and replenishment to keep the sales floor stocked.
• Participate in team hiring and onboarding, setting clear goals and holding team members accountable.
• Maintain a safe and welcoming environment (e.g., clean fitting rooms, hazard-free floors).
• Demonstrate and enforce a culture of safety, compliance, and ethical conduct.
• Support merchandise protection strategies, including ordering, storage, and application.
• Occasionally assume store-level leadership duties (e.g., addressing emergencies, compliance needs).
• Assist with guest services like back-up cashiering, order pickup, and Drive-Up while maintaining compliance (e.g., adult beverage laws).

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Previous retail experience preferred but not required.
• Ability to lead and hold others accountable.
• Proficiency with handheld scanners, frequency devices, and other technology.
• Work independently and as part of a team, managing workload and prioritizing tasks.
• Welcoming attitude toward guests and team members.
• Strong communication skills and ability to remain composed in a fast-paced environment.
• Access all store areas to respond to guest or team member issues.
• Interpret instructions, reports, and information accurately.
• Handle cash register operations as needed.
• Climb ladders and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 44 pounds without assistance.
• Flexible work schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays, and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work in varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements (e.g., Drive-Up, carryout).
• Remain mobile for the duration of scheduled shifts (shift length may vary).

Skills

• Guest service and team leadership.
• Retail business fundamentals (sales trends, inventory, pricing, promotions).
• Workload planning and execution.
• Talent development (interviewing, coaching, evaluating, retaining).
• Problem-solving and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.