Executive Team Leader Service & Engagement (assistant Manager Front End) - Columbia, Mo

Target Target · Retail · Columbia, MO

This role is for an Executive Team Leader Service & Engagement (Assistant Manager Front End) at Target. The primary focus is on managing a team to deliver excellent guest service, drive sales, and ensure efficient store operations, particularly in front-end experiences like checklanes and order pickup. Responsibilities include team leadership, talent management, operational oversight, and ensuring a positive guest experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build a team of passionate and knowledgeable Guest Advocates and Service and Engagement Leaders who strive to exceed guest service expectations by focusing on decreasing wait time, friendly guest interaction and service recovery
  2. Drive total store sales, understand your role in sales growth and how your departments and team contribute to and impacts total store profitability
  3. Anticipate staffing needs, talent plan and recruit – both long and short term
  4. Manage leaders to follow-up on training completion, check for understanding and provide continuous education opportunities to drive proficiencies for all front of store experiences
  5. Engage in consistent and meaningful development conversations throughout the critical touch points within Service and Engagement Team leader career path

Skills

Required

  • guest service fundamentals
  • guest engagement
  • problem solving
  • retail business fundamentals
  • department sales trends
  • inventory management
  • guest shopping patterns
  • pricing and promotions strategies
  • recruiting
  • selecting
  • talent management
  • performance management
  • ethical conduct
  • safety
  • compliance

Nice to have

  • building and managing a guest first team culture
  • experience setting and planning department monthly/quarterly workload
  • managing a team to deliver service and sales goals
  • managing a team of hourly team members, leaders
  • creating Service and Engagement business strategies and goals
  • understanding business reporting and guest insights
  • de-escalating situations
  • scheduling
  • anticipating staffing or scheduling needs
  • understanding upcoming major promotions, brand launches and events
  • utilizing guest survey reporting tools
  • leading the team to deliver an efficient and hassle free guest pick up experience
  • key carrier