Executive Team Leader - Service & Engagement (assistant Manager Front End)- Tupelo, Ms

Target Target · Retail · Tupelo, MS

This role is for an Executive Team Leader - Service & Engagement (Assistant Manager Front End) at Target. The primary responsibilities include leading a team to provide excellent guest service, driving sales, managing staffing and schedules, and ensuring a positive shopping experience. While the role is within a consumer domain and at a mature company, it does not involve direct AI/ML development or research.

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
  • resolution
  • retail business fundamentals
  • department sales trends
  • inventory management
  • guest shopping patterns
  • pricing and promotions strategies
  • managing a team
  • recruiting
  • talent management

Nice to have

  • experience building and managing a guest first team culture
  • experience setting and planning department monthly/quarterly workload
  • experience managing a team of hourly team members, leaders
  • creating Service and Engagement business strategies and goals
  • talent management of hourly team members and leaders