Executive Team Leader Specialty Sales (assistant Manager Merchandising and Service) - Pocatello, Id

Target Target · Retail · Pocatello, ID

This role is for an Executive Team Leader of Specialty Sales at Target, responsible for managing sales, merchandising, and team members in departments like Apparel & Accessories, Beauty, and Electronics. The focus is on driving sales, creating a positive guest experience, managing operational tasks, and developing a sales team. It is a retail management position with no direct relation to AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive total store sales, understand your role in sales growth and how your departments and team contribute to and impact total store profitability
  2. Create a guest-obsessed culture and lead your team to prioritize the guest experience and deliver on store sales goals
  3. Create schedules and make adjustments as needed to align to guest traffic and business needs
  4. Manage your team to effectively plan merchandising and pricing workload including transitions, revisions, sales plans, sampling and promotions
  5. Know and assess the competition and leverage guest insights and feedback to drive the business and be the destination of choice for our guests

Skills

Required

  • Knowledge of guest service fundamentals
  • Knowledge of retail business fundamentals
  • Experience setting and planning department(s) monthly/quarterly workload
  • Ability to manage multiple specialty businesses
  • Knowledge of competitors
  • Experience managing a team of hourly team members and leaders
  • Skills in recruiting, selecting and talent management

Nice to have

  • Experience building and managing a guest first culture
  • Experience building and managing a guest first culture on your team
  • Experience managing a team to deliver on sales goals
  • Experience managing teams in each department
  • Ability to leverage insights that drive business objectives
  • Creating business specific strategies and goals
  • Selling training techniques
  • Lead A&A, Beauty and Electronics backroom processes
  • Lead your team to deliver inspiring visual moments
  • Plan, lead and follow-up on organizational and operational change
  • Anticipate staffing needs, talent plan and recruit
  • Develop and coach your team and Team Leaders
  • Lead team onboarding, learning and help close product knowledge and skill gaps
  • Establish a culture of accountability
  • Provide service and a shopping experience that meets the needs of the guest
  • Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance
  • Address store needs (emergency, regulatory visits, etc.)
  • Follow all safe and secure training and processes