Service & Engagement Team Leader

Target Target · Retail · Buena Park, CA

Team Leader role focused on guest experience, team management, and retail operations within a Target store. Responsibilities include delivering guest service commitments, training and coaching team members, managing workload, and ensuring operational efficiency. This role does not involve direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience.
  2. Ensures every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target’s guest experience commitments and consistent operations.
  3. Actively observes and provides feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments.
  4. Reviews area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, takes action to improve, and aligns team on the right behaviors and execution, celebrates wins, drives results that deliver outcomes and elevates the guest experience.
  5. Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.

Skills

Required

  • Guest service fundamentals
  • Team leadership
  • Problem solving
  • Retail business fundamentals
  • Workload planning
  • Talent development
  • Performance management
  • Ethical conduct

Nice to have

  • Interviewing
  • Coaching
  • Evaluating talent
  • Retaining talent
  • Sales goal understanding
  • Business reporting
  • Guest insights
  • Loyalty program promotion
  • Continuous education support
  • Development conversations
  • Recognition and appreciation
  • Accountability culture
  • De-escalation
  • Compliance