Store Director (store Manager)

Target Target · Retail · S State St, Sandy, UT

Store Director at Target, responsible for leading a team to drive sales, manage store operations, and ensure exceptional guest experiences. This role involves recruiting, talent development, financial management (payroll, P&L), and implementing store-specific strategies. The Store Director also oversees daily operations, team engagement, and community representation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Consistently delivers guest experience commitments
  2. Leads with confidence, care and purpose to drive a guest obsessed culture that relentlessly delivers the guest experience standard for Target’s brand promise.
  3. Holds direct reports accountable to deliver exceptional guest experience through consistent operations, accountability, team development, training and recognition.
  4. Celebrates wins, aligns team, and prioritizes actions that drive results and elevate the guest experience.
  5. Actively engages with their community to represent our brand and build connections in the communities they serve

Skills

Required

  • Team leadership and development
  • Sales and business growth strategies
  • Financial management (P&L, payroll)
  • Guest experience and service management
  • Recruiting and talent management
  • Operational efficiency and execution
  • Inventory management
  • Understanding of retail business fundamentals
  • Strategic planning and execution
  • Partnership building
  • Data analysis and decision making

Nice to have

  • Community engagement
  • Talent strategies for career progression
  • Inclusivity and diversity promotion
  • Training and skill enhancement
  • Understanding of digital and in-store integration

What the JD emphasized

  • Managing a large team of hourly team members and leaders as well as leaders of leaders
  • Recruiting, selecting, talent management and talent planning across all departments of the store
  • Guest service fundamentals and experience building and leading a guest-first culture across the store
  • Retail business financials (e.g. payroll, profit and loss) and driving sales growth
  • Creating store-specific strategies and managing your team to deliver results
  • Retail business fundamentals for total store, including understanding sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns and satisfaction, pricing and promotions strategies and specialty businesses; teach and train your leaders on the same business acumen
  • Setting and planning total store quarterly business priorities and managing a team to meet sales goals
  • Building partnerships with and leveraging key partners (e.g. Assets Protection, Food & Beverage, Human Resources) to support store performance and business growth
  • Making business decisions by assessing market competition, understanding guest insights and feedback