Executive Team Leader General Merchandise and Food Sales (Assistant Manager) - New Orleans, LA

$60,000 - $120,000/Yr

Target - Harvey, LA

Full-time - Entry Level

Harvey, LA

General Merchandise Retailers

About the position

As a General Merchandise & Food Sales Executive Team Leader at Target, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our guests have a consistent and enjoyable shopping experience. This position is centered around operations, process, and efficiency, enabling a seamless experience for our guests by ensuring that products are set, in-stock, accurately priced, and signed on the sales floor. You will lead the General Merchandise and Food Sales team, overseeing inbound and outbound processes, replenishment, inventory accuracy, and promotional signing for all General Merchandise areas of the store. Additionally, you will manage Food & Beverage and Food Service operations, ensuring a fresh and food-safe experience for our guests. Your responsibilities will include driving total store sales and understanding how your departments contribute to overall profitability. You will manage a team of experts in operations, accuracy, and efficiency, enabling efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack, and ship fulfillment work. You will develop strategies and utilize workload planning tools to ensure that all scheduled tasks are completed, maintaining a guest-ready environment at all times. Regular check-ins with your team will be essential to ensure task completion and workload management. In this role, you will also oversee the management of backroom and sales floor areas, reviewing reports to identify gaps and developing plans to resolve them. You will drive fulfillment sales by leading the Fulfillment team to ensure accurate and efficient order fulfillment, while also fostering a culture centered on food safety. Your leadership will be key in creating a guest-obsessed culture that prioritizes the guest experience and meets store sales goals. You will work a flexible schedule that aligns with guest and business needs, which may include early mornings, evenings, overnight shifts, and weekends. Overall, this position offers a dynamic work environment where no two days are the same, and you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and advance your career at Target.

Responsibilities

• Drive total store sales and understand your role in sales growth.
• Manage Food & Beverage, food services, inbound, outbound, replenishment, inventory accuracy, presentation, pricing, and promotional signing processes for all GM areas of the store.
• Manage a team of experts in operations, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Enable efficient delivery to guests by leading pick, pack, and ship fulfillment work.
• Develop a strategy and utilize workload planning tools to complete all scheduled workload ensuring guest readiness.
• Conduct regular check-ins with your team to ensure completion of tasks and workload.
• Manage all GM backroom and sales floor areas, reviewing reporting to identify gaps and developing a plan to resolve them.
• Oversee GM Team Leaders' workload planning including transitions, revisions, and sales plans for all GM areas.
• Drive fulfillment sales by leading the Fulfillment team to fulfill each order accurately and efficiently.
• Drive a culture centered in food safety; train, validate, and coach team to deliver proper execution on all food safety standards and cleaning routines.
• Lead an efficient operation to fund the sales culture.
• Oversee Food & Beverage Team Leader's workload planning including transitions, revisions, sales plans, sampling, and promotions.
• Create a guest-obsessed culture that prioritizes the guest experience and delivers on store sales goals.
• Assess all GM and Food & Beverage backroom and sales floor areas, walking Food & Beverage Standards to assess priorities in food and review GM/Food reporting to identify gaps and develop a plan to resolve.
• Plan, lead, and follow-up on organizational and operational change.
• Anticipate and identify changes in unique store trends.
• Develop and coach your team to elevate their skills and expertise.
• Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management; actively develop, coach, and train your team; anticipate staffing needs, talent plan, and recruit - both long and short term.

Requirements

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong interest and knowledge of the Food & Beverage business.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• Manage conflict, lead, and hold others accountable.
• Relate well with and interact with all levels of the organization.
• Strong cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision making, financial and quantitative analysis.
• Learn and adapt to current technology needs.
• Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in retail business fundamentals including department sales trends, inventory management, freshness and quality, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies.
• Experience managing a team of hourly team members and leaders and creating business-specific strategies and goals.
• Skills in recruiting, selecting, and talent management of hourly team members and leaders.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Employee discount program.
• Short term disability insurance.
• Long term disability insurance.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid national holidays.
• Paid vacation.