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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

General Merchandise Team Leader

Target San Antonio, TX On-site full-time

Salary

$21.50 - $36.55 per hour

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Description

We are seeking a General Merchandise Team Leader to join our team in San Antonio, TX. As a General Merchandise Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of hourly team members and ensuring a consistent guest experience.

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $21.50 - $23.50. The full pay range for this position per hour is $21.50 - $36.55.

As a General Merchandise Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities:

  • Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience
  • Ensure every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target's guest experience commitments and consistent operations
  • Actively observe and provide feedback, holding team members accountable while recognising great guest experience moments
  • Review area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, take action to improve, and align team on the right behaviours and execution

The role of a General Merchandise Team Leader can provide you with the skills and experience of:

  • Guest service fundamentals and experience building a guest-first culture on your team
  • Retail business fundamentals, including department sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
  • Leading a team by planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the execution of daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement
  • Educate your team on how operational procedures affect inventory management, store profitability, and product availability
  • Help assess reporting to identify gaps in GM processes and assist to develop a plan to resolve
  • Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process, and efficiency
  • Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Age 18 or older
  • Previous retail experience preferred, but not required
  • Lead and hold others accountable
  • Communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed
  • Work independently and as part of a team
  • Manage workload and prioritise tasks independently

Benefits:

Please visit https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_C to learn about benefits eligibility for this role.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Previous retail experience
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