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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Store Director

Target On-site senior full-time

Salary

$106,000 - $212,000 per year

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Description

Working as a Store Director at Target means helping families discover the joy of everyday life. You will lead a team of experts, advocates, and consultants to ensure guests have a great shopping experience. Your responsibilities will include cultivating a guest-centric and engaged team, driving accountability, and owning the store's overall business to drive efficiency, safety, and sales growth.

As a Store Director, you will:

  • Lead a talent culture through onboarding, development, and growth of leaders
  • Drive accountability through clear expectations and consistent performance management
  • Create and deliver sustainable and equitable talent strategies
  • Be approachable and available for your team
  • Recruit, hire, and retain a passionate team
  • Oversee the scheduling process
  • Own and implement leadership schedules
  • Demonstrate and promote inclusivity
  • Invest in and follow up on personal and team training
  • Model creating a welcoming experience
  • Drive a guest-obsessed culture
  • Own your store's overall business
  • Build and execute plans to run an efficient operation
  • Lead a culture of financial accountability
  • Know and assess the competition
  • Build relationships with the store's community
  • Leverage field support partners
  • Set clear priorities for the team
  • Own the safety culture and performance
  • Validate an in-store security culture
  • Address all store emergency and compliance needs

To be successful in this role, you should:

  • Enjoy interacting and helping others
  • Thrive in a fast-moving, highly active, and physically demanding role
  • Be open to working a flexible work schedule
  • Have a 4-year degree or equivalent experience
  • Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Have team leadership and engagement skills
  • Be able to manage conflict and lead others
  • Relate well with and interact with all levels of the organization
  • Have a welcoming and helpful attitude
  • Be able to manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
  • Be capable of remaining focused and composed in a fast-paced environment
  • Be able to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners

Target offers a range of benefits, including comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), employee discount, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

Skills

Required

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Team leadership and engagement
  • Strong cognitive skills
  • Problem analysis
  • Decision making
  • Financial and quantitative analysis
  • Conflict management
  • Leadership
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