# Assets Protection Team Leader

**Company**: Target
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $22.00 - $37.40 per hour
**Category**: Physical Security
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking an Assets Protection Team Leader to join our team. As an Assets Protection Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a security culture, implementing daily/weekly Assets Protection workload priorities, responding to external and internal theft incidents, and leading a team of hourly team members.

Responsibilities:

- Lead a security culture, including crisis response, a strong safety environment, and crowd management planning

- Implement daily/weekly Assets Protection workload priorities to support business priorities and deliver on goals

- Respond to external and internal theft incidents and prevent future theft

- Implement strategic resolutions of external theft and fraud and apprehend individuals attempting to cause a loss

- Partner with store business leaders on operational shortage priorities

- Lead a team of hourly team members, including leveraging skills in interviewing, developing, evaluating, and retaining talent

- 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 recognizing 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 behaviors and execution

- Support total store sales and increase profitability by ensuring products are in stock and available to our guests

- Influence and validate physical security and safety processes; participate in store response and emergency crisis situations; create security plans for in-store events

- Develop, coach, and lead team members to elevate their skills and expertise

- Anticipate staffing needs and support talent planning around a culture of accountability

- Identify theft and shortage trends in your store

- Identify shortage risks in key areas and support developing tactics to reduce shortage and drive profitable sales

- Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs based on security and theft patterns

- Develop team schedules and adjust based on security and theft trends

- Own the prevention, identification, and resolution of external theft incidents

- Initiate, investigate, and resolve internal investigations as directed

- Educate store leadership on merchandise protection best practices and audit execution

- Implement and follow up on operational changes as directed

- Support educating and supporting store teams on operational shortage priorities

- Order merchandise protection devices as needed to support minimum standards

- Communicate AP priorities to the team, peers, and leadership

- Build a relationship of trust and accountability with your leader and Store Director

- Maintain relationships inside and outside Target, including district and store leaders and law enforcement

- Ensure teams and tactics maintain Target's reputation

- Collaborate with retail organization partners to analyze industry trends and enhance security

- Evaluate and recommend candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team

- Support team onboarding and learning, and close knowledge and skill gaps through training and experience

- Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable

- Hold team members accountable to expectations set by your direct leader

- Maintain all required training

- Serve as first responder for in-store safety incidents

- Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices

- Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches

- Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors

- Execute safety program management routines

- Participate in legal proceedings as necessary

- Model the execution of physical security processes

- Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store

- Address store needs

- All other duties based on business needs

Requirements:

- Must be at least 18 years old

- High school degree or equivalent

- Meet any state or local licensure and/or other legal requirements

- Previous retail and/or loss prevention experience preferred

- Ability to lead and hold others accountable

- Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners

- Work independently and as part of a team

- Manage your workload and prioritize tasks independently

- Welcoming and helpful attitude

- Effective communication skills

- Access all areas of the building

- Interpret instructions, reports, and information

- Climb up and down ladders

- Apprehend subjects in accordance with company policy

- Scan, handle, and move merchandise efficiently and safely

- Ability to work a flexible schedule

- Reliable and prompt attendance necessary

- Although the role is full-time, it does not come with a guarantee of 40 hours each week

- Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- communication
- problem-solving
- team management
- safety protocols

### Nice to have
- retail experience
- loss prevention experience

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