Assets Protection Team Leader
Target
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ability to lead a safe and secure culture, including crisis response, a strong safety environment and crowd management planning, providing support to both guests and team members
- Skills in planning department AP daily/weekly workload priorities to support business priorities and deliver on goals
- Knowledge in how to respond to external theft incidents and how to prevent future theft
- Experience identifying strategic resolutions of external theft and fraud and apprehending individuals attempting to cause a loss, in accordance with Target policy
- Experience partnering, educating and supporting store business leaders on operational shortage priorities
- Experience leading a team of hourly team members; including skills in interviewing, developing, evaluating and retaining talent
- Support total store sales and increase profitability by ensuring product is in stock and available to our guests
- Influence and validate physical security and safety processes; lead store response and emergency crisis situations; create plans for in-store events
- Educate teams on emergency preparedness and physical security procedures
- Develop, coach and lead your team members to elevate their skills and expertise
- Anticipate staffing needs and partner with your leader to effectively talent plan
- Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management
- Identify theft and shortage trends in your store
- Identify shortage risks in key divisions and work with other leaders to develop tactics that will reduce shortage and drive profitable sales
- Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs based on safe and secure and theft patterns (this includes early morning/overnight shifts, evening and weekends)
- Develop schedules and adjust based on safe and secure and theft trends
- Own the prevention, identification and resolution of external theft incidents
- Support internal investigations led by an AP executive leader in your market and/or your leader
- Plan and follow-up on operational change
- Educate and support store teams on operational shortage priorities
- Communicate, influence and educate AP priorities to the team, peers and leadership
- Build a partnership with the Store Director
- Lead and model the safety culture in store by recognizing safe behaviors and identifying and resolving safety hazards and unsafe behaviors; investigate injuries that occur to determine root cause and resolved through appropriate action plans and partnerships
- Execute strategies led by your business partner to deliver business results while prioritizing the guest experience
- Evaluate and recommend candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team
- Lead team onboarding and learning and close knowledge and skill gaps through training and experience
- Establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations
- Maintain all required training
- Act as first responder for in-store incidents (e.g., security, weather, etc.)
- Provide service and a shopping experience that meets the needs of the guest
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
- Lead and create a safety advocacy culture by understanding how safety impacts your role and that of your team, identifying and correcting hazards, and holding team accountable to working in a safe manner to benefit themselves and others.
- All other duties based on business needs
- Working in a fun and energetic environment makes you excited…. We work efficiently and as a team to deliver for our guests
- Providing service to our guests that makes them say I LOVE TARGET! excites you…. That’s why we love working at Target
- Leading teams who are stocking, setting and selling Target product sounds like your thing… That’s the core of what we do
- You aren’t looking for Monday thru Friday job where you are at a computer all day… We are busy all day (especially on the weekends), making it easy for the guest to feel welcomed, inspired and rewarded
- Must be at least 18 years of age or older
- High school degree or equivalent
- Meet any state or local licensure and/or other legal requirements related to the position
- Previous retail and/or loss prevention experience preferred, but not required
- Lead and hold others accountable
- Learn and adapt to current technology needs
- Work independently and as part of a team
- Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
- Welcoming and helpful attitude
- Effective communication skills
- Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues
- 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, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 40 pounds
- Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays) and regular attendance necessary