Executive Team Leader Human Resources (Assistant Manager HR) - Santa Clarita, CA

ALL ABOUT TARGET

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

ALL ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES

As an HR leader, you drive change, remove obstacles and develop inclusive talent strategies to support a guest-focused mission. You champion recruitment efforts, collaborating with Talent Acquisition to attract and retain the right talent and deliver meaningful career experiences. By being a strategic partner for your peers and leaders, you ensure profitable growth by developing high-performing and engaged teams, creating an environment where teams love to work.

At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a Human Resources Executive Team Leader can provide you with the skills and experience of:

• Creating and managing HR strategies and goals; delivering results through your team

• Reading financial reporting and interpret data

• Knowledge of federal, state and local employment laws

• Recruiting, selecting and talent management of hourly team members and leaders

• Support business leaders; coaching and consulting with them in growing the business and developing their teams

• Influence across levels and partners (e.g. hourly team members, senior leaders)

As an Executive Team Leader Human Resources, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities:

• Anticipate and identify current and future trends and needs of the team to support the total Store’s health and drive profitable sales.

• Support leaders in creating and prioritizing an environment of inclusivity where teams value diverse voices and approaches, are authentic and respectful, and create equitable experiences.

• Support organizational and operational change by focusing on HR priorities, practices, and impact

• Know and assess the competition; leverage guest insights and feedback to drive the business and be the destination of choice for our guests.

• Promote a culture where teams love to work, and guests love to shop; recognize guest-centered behaviors and reward outstanding performance.

• Develop teams and leaders who are committed to continuous learning through observations, providing regular feedback and recognizing strong guest service.

• Support, coach and recognize the leadership team to ensure timely completion of training execution.

• Build relationships that are important to the local community and engage store team on these initiatives.

• Be approachable and available for your team, lead a culture where team members feel heard, and issues are quickly resolved.

• Support leaders with reviewing and publishing schedules that are compliant, meet business needs and align with team member availability and desired hours.

• Develop a store staffing strategy, identifying when to hire externally to ensure more consistent work hours for current team members and reduce schedule fluctuations.

• Use your expertise to guide store leaders in hiring and onboarding candidates with the right skills and experience by understanding the needs of both the business and guests.

• Create, lead, and model a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding, learning, and required training; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.

• Lead a team of HR Experts and HR Team Leader (if applicable) who serve the total store team by solving problems, removing roadblocks and engaging each team member.

• Effectively plan and manage programs related to culture, pay and rewards and benefits to maximize team member engagement and minimize business disruption, while supporting leaders in making the best decisions for their teams.

• Develop and coach your HR Team Leader (if applicable) to elevate the skills and expertise of the team.

• Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management.

• Leads investigations to address and resolve concerns, collaborating with the appropriate partners and owning the process from initiation to resolution to foster a positive work environment.

• Model creating a welcoming experience by greeting guests as you and your team are completing your daily tasks.

• Demonstrate how to engage with guests when assistance is needed, engage with guests in a welcoming way, and help solve their specific needs.

• Lead by thanking guests and letting them know we’re happy they chose to shop at Target.

• Always demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment.

• Develop and lead a safety culture and performance of the department through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, identifying and correcting hazards, holding team accountable to following safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and reporting/investigating injuries timely and accurately.

• Lead an instore security culture by focusing on deterrence, response and resolution in order to improve physical security processes.

• Lead merchandise protection strategies across the total store; including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.

• As a key carrier, implement all safe and secure training and processes

• Address all store emergency and compliance needs including claims management and return-to-work program.

• All other duties based on business needs

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

This may be the right job for you if:

• You enjoy interacting and helping others - including guests that shop our store and fellow team members you work with.

• You thrive in a fast-moving, highly active and physically demanding role, where teamwork, flexibility, and creative problem solving are key to success.

• You are open to working a flexible work schedule with varying hours, days or shifts (including nights, weekends, holidays and other peak shopping times).

The good news is that we have some amazing training that will help teach you everything you need to know to be an Executive Team Leader Human Resources but there are a few skills you should have from the get-go: 

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience

• 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

• Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed

• Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently

• Welcoming and helpful attitude towards all guest and other team members

We are an awesome place to work and care about our teams, so we want to make sure we are clear on a few more basics that we expect:  

• Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues

• Interpret instructions, reports and information

• Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 15 pounds and occasionally lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds 

• Accurately handle cash register operations as needed.

• Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays); reliable and prompt attendance necessary.