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      <title>Assets Protection Team Leader</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>We are seeking an Assets Protection Team Leader to join our team at Target. 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 partnering with store business leaders on operational shortage priorities.</p>
<p>Responsibilities:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead a security culture, including crisis response, a strong safety environment, and crowd management planning</li>
<li>Implement daily/weekly Assets Protection workload priorities to support business priorities and deliver on goals</li>
<li>Respond to external and internal theft incidents and prevent future theft</li>
<li>Partner with store business leaders on operational shortage priorities</li>
<li>Lead a team of hourly team members, including leveraging skills in interviewing, developing, evaluating, and retaining talent</li>
<li>Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring, and Friendly guest experience</li>
<li>Ensure every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target&#39;s guest experience commitments and consistent operations</li>
<li>Actively observe and provide feedback, holding team members accountable while recognising great guest experience moments</li>
<li>Review area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, take action to improve, and align team on the right behaviours and execution</li>
<li>Support total store sales and increase profitability by ensuring products are in stock and available to our guests</li>
<li>Influence and validate physical security and safety processes; participate in store response and emergency crisis situations; create security plans for in-store events</li>
<li>Develop, coach, and lead team members to elevate their skills and expertise</li>
<li>Anticipate staffing needs and support your direct leader to effectively talent plan around a culture of accountability</li>
<li>Identify theft and shortage trends in your store</li>
<li>Identify shortage risks in key areas and support your direct leader and leaders across the store to develop tactics that will reduce shortage and drive profitable sales</li>
<li>Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs based on security and theft patterns</li>
<li>Develop team schedules and adjust based on security and theft trends with leader validation</li>
<li>Own the prevention, identification, and resolution of external theft incidents</li>
<li>Initiate, investigate, and resolve internal investigations as directed by AP leader in your market and/or your direct leader</li>
<li>Educate store leadership on merchandise protection best practices and audit execution in partnership with key partners</li>
<li>Implement and follow up on any operational changes as directed by your direct leader</li>
<li>Support your direct leader to educate and support store teams on operational shortage priorities</li>
<li>Order merchandise protection devices as needed to support the minimum standards for your store</li>
<li>Communicate AP priorities to the team, peers, and leadership</li>
<li>Build a relationship of trust and accountability with your leader and Store Director</li>
<li>Maintain relationships inside and outside Target, including district and store leaders and law enforcement</li>
<li>Ensure our teams and tactics maintain Target&#39;s reputation</li>
<li>Collaborate with retail organisation partners to analyse industry trends and enhance security for guests and team members</li>
<li>Evaluate and recommend candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team at the direction of your direct leader</li>
<li>Support team onboarding and learning, and close knowledge and skill gaps through training and experience</li>
<li>Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment</li>
<li>Hold team members accountable to expectations set by your direct leader</li>
<li>Maintain all required training</li>
<li>Serve as first responder for in-store safety incidents</li>
<li>Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning</li>
<li>Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences</li>
<li>Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modelling and recognising safe behaviours, identifying and correcting hazards in partnership with store leaders, holding team accountable to following safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and reporting/investigating injuries timely and accurately</li>
<li>Execute safety program management routines such as Monthly Safety Meetings/Observations</li>
<li>Participate in legal proceedings as necessary to represent Target&#39;s interests</li>
<li>Model the execution of physical security processes in order to enhance the in-store security culture</li>
<li>Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store, including storage and application as directed by best practices</li>
<li>Address store needs</li>
<li>All other duties based on business needs</li>
</ul>
<p>Requirements:</p>
<ul>
<li>Must be at least 18 years old or older</li>
<li>High school degree or equivalent</li>
<li>Meet any state or local licensure and/or other legal requirements related to the position</li>
<li>Previous retail and/or loss prevention experience preferred, but not required</li>
<li>Ability to lead and hold others accountable</li>
<li>Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed</li>
<li>Work independently and as part of a team</li>
<li>Manage your workload and prioritise tasks independently</li>
<li>Welcoming and helpful attitude</li>
<li>Effective communication skills</li>
<li>Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues</li>
<li>Interpret instructions, reports, and information</li>
<li>Climb up and down ladders</li>
<li>Apprehend subjects in accordance with company policy</li>
<li>Scan, handle, and move merchandise efficiently and safely</li>
<li>Ability to work a flexible schedule</li>
<li>Reliable and prompt attendance necessary</li>
<li>Although the role is full-time, it does not come with a guarantee of 40 hours each week</li>
<li>Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift</li>
</ul>
<p>Benefits:</p>
<ul>
<li>Comprehensive health benefits and programs</li>
<li>401(k)</li>
<li>Employee discount</li>
<li>Short-term disability</li>
<li>Long-term disability</li>
<li>Paid sick leave</li>
<li>Paid national holidays</li>
<li>Paid vacation</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-top:24px;font-size:13px;color:#666;">Job Data by <a href="https://yubhub.co">YubHub</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <jobtype>full-time</jobtype>
      <experiencelevel></experiencelevel>
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      <salaryrange>$19.75 - $21.75 per hour</salaryrange>
      <skills>leadership, communication, problem-solving, teamwork, flexibility, retail experience, loss prevention experience</skills>
      <benefits>pension, health_insurance, dental, paid_leave</benefits>
      <licences></licences>
      <category>Physical Security</category>
      <industry>Retail</industry>
      <employername>Target</employername>
      <employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/corporate.target.com.png</employerlogo>
      <employerdescription>Target is a retail organisation that sells a wide range of products to customers.</employerdescription>
      <employerwebsite>https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits</employerwebsite>
      <compensationcurrency>USD</compensationcurrency>
      <compensationmin>19.75</compensationmin>
      <compensationmax>33.6</compensationmax>
      <compensationinterval>hourly</compensationinterval>
      <applyto>https://target.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/targetcareers/job/1815-Norman-Dr-ValdostaGA-31601-3502/Assets-Protection-Team-Leader_R0000479976</applyto>
      <location>Valdosta, GA</location>
      <city>Valdosta</city>
      <state>GA</state>
      <postalcode>31601-3502</postalcode>
      <country>US</country>
      <postedate>2026-11-05</postedate>
      <visasponsorship>unknown</visasponsorship>
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      <workauthorisation>unknown</workauthorisation>
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