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Saks

Merchandise Operations Associate

Bergen, NY · On-site

$19.61 - $24.51/hr

Complete daily store operations and help direct leads and managers including: Merchandise handling, transfers, and processing of inbound / outbound freight Fulfillment, packing and shipping of online ...

Saks

Merchandise Operations Associate

Bergen, NY · On-site

$19.61 - $24.51/hr

You report to the RPSO Manager and work in a Neiman Marcus store location WHAT YOU WILL DO: • Complete daily store operations and help direct leads and managers including: • Merchandise handling ...

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How much do merchandise director jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 12, 2026, the average yearly pay for merchandise director in Rochester, NY is $114,881.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $93,700.00 and $152,900.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a merchandise director, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Merchandise Director, you need strong analytical skills, deep knowledge of merchandising strategies, and several years of retail experience, often supported by a degree in business or a related field. Familiarity with inventory management systems, sales analytics platforms, and trend forecasting tools is typically required. Exceptional leadership, negotiation, and communication skills help you inspire teams and collaborate effectively with vendors and stakeholders. These capabilities are crucial for maximizing profitability, responding to market trends, and ensuring cohesive product assortments across retail channels.

What does a merchandise director do?

A Merchandise Director is responsible for overseeing the planning, buying, and presentation of products in a retail or wholesale environment. They analyze market trends, manage vendor relationships, and develop strategies to maximize sales and profitability. Merchandise Directors work closely with buyers, planners, and store teams to ensure that the right products are available at the right time and in the right quantities. Their role is essential in aligning product assortments with customer preferences and company goals.

How does a merchandise director typically collaborate with other departments to drive sales and profitability?

A Merchandise Director regularly works cross-functionally with buying, marketing, inventory planning, and store operations teams to ensure merchandise strategies align with business goals. They lead assortment planning and coordinate with marketing to develop promotional campaigns that support key product launches. By analyzing sales data and market trends, they collaborate with inventory planners to optimize stock levels and minimize markdowns. This role requires strong communication skills and the ability to balance creative vision with operational efficiency to drive sales and profitability.
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Infographic showing various Merchandise Director job openings in Rochester, NY as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 83% Full Time, 14% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 92% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $114,881 per year, or $55.2 per hour.

General Merchandise Team Leader (4am start)

Target Brands, Inc.

Victor, NY • On-site

$22.50 - $38.25/hr

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 23 days ago

Target rating

6.6

Company rating: 6.6 out of 10

Based on 6,980 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

14th of 39 rated national retailers

Job description

The starting pay range for this position per hour is $22.50 - $24.50. The full pay range for this position per hour is $22.50 - $38.25
Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
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 GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Experts of operations, process and efficiency who enable a consistent experience for our guests.
Teams in General Merchandise (GM) prioritize guest experience while blending completion of tasks that ensure product is available and easy to shop - replenishment, pricing and signing, setting, and maintaining the sales floor and the backroom. The GM teams also execute inbound, outbound, and fulfillment responsibilities.
At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a General Merchandise Team Leader can provide you with the skills and experience of:
  • Guest service fundamentals and experience building a guest-first culture on your team

  • Retail business fundamentals, including department sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies

  • Leading a team by planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver sales goals, with alignment from your direct leader, all while driving process improvements and enhancing workload efficiency

  • Leading a team of hourly team members, including skills in interviewing, developing, coaching, evaluating and retaining talent

  • Coaching and training hourly team members to build a team of hourly team members with direction from your direct leader

As a General Merchandise Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day most likely will include the following responsibilities:
  • Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience.

  • Ensures every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target's guest experience commitments and consistent operations.

  • Actively observes and provides feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments.

  • Reviews area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, takes action to improve, and aligns team on the right behaviors and execution, celebrates wins, drives results that deliver outcomes and elevates the guest experience.

  • With your direct leaders guidance, lead the execution of daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including receiving products, merchandising, signing, setting and updating merchandise salesfloor displays, sampling, restocking shelves, organizing backrooms, and price change for GM areas.

  • With guidance from your direct leader, educate your team on how operational procedures, such as setting up and organizing merchandise, managing product accuracy and stock levels, and maintaining sales floor areas, affect inventory management, store profitability, and product availability.

  • Help assess reporting to identify gaps in GM processes and assist to develop a plan to resolve for your direct leader to review and approve.

  • Be an expert of operations, accuracy, process and efficiency.

  • Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns, ensuring alignment with weekly and monthly business priorities set by your direct leader.

  • With your direct leader's guidance, help establish clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations.

  • With your direct leader's guidance, help with efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work accurately (if applicable) and assess reporting in fulfillment to identify gaps and assist to develop a plan.

  • Help enable a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is in stock, available, accurately priced and signed on the sales floor while prioritizing guest experience. Collaborate with all teams and leaders (including closing team) to identify key priorities and ensure the store is guest ready in alignment with your leader's direction.

  • Stay informed about relevant trends and products to educate team members by relaying Target communications from available tools and resources during team connection moments.

  • Evaluate candidates for open positions and develop a guest-centric team, as directed by your direct leader. Model a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.

  • Identify team members for future leader positions and utilize growth development to build a talent pool within your department.

  • Support guest services such as back-up cashier, digital fulfillment processes while maintaining a compliance culture, including compliance with federal, state, and local adult beverage laws.

  • Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.

  • Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, following all Target policies and safety procedures, adhere to role-specific guidelines (e.g., food safety, pricing), and help maintain a safe, compliant workplace by reporting and correcting hazard s; lead and hold the team accountable to work in the same way.

  • Lead and demonstrate a safety culture 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.

  • Model the execution of physical security processes in order to enhance the instore security culture.

Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store; including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.
  • If applicable, as a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes.

  • Occasionally assume store-level leadership on duty (LOD) responsibilities to enable the guest experience for the store during assigned shifts based on store needs

  • Address all store emergency and compliance needs.

  • 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 variable work schedule with varying hours, days or shifts (including nights, weekends, holidays, closing shifts 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 a General Merchandise Team Leader. But, there are a few things you need from the get-go:
  • High school diploma or equivalent

  • Age 18 or older

  • Previous retail experience preferred, but not required

  • Lead and hold others accountable

  • Communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed

  • Work independently and as part of a team

  • Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently

  • Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes

  • Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members

  • Effective communication skills

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

  • Accurately handle cash register operations as needed

  • Climb up and down ladders

  • Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others.

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

  • Capable of working in and exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain job duties including but not limited to Drive-Up, carryout, etc.

  • Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift (shift length may vary).

Benefits Eligibility
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

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We're here to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Target is a general merchandise retailer with stores in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 75% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Target store. We employ 400,000+ Our tagline is "Expect More. Pay Less." We've been using it since 1994! The Target Corporation also owns Shipt and Roundel. More to love! Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, its hometown since the first Target store opened in 1962 under The Dayton Company.

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Retail and scientific research and development services

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10,000+ Employees

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Minneapolis, MN, US

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