Store Executive Intern (Store Leadership Intern) - East Kansas City, MO(Starting Summer 2026)

The pay range per hour is $25.00- $26.00.

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 careers / benefits (careers / benefits)

The core role requires you to report and perform job duties primarily on-site at the store location(s) in the Kansas City, MO area. There will be no relocation offered for this position.

ALL ABOUT TARGET

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ALL ABOUT THE STORES EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP

Experience firsthand what it's like to lead a retail team within a Target store. This internship is a paid 40 hr / week, hands-on training program to develop and prepare for your store leadership. As a Stores Executive Intern, you will get a valuable realistic preview of the Executive Team Leader role (Assistant Store Manager) over a defined period of time. Within this store management internship, you will work closely with other managers and team members to develop an understanding of how Target's retail business works and what it takes to excel in a management role. You will be introduced to multiple areas of the store's business, but the majority of your time will be spent leading amongst the team, identifying and working towards store priorities, and delivering great guest service.

This program is designed to teach individuals how to lead within a retail store amongst the store team :

• You'll learn about how to drive guest experience and how to impact your store's financial, team, and operational performance.
• You'll work alongside a mentor and learn how they effectively lead their department within the store.
• You will have the opportunity to step into leading your Mentors departments- of course, we will be there to guide you and help you learn along the way!
• You will spend your days learning to lead and motivate a team, drive sales results, merchandise products, and provide an exceptional experience for our guests.
• Your development will be a top priority of ours, and to ensure you're feeling supported, you can expect ongoing developmental conversations.
• While you'll lead and support the execution of daily operations by working beside your team members, your leadership will build the culture and guide your team to grow and achieve goals.

At Target, we believe in our leaders having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The goal of the Stores Executive internship is to provide a realistic job preview of an ETL role. The role of a Stores Executive Intern can provide you with the skills and experience of :

As a Stores Executive Intern, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities :

ALL ABOUT YOU

This may be the right job for you if :

The good news is that we have some ama zing training that will help teach you how to be an effective leader within our stores. But there are a few things you need from the get-go :

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 :

Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at careers / benefits (careers / benefits) .

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