Lead Specialist Assets Protection Operations

Target Assets Protection- National Investigations Center (NIC)

One of the world’s leading and most recognized brands requires an industry-leading Asset Protection team who ensures the safety and security of our teams, guests, stores, DCs and merchandise. We use preventive techniques to maintain a comfortable, safe and secure environment, whether within our stores, our headquarters or our distribution centers. Here you'll help promote a culture of mindfulness around safety and security while preventing and responding to incidents that fall within our many areas of expertise.

Use your skills, experience, and talents to be a part of this exciting team. As a Lead Specialist in Assets Protection Operation team, you will support and help the team achieve business goals by

• Strong knowledge of UFT and Selenium Hands on experience in UFT (Object Identification, Object Repository, Data Tables).
• Strong Knowledge on SQL, Data tables, Data Visualization, Greenfield and Smart Sheet reporting/analytics.
• Strong experience in VB Scripting and Java.
• Ability to generate insight from observational data to interpret various metrics.
• Strong collaboration skills with groups of diverse thought.
• Lead training and Onboarding for Team Members.
• Ability to work independently to improve, test and deliver insights metrics, reports and analysis through various technical approaches.
• Perform Audits and deliver process performance coaching for Team Members.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the process and identify automation opportunities.
• Exposure on functional Test automation & hybrid, Keyword-driven, Data-driven automation frame works.
• Working knowledge on Agile Methodology.
• Understand and document our risks associated with the automations to ensure Target is managing and mitigating risk where appropriate.
• Demonstrating a high level of engagement at work by closely interacting with PRA, business and Internal teams.
• Drives Efficiency in Store Operations/HQ area through continuous process improvement.
• Governance and Control for all the automation tools and applications.
• Owns all applicable documentation related to associated applications for access governance.
•  Develop strong understanding of Store Operations Systems, interfaces and processes.
• Surface risks and interdependencies within projects or system changes and work with manager to identify and implement plausible solutions or contingency plans
• Independent task and project ownership as well as strong collaboration with the field and headquarters teams to accomplish key business goals.

• About You

• Bachelor’s Degree or Bachelors in Engineering
• 2-3 years’ experience in retail, Software development or technology operations
• Strong technical aptitude
• Strong collaboration skills with groups of diverse thought, Demonstrated experience with internal/external theft and fraud investigations
• Ability to influence partners across the enterprise to meet business goals and initiatives
• Superior presentation and interpersonal skills 
• Functions as an effective member of a team by modeling teamwork and team effectiveness
• Working knowledge on Java
• Ability to learn new skills and technologies
• Effectively organizes and executes a demanding workload
• Understands the implication work assignments have on one portion of a project 
• Advanced cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision making ability, financial and quantitative analysis
• Demonstrated experience working independently and making tough decisions to solve problems