Presentation leaders, get in here

[consume]

What do you like about your job?

What are things you know that others don't?

What are tips you would give new POGtls.

What advice would you give someone new to the job?

I've been ptl since right before the Halloween set... I survived the 48 hour Christmas reset.. toys kicked my ass... cosmetics/hba has been kicking my ass, but I wrapped up today...


What is the positive outlook other than fixing other people's shitty departments and getting bitched out the first day after setting something, because one sign didn't come in...

(6yrs previous consumables leadership btw)

 

[BigEyedPhish]

What do you like about your job?

What are things you know that others don't?

What are tips you would give new POGtls.

What advice would you give someone new to the job?

I've been ptl since right before the Halloween set... I survived the 48 hour Christmas reset.. toys kicked my ass... cosmetics/hba has been kicking my ass, but I wrapped up today...


What is the positive outlook other than fixing other people's shitty departments and getting bitched out the first day after setting something, because one sign didn't come in...

(6yrs previous consumables leadership btw)

As Signing Team Member, my positive outlook for this is that alcohol exists, and I am of age to drink it.

I've only been Signing TM for a year, but I will say that so far this year it has been fucking brutal, the only positive I can see so far is that (almost) all of our Cosmetics Signing showed up this year, however, having absolutely everything move has been a nightmare.

 

[signingminion]

What do you like about your job?

What are things you know that others don't?

What are tips you would give new POGtls.

What advice would you give someone new to the job?

I've been ptl since right before the Halloween set... I survived the 48 hour Christmas reset.. toys kicked my ass... cosmetics/hba has been kicking my ass, but I wrapped up today...


What is the positive outlook other than fixing other people's shitty departments and getting bitched out the first day after setting something, because one sign didn't come in...

(6yrs previous consumables leadership btw)

Christmas was brutal. I feel like toys went well for us this year, and usually does.. Baby sucked, cosmetics is limping along.

I feel like pog has lots more knowledge than the average tm based on what other process interweave with ours. Same with the tl.

Stay organized, keep your team accountable to stay organized. Read everything you can get your eyes on: mysupport, redwire, merch update, early/ late set notes, transitional manual. One sentence can save the whole day.

 

[Tar Ghetto]

One sentence can save the whole day.

Quoted for truth!

 

[PlanoBitch]

Christmas was brutal. I feel like toys went well for us this year, and usually does.. Baby sucked, cosmetics is limping along.

I feel like pog has lots more knowledge than the average tm based on what other process interweave with ours. Same with the tl.

Stay organized, keep your team accountable to stay organized. Read everything you can get your eyes on: mysupport, redwire, merch update, early/ late set notes, transitional manual. One sentence can save the whole day.

I don't know what it is about the baby transition but it always sucks for us. Maybe it's all the building of displays, I'm not sure. And changing out all that backer paper from circles to stripes was a pain in the ass. Especially since most of our pogs didn't change as far as shelf heights and peg hook placements

 

[PlanoBitch]

What do you like about your job? Seeing the finished product of all of our Hard work. I also like planning everything out. I'm wierd like that.

What are things you know that others don't?
I've been with Target going on 15 years so I have a lot of knowledge but a lot of the TLs in my store have been with target almost as long so we all pretty much know the same things it's just how we utilize our knowledge that's different.

What are tips you would give new POGtls.
Get organized fast. Read everything you can. Communicate to your peers and lods about what's going on and what you see going to be struggles for your team. Communicate with your team as well.

What advice would you give someone new to the job? Listen to your team. Especially if they have been doing pog longer then you have. My team is very experienced and I ask them questions and take their advice on things when i need to.

I've been ptl since right before the Halloween set... I survived the 48 hour Christmas reset.. toys kicked my ass... cosmetics/hba has been kicking my ass, but I wrapped up today...

Normally our seasonal and toys sets go very well. Baby always gives us a hard time. Cosmetics/Hba was a challenge but I convinced my store to go over night all last week so we were able to get most of this weeks Hba sets done as well.

What is the positive outlook other than fixing other people's shitty departments and getting bitched out the first day after setting something, because one sign didn't come in...

(6yrs previous consumables leadership btw)

 

[signingminion]

I don't know what it is about the baby transition but it always sucks for us. Maybe it's all the building of displays, I'm not sure. And changing out all that backer paper from circles to stripes was a pain in the ass. Especially since most of our pogs didn't change as far as shelf heights and peg hook placements

The first day my poggies didn't read to change the paper. And set most of the pegged sections...it's gonna be like that for awhile.

 

[instockout]

Either the pog tl's in my district hated their jobs or they sucked at it, because half the stores in my district are hiring for Plano, and have been for the past two weeks if not longer.

 

[BigEyedPhish]

Either the pog tl's in my district hated their jobs or they sucked at it, because half the stores in my district are hiring for Plano, and have been for the past two weeks if not longer.

Or it was the "last two weeks" ;p

 

[Unsilent]

Either the pog tl's in my district hated their jobs or they sucked at it, because half the stores in my district are hiring for Plano, and have been for the past two weeks if not longer.

Just about every store in this state is hiring for presentation, and it really shouldn't be any surprise why.

On topic, connect with TLs in other workcenters and let them know what kind of support your team may (read: will absolutely) need ahead of time, instead of having them try to ask for it after the fact. It makes a whole lot of difference in how smoothly larger transitions will go. Supplies, keep your team supplied to help the whole thing run better. Lastly, keep an eye on the fixture room, I wish I could share a picture of mine without giving my store away, but it's a cart graveyard both in and outside of it, with metal poking in every which direction. Seems impossible, but allocate time after workload to have your team either clean it out or keep it tidy. A lock will work wonders.

 

[tellmeaboutatime]

Planning and organization are huge. Write your schedule based on what you will be doing each day. I like to start each week with the biggest sets and leave the splns for the end of the week. Your team needs to know what they are doing too. Set expectations and stick to them. Are they making signs and researching after setting an area? If corners were cut, make them go back and fix them, Read, yes read the transition manuals and make sure your signing tm reads them too. Teamwork between TLs. Have a daily or at the very least weekly update email. Let the other TLs know what you have coming up and what issues you may have run into.. i.e.If you let them know that the reason a graphic isn't up (didnt receive it/was damaged)they are able to speak to it at a visit.If they know you will be setting an aisle in their work center they won't waste their time remerchandising it the night beforeCross train all of you plano and pricing team members. All of them should be able to work either area in the event of call offs or huge workloads. Keep notes! What could you have done different during the cosmetic set (besides going on vacation)! Organize extra fixtures?extra team members for fullback? Recognize your team. They will be constantly be berated for things that are out of their control. Why is it so light? The base deck is dirty (it was wiped down not painted you twit) I think my favorite part of plano is taking an area that looks like crap and watching it come to life.

 

[SrTLall]

Lastly, keep an eye on the fixture room, I wish I could share a picture of mine without giving my store away, but it's a cart graveyard both in and outside of it, with metal poking in every which direction. Seems impossible, but allocate time after workload to have your team either clean it out or keep it tidy. A lock will work wonders.

If your fixture room is a disaster, you need to stop everything and spend how ever many hours is necessary to organize it. I imagine a 10 second trip to the fixture room is taking 2, 3, 4, maybe 5 minutes, if you can't even move around it in. Spend the time and take the hit on being red in TWT for a week, it will pay off exponentially every day thereafter.

Once organized, send the signing TM in there EVERY SINGLE SHIFT to maintain it, no ifs, ands, or buts about it (it is in their core roles to maintain the fixture room). You will be surprised how much more efficiently a plano team runs with a clean and well-organized fixture room. Stores/TMs who have never experienced a brand fixture room have a tough time visualizing the benefits, but they are extraordinary.

 

[commiecorvus]

If your fixture room is a disaster, you need to stop everything and spend how ever many hours is necessary to organize it. I imagine a 10 second trip to the fixture room is taking 2, 3, 4, maybe 5 minutes, if you can't even move around it in. Spend the time and take the hit on being red in TWT for a week, it will pay off exponentially every day thereafter.

Once organized, send the signing TM in there EVERY SINGLE SHIFT to maintain it, no ifs, ands, or buts about it (it is in their core roles to maintain the fixture room). You will be surprised how much more efficiently a plano team runs with a clean and well-organized fixture room. Stores/TMs who have never experienced a brand fixture room have a tough time visualizing the benefits, but they are extraordinary.

I'm sure the Signing Specialist TM will be more than happy to keep the fixture room in good shape, if they are given the hours to do it.
Since most of the time they are hardly given enough hours to cover the signing work they need to get done, getting the fixture room done tends to be a Sisyphean battle.

 

[SrTLall]

I'm sure the Signing Specialist TM will be more than happy to keep the fixture room in good shape, if they are given the hours to do it.
Since most of the time they are hardly given enough hours to cover the signing work they need to get done, getting the fixture room done tends to be a Sisyphean battle.

No more than 5 minutes a day, if that, is needed to maintain an organized fixture room.

 

[Tyrant]

No more than 5 minutes a day, if that, is needed to maintain an organized fixture room.

Depends on how onboard the rest of the store is. If everyone puts their things away properly sure. If they just leave carts and handbaskets of random crap in there constantly? Not so much.

 

[SrTLall]

Depends on how onboard the rest of the store is. If everyone puts their things away properly sure. If they just leave carts and handbaskets of random crap in there constantly? Not so much.

This takes care of itself if the signing TM spends 5 minutes max in there each shift. If the plano TL is worth a damn, they would coach the people who left their stuff in there without putting it in the proper spot. With the signing TM in there daily, it's pretty easy to figure out and narrow down who is dropping the ball.

 

[Tyrant]

Unless TLs and ETLs are the ones dropping and running, and they do it after the Plano team leaves for the day. Some stores cultures are very selfish.

 

[commiecorvus]

Unless TLs and ETLs are the ones dropping and running, and they do it after the Plano team leaves for the day. Some stores cultures are very selfish.

Yep, can't tell you how many times I've come back from a couple of days off to find the fixture room crammed from one end to the other with crap because the SLETL had done a major reset and dropped everything without even trying to organize it.
The standard answers when you call attention to the clusterfuck is "We don't have time to do it.", "The shelves are too heavy for the girls to hang that high." and "We don't know where everything goes."
The time one is probably legit, nobody has enough time but its not like I'm given that time either.
Shelving, meh, I was always happy to help if someone asked but leaving it in a cart or leaning it so someone could knock it over and hurt themselves, no mas.
And I can't tell you how many times I offered at huddles to show people where everything went in the fixture room, to point where I was taken aside and told that I was being mean (probably because some of the people I was pointing out were ETLs and TLs)
So yeah, fixture room, a sore point.

 

[signingminion]

Yep, can't tell you how many times I've come back from a couple of days off to find the fixture room crammed from one end to the other with crap because the SLETL had done a major reset and dropped everything without even trying to organize it.
The standard answers when you call attention to the clusterfuck is "We don't have time to do it.", "The shelves are too heavy for the girls to hang that high." and "We don't know where everything goes."
The time one is probably legit, nobody has enough time but its not like I'm given that time either.
Shelving, meh, I was always happy to help if someone asked but leaving it in a cart or stalking it so someone could knock it over and hurt themselves, no mas.
And I can't tell you how many times I offered at huddles to show people where everything went in the fixture room, to point where I was taken aside and told that I was being mean in fact (probably because some of the people I was pointing out were ETLs and TLs)
So yeah, fixture room, a sore point.

Yup, fuck all you fuckers who think it's the signing tm job to put your shit away/sort the fixture room. It takes me a solid week to sort out the carts and grey bins on one side. Only to realize half the bins were taken away by who knows...

...once I get it back to brand I will be sending out daily recaps calling out every person who fucks it up. I've been doing it to tl to their faces. If they walk away and refuse to put their stuff away I'm escalating it immediately. I'm done with getting behind through no fault of my own. I ordered the fixture sticker pack, but it's horrible compared to the fixtures we have. Lots of printing pics off sap to label things. Color coding of shelf space with washi tape. It's on.

 

[instockout]

I helped out another store last month with a remodel and there fixture room was kept clear at all time, it made resetting so much easier.

 

[signingminion]

I helped out another store last month with a remodel and there fixture room was kept clear at all time, it made resetting so much easier.

The couple days it stays brand my team gets their stuff DONE. Then some basic white girl tl decides she just can't be bothered to unlock the door, aptl decides to not care if it's locked, etc and BAM-six carts of stuff from twelve different people jammed so full they explode when you breath on them.

 

[YourPPTL]

The couple days it stays brand my team gets their stuff DONE. Then some basic white girl tl decides she just can't be bothered to unlock the door, aptl decides to not care if it's locked, etc and BAM-six carts of stuff from twelve different people jammed so full they explode when you breath on them.

Sounds a little racist don't ya think. (Some basic white girl tl)

 

[signingminion]

Sounds a little racist don't ya think. (Some basic white girl tl)

If it rolls around the store drinking psl in ugg boots...

 

[YourPPTL]

If it rolls around the store drinking psl in ugg boots...

Wow........be nice

 

[TargetOldTimer]

If your fixture room is a disaster, you need to stop everything and spend how ever many hours is necessary to organize it. I imagine a 10 second trip to the fixture room is taking 2, 3, 4, maybe 5 minutes, if you can't even move around it in. Spend the time and take the hit on being red in TWT for a week, it will pay off exponentially every day thereafter.

Once organized, send the signing TM in there EVERY SINGLE SHIFT to maintain it, no ifs, ands, or buts about it (it is in their core roles to maintain the fixture room). You will be surprised how much more efficiently a plano team runs with a clean and well-organized fixture room. Stores/TMs who have never experienced a brand fixture room have a tough time visualizing the benefits, but they are extraordinary.

I know you didnt just say this.

Our fixture room is perfect 95% of the time, but it doesnt "only take 5 minutes", it is not the signing tm core role to clean the entire fixture room and I am not "sent" in there to keep it that way. Planogram tm are supposed to maintain the fixture room, but they "dont have time"

As a signing tm, I manage my time well, and make time to clean up the fixture because Im not a pig and dont like working in a sty, not because its my job.

Yeah, Im called "mean" too, but only by the lazy people.