Field Investigator

The pay range is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00 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 https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits .

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 .   AP teams function to keep our guests, team and brand safe and secure and lead through crisis events. They protect profitable sales by mitigating shortage risks, preventing, investigating and resolving theft and fraud to ensure product is available for our guest. At Target, we believe in our team members having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a Market Investigator can provide you with the: • Experience managing the identification and resolution of internal investigations • Skills in external and internal investigations (identification, investigation and resolution) • Skills using mobile, stationary and physical surveillance, and intelligence-led tactics to aid in the reduction of shortage; including Target’s video surveillance system • Knowledge of criminal prosecution practices and expectations As a Market Investigator no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities: Drive your business to grow sales • Ensure the protection of Target team members, physical assets and corporate facilities – and increase profitability by resolving theft and reducing shortage. • Support a theft and shortage prevention and resolution culture to ensure product is in stock and available for our guests. • Lead and close complex market or regional theft cases including Organized Retail Crime (ORC), fraud, brand and reputational issues. • Develop and investigate major organized external and internal cases which may result in a significant loss to Target. Use methods of prevention, detection, investigation, resolution, and recovery. • Lead cases that require specialized investigative tactics and all internal investigations that involve store management and AP cases. Cultivate a guest-centric salesforce to drive sales and efficiency • Build partnerships with industry organizations and benchmark the competition for trends and initiatives that are impacting the industry. • Support and consult business partners on external investigations and store-level internal investigations, as needed. Provide hands on training of investigative tactics and coach and train field and store leaders on investigative interview tactics. • Develop positive relationship with law enforcement agencies. Conduct major case operations, and act as liaison with law enforcement and retail industry. • Partner with law enforcement, HQ, field and store AP teams to aggregate applicable investigations charges. Ensure all prosecution/referral of local theft and fraud investigations are completed to the highest possible level and when necessary, represent Target in court and legal proceedings. • Identify all aspects of emerging theft opportunities, trends and cases within your market using reporting, trend analysis, and internal and external partners to initiate and investigate theft