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• Overview

  Target is hiring a Receiving Clerk in Joplin, MO.

• Role description

  Picture your first ninety days as a Receiving Clerk at Target: real ownership, Self-Motivation at the center, and a team in Joplin, MO ready to back you. Set the $43,000 - $65,000 aside a moment and the general ownership alone makes this Target job worth a serious look.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Respond to internal and external requests in a timely, professional manner
  • Defend the Team Leadership fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them
  • Catch the Initiative regression a tired reviewer would miss
  • Tie general effort back to a number Target cares about
  • Stitch together Creativity and Growth Mindset into one coherent workflow
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Target to hit shared goals
  • Keep the MO engine running while you rebuild parts of it
  • Map the handoffs between MO teams so nothing falls in the cracks

  What You'll Bring

  • A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
  • Junior-caliber judgment about when to escalate and when to absorb
  • Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
  • Pattern recognition earned across many general engagements
  • The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
  • A communicator who can disagree without making it personal

  Target began as a side project in Joplin and grew into the autonomy-driven platform thousands of general users now rely on. Transparency is a habit, so roadmaps, tradeoffs, and even mistakes get shared openly.

  We reward your Time Management with $43,000 - $65,000, surround it with mentorship and benefits, and let your schedule flex around Joplin.

  The listing went live again hours ago for the temporary position.

  Stop scrolling job boards and start a conversation with the Target hiring team instead.

• Required skills

  • Self-Motivation
  • Mentoring
  • Attention Management
  • Time Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Initiative
  • Problem Solving
  • Growth Mindset
  • Goal Setting
  • Team Leadership
  • Creativity

• Benefits & perks

  • Pension Plan
  • Pet insurance
  • Gym Membership
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Recognition and rewards platform
  • Roth 401(k) option
  • Lifestyle spending account
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Coworking space allowance
  • Core hours flexibility
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Oil Changes
  • Internal mobility opportunities

• Apply before 2026-08-09

  Submit your application for this Temporary general position.