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Available Cultural Commerce Positions
Retail Operations Assistant Manager
State/Prov:AR
Position Summary: The Assistant Manager is responsible for helping the store exceed sales plan and profitability targets while providing outstanding customer service. This position will work closely with guests on the sales floor; manage floor sales staff; develop visual merchandise and merchandising plans; merchandise replenishment purchasing; develop store procedures and processes; and execute customer and sales service training programs.
Principal Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
- Ensure that the museum store is well aligned with the museum’s mission and that the museum’s attributes are lived out on a daily basis: welcoming, invigorating, and excellence.
• Through research and education opportunities, become conversant about museum collections, exhibitions and programs.
• Through education and engagement, become conversant about the NWA cultural community.
- Participate in hiring and supervising a highly motivated and energetic sales team.
- Execute training program for sales associates.
- Create staff schedule and conduct staff meetings.
- Create procedures/checklists for front-of-house activities.
- Oversee and/or perform daily sales activities including cash management; end-of-day reports; and cash reconciliation.
- Execute visual displays and merchandising.
- Assist in merchandise replenishment buying and ordering; create vendor files; enter purchase orders and process receivers; and process inventory and merchandise transfers.
- Collaborate with store management on a variety of plans, promotional activities, sales goals and special projects.
- Cross train with other store management to perform other store duties.
- Prior to opening, assist in creating Planogram and merchandising planning; and assist in planning and managing opening store events.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education, Training, and Traits:
- Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Retail or Business or completed coursework in these fields.
- Positive, motivated, high-energy, and detail-oriented team player
- Demonstrated resourcefulness, good judgment and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Work Experience:
- Three years retail buying and store management experience, preferably in a high end merchandise environment.
- Cash handling, supervisory and customer service experience.
Equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience will satisfy the minimum requirements.
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to plan, organize and coordinate multiple details, projects and staff simultaneously.
- Ability to perform under pressure.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Physical demands: Lifting, carrying, and stocking 5’ high shelves up to 50 lbs.; pushing or pulling more than 50 lbs; standing for 3+ hours at a time; bending, sitting, reaching, and walking; and opening multiple doors while pushing loaded carts. Ability to reach merchandise on 6’ high shelves for customers; ability to read computer screens and price tickets; and ability to package and ship bulky merchandise for customers.
- Work Environment: Work to be performed on a sales floor, back office, stockroom, and off-site for selling events in multiple environments both indoors and out. Incumbent must meet a flexible work schedule including evenings, and weekends and available on-call for emergencies.
Compensation
Crystal Bridges offers competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
Application Procedures: To be considered for candidacy for this position, submit cover letter and resume online or to Human Resources, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, P.O. Box 1169 Bentonville, AR 72712-1169. If submitting by mail, please reference Retail Operations Assistant Manager position opening. No phone calls please.
The successful applicant will be required to pass a routine background and consumer credit check and drug screening. An equal opportunity employer.
Date Submitted: 04/8/2011
Date Closing: 05/8/2011
Organization/Company: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Visitors Center Manager
State/Prov:IL
Description: Located in Wheaton, Illinois, Cantigny Park is the former home of Colonel Robert McCormick, longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune. He left this 500 acre estate as a gift for community. Cantigny Park today consists of spectacular gardens, a championship golf course, fascinating museums, restaurants, nature trails, educational and recreational programs and much more. Explore Cantigny at www.cantigny.org.
Principal Function: Manage the Visitors Center within the guidelines established by the Director of Visitor Services. Responsible for day-to-day operations of the Visitors Center, Gift Shop, Gallery, Theater and Medill Room. Provide a high level of service to visitors and customers in the Visitor's Center and Gift Shop.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the operation of the Visitors Center Gift Shop
- Assist in the hiring of staff needed to effectively manage the Visitors Center Gift Shop
- Train Gift Shop staff
- Schedule the Visitors Center staff in an efficient manner
- Maintain proper cash controls in the Gift Shop
- Order merchandise and maintain proper inventory for the Gift Shop in conjunction with established budgetary guidelines
- Conduct monthly inventories of the Gift Shop
- Actively seek revenue producing opportunities by scheduling and overseeing group functions associated with the Visitors Center Medill Room and Gallery including but not limited to gallery shows, and lectures.
- Manage the Cantigny Birthday Party Program
- Assure the Visitors Center is maintained in a clean and orderly manner
- Assure that correct and timely information is disseminated to Cantigny's visitors
- Recruit, train and schedule Visitors Center Volunteers to perform kiosk duties
- Support Visitor Services Department activities when required including but not limited to special programs, events, and festivals
- Participate in an on-going professional development program with the guidance of supervisor
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in related field preferred
- Minimum two or more years of retail, customer service with supervisory experience
- Strong computer knowledge (POS, Microsoft Word, Excel, CRM)
- Must be self-directed, creative, energetic, flexible, and organized with excellent communication skills
- Must find satisfaction in working with the public and possess an outgoing, friendly, courteous and enthusiastic personality
- Must be able to work weekends, evenings and select holidays
- Must become trained in First Aid, C.P.R. and Automated External Defibrillator. Must maintain valid certification
Submission Instructions: Interested applicants must submit a resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to Human Resources at: MFResumes@McCormickFoundation.org
Salary: $36,000
Date Submitted: 03/28/2011
Date Closing: 04/28/2011
Organization/Company: Cantigny Park
Contact Name: Human Resources
E-mail: MFResumes@McCormickFoundation.org
Retail Manager
State/Prov:TX
Description: The Amon Carter Museum of American Art seeks a full-time, exempt Retail Manager. Key responsibilities include overseeing the daily operations of the Museum Store, warehouse, and store website; developing long-range plans for generating earned revenue consistent with museum image and brand; merchandise buying; preparing, analyzing, managing annual budgets; preparing financial reports and conducting inventory; hiring, training, and managing departmental staff of three part-time Sales Associates, and a Lead Sales Associate who assists with scheduling, merchandising, filling orders and other office work.
View the full position description responsibilities and requirements at http://www.cartermuseum.org/about/employment. Competitive salary and benefits. The application deadline is April 15, 2011, or until filled. Please submit letter of interest describing retail experience, curriculum vitae, references, and salary history to HR Manager, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107. Fax (817) 665-4315 or Emailhuman.resources@cartermuseum.org. EEOC.
Salary: N/A
Date Submitted: 03/08/2011
Date Closing: 04/15/2011
Organization/Company: Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Contact Name: Human Resources Manager
Phone: (817) 738-1933
E-mail: human.resources@cartermuseum.org
Fax: (817) 665-4315
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