Full job description About the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.
At The Met, every staff member – from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond – lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.
Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.
Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.
Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.
Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.
Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
Reporting to the Product Manager, you will be creating and issuing purchase orders, monitoring stock levels and sell throughs, product reorders, and replenishment. You will assist with Vendor set-up, communication, and compliance to ensure all purchase orders are tracked and monitored.. You will also frequently engage with internal partners in finance, accounts payable and procurement to ensure invoicing and purchase orders are compliant for vendor payment. Additionally, you will work proactively with all internal partners including stores, e-commerce, retail operations, marketing, planning, and allocation regarding purchase order status and product delivery updates. You will input data for price change events including markdowns and promotions, creation of selling reports, and will spend time in stores to review inventory levels and performance.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
Work collaboratively with The Product Manager and Planners to gain alignment on all necessary information needed to create, follow up status and revise Purchase Orders.
Responsible for all aspects of PO requests and revisions; from creation of PO's to receipt in the warehouse.
Maintain File Maker PDD system and all aspects of SKU creation, maintenance, and updates.
Create and maintain all records on Airtable.
Primary point of contact for vendors in regards to PO's.
Coordinate and monitor cost and receipt changes from vendors.
Communicate effectively with retail operations and store teams to ensure all goods arrive into the store in a timely manner.
Assist with the receipt and tracking of all SKU's, including TOP samples.
Responsible for the creation and management of all price events.
Assist in preparation of business reports for key weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings.
Responsible to actively ensure that every SKU has the correct status.
Responsible to proof and provide edits to Marketing for both print and digital catalogues.
Responsible for the creation and maintenance of weekly/monthly and seasonal reports.
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Merchandising/Planning/Retail and/or Business.
2 years of experience in a Specialty retail or a Department store buying office.
Experience with and understanding of central purchasing, inventory management and merchandising systems is required.
Strong internal and external communication (both written and verbal).
Operates effectively in a team environment and is process oriented.
Self -motivated with strong retail math and organizational skills.
Effective at decision making and prioritization of tasks.
Computer literacy required, including Microsoft Office, Word and Excel.
Knowledge of Art History preferred but not required.
COMPENSATION RATE:
Pay Rate: $34.00 / Hourly
The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role. The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, special licensing or qualifications, and other factors.
Location Requirements
At time of employment, employees are expected to be located within commuting distance of the Museum. "Commuting distance" means that they are located in one of following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania (the "Tri-state and PA" areas), and be able to commute to and from the Museum in a single day.
Benefits Offerings
The Museum provides competitive compensation, and generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees. Note: Benefits Offering may differ based on Employee Status.
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance 403(b) basic retirement plan and optional matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays Long-term disability coverage Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account (pre-tax income for eligible health care expenses) Commuter benefits (pre-tax income for parking or mass transit expenses) Free financial-planning services Financial assistance for relevant coursework, seminars, and training programs 25% discount for staff in Museum shops A subsidized staff cafeteria Access to the Museums Council pass, which grants free admission to various museums and cultural institutions Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups often apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the qualifications for a role. If much of this job description describes you, then please apply for this role.
The Met is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, The Met will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed in this process, please contact
. The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
