ASSISTANT BUYER

Position Title: Assistant Buyer Full Time (40 hours weekly)

Reports to: Retail Operations Manager

The Mission of MIM: The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) enriches our world by collecting, preserving, and making accessible an astonishing variety of musical instruments and performance videos from every country in the world. MIM offers guests a welcoming and fun experience, incomparable interactive technology, dynamic programming, and exceptional musical performances. MIM fosters appreciation of the world's diverse cultures by showing how we innovate, adapt, and learn from each other to create music-the language of the soul.

Core Values: Our four core values represent the standards by which each team member is expected to contribute towards the excellence of the MIM experience. MIM's culture of high energy, innovation, questioning, and problem solving ensures we will overcome challenges and establish new paradigms for museums everywhere.

1. Guest-Friendly: MIM provides a welcoming, engaging, and accessible experience for each guest.
2. High-Performing: MIM team consistently exceeds expectations.
3. Ever-Changing: MIM is in constant evolution as it strives to improve continually.
4. Sustainable: MIM is committed to ensuring the sustainability of the organization for generations to come.

Museum Store Mission Statement: The Museum Store enhances the guest experience by offering excellent customer service and by promoting the Museum's collection by offering merchandise that educates, inspires, and entertains. Profits support MIM and its programs.

Summary: The Museum Store is looking for an energetic assistant buyer to support our buyers in a fast-paced retail environment. The assistant buyer's primary responsibilities include placing reorders with existing vendors, tracking purchase orders, processing receivings and claims, preparing weekly pay packets, and maintaining positive vendor relations.

Other responsibilities include: Assisting with markdowns and vouchering. Assisting with visual merchandising to ensure that product is displayed in the store in a timely manner. Assisting with the organization and maintenance of the store, stockroom, and retail storage. Providing coverage in the store and supervising the team when requested by managers. Assisting with annual inventory and preparing monthly reports.

General Expectations: Maintain regular attendance and punctuality. Follow all policies and procedures. Support inclusive and respectful working relationships that promote a sense of belonging for all team members, volunteer team members, and guests. Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience in a similar store or retail operation, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties such as those listed in the job description.

• Strong computer skills in Windows-based applications, including Microsoft Office. Knowledge of CounterPoint SQL is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail is critical in this role to ensure accuracy in order placement, receiving, pricing, and vendor communications.
• Previous customer service experience, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of world music and musical instruments a plus!

Other:

• Work schedule varies and regularly includes evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Provide sales floor back up to support the team and to ensure the highest level of customer service to MIM guests.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions of this position.

• The position frequently requires the incumbent to lift 40 pounds and use force to carry, push, pull, and otherwise move objects in the store and stockroom.
• The position frequently requires the incumbent to bend, stoop, walk, and stand while working the sales floor and performing tasks in the stock room such as inventory.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that the team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions of this position.

• The work environment is generally indoors in the store, stockroom, museum, and general office environment.