Museum Sales Assistant Manager - Retail
Are you a Hippie at heart? The Bethel Woods Museum Store located at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, is an historic Landmark built on the site of the historic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel NY.
It is founded on Peace, Love and Music and host 25 Live Nation Concerts through the Summer and Fall.
The “Bindy Bazaar” Museum Store is a high-end gift shop located next to the Bethel Woods Museum that features the history of the 60’s and the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
The Museum Gift Store features products inspired by the 60’s but with a contemporary flair.
Our friendly and enthusiastic sales team helps to create the best possible shopping experience for our customers.
As part of Bethel Woods Center for the Preforming Arts, one of the premier preforming art centers in the country, our team is expected to engage with guests and create an entertaining, fun, exciting and memorable experience.
The Museum Store is searching for an assistant store manager who will report to the Store Manager and have the following responsibilities:
Position Preferences/Requirements:
* Acting as a “key holder” for the store along with the store manager.
* Be responsible for opening and closing the store and all managerial responsibilities on days the manager is off site.
* Ability to multi task and supervise all store operations and staff in co-ordination with the store manager.
Must be detail oriented and communicate well with store manager to execute strategic initiatives and improve sales.
Must be able to provide feedback to ensure the best customer experience possible.
* Store operations includes receiving new inventory, creating and implementing ticketing of new items, stocking store as needed.
, overseeing and providing clear instructions to all sales associates .
Monitoring sales floor and inventory.
Overseeing store appearance including merchandising.
Assist in troubleshooting any problems that may arise during work hours.
Support and assistance to outdoor satellite retail store as needed.
* Comfortable operating all aspects of the POS system and supervising daily sales reports, overseeing inventory both in store and online.
Opening and closing all registers.
* Staff supervision includes acting as a team leader to assure all sales associates provide the highest level of customer service and fulfill all job responsibilities as required.
* Ideally, have an interest Woodstock history, music, and museum history and/or a willingness to learn about it.
* Must be outgoing, positive, and friendly towards customers, team members and venue staff.
* Must work well in a fast paced environment.
Qualifications and skills
* 3+ year experience retail leadership required.
Preferably boutique, gift or department store sales and merchandising.
* Must be highly organized, detail oriented and have great communication skills.
* High-energy, friendly, outgoing personality.
Enjoys People, Music and local History.
* Supervision in coordination with the store manager of all staff, store sales, training, reporting, inventory, store maintenance and accounting.
Must be able to open and close store as needed.
* Able to stand for 8 hours a day.
* Responsible for all outdoor retail during summer concert series.
Willing to work a flexible schedule of days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Including supervising outdoor staff.
* Please do not apply unless you have retail experience and live within 30 minutes of Bethel, NY.
This position does not cover relocation or transportation costs.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.
00 per hour
Expected hours: 36 – 40 per week
Benefits:
* Employee discount
* Flexible schedule
* Paid time off
Experience level:
* 3 years
Shift:
* 10 hour shift
* 8 hour shift
* Evening shift
Weekly day range:
* Monday to Friday
* Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
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