Buyers Assistant London, England
Job description
About Us
We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.
Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.
We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us.
Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.
We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.
About the role
This is an exciting oppotunity for an individual who is looking to start their career in Retail Buyer and who is organised and detailed-oriented with strong communication and teamwork skills. The role will support the NHM Retail Buying team in delivering growth across all the revenue streams within Retail.
The Natural History Museum’s Retail business is a critical source of income for the Museum and supports vital work in helping people and planet thrive, including the work of over 300 scientists.
The Retail business is split across 3 permanent onsite shops and additional temporary ones for exhibitions, an expanding online business and wholesale operation.
The role will cover all product ranges including books, toys, clothing, homeware, jewellery, stationery and souvenir gifts.
You will work with closely the Retail Merchandising and Operation teams and other key Museum stakeholders as well as managing relationships with external suppliers to establish an effective supply and communication chain.
The position reports into the Core Range Buyer and is hybrid, with at least one day per week to be based at the Museum in South Kensington.
About you
You have experience of working in a similar role in High Street and/or Heritage retail, can demonstrate good analytical and problem-solving skills and are commercially focused.
You are comfortable working in a fast paced, multi-project environment and can clearly communicate ideas and issues and find solutions which align with the Retail and overall Museum strategy.
You will have good organisational and time management skills to effectively prioritise work responsibilities to achieve deadlines.
You have strong attention to detail and the ability to find your own ways of working with systems to process and analyse data.
You love working as part of a team and can communicate across internal teams and departments as well as external suppliers.
You are confident using learning new reporting systems and have good knowledge of MS Excel.
Thriving at the Museum: the way we work
We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.
Find out more here.
What we offer
· 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
· Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
· Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
· Life insurance
· Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
· Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
· We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
· Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sitesand other national treasures. For more details, visit https://www.cssc.co.uk
· Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi
How to apply
If that sounds like you, please apply online on the Natural History Museum’s careers portal,
at https://careers.nhm.ac.uk/
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 9th May 2023
Interviews w/c 22 May 2023
Salary: £27,231 per annum
Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 11 months
Salary: £27,231.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Gym membership
- On-site gym
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Flexitime
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London, SW7 5BD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 09/05/2023
Reference ID: Natural History Museum
