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:
As the Merchandise Planner, you will analyze, maintain and coordinate the monthly, quarterly and annual merchandise assortment financial plans. You will partner with merchandise product managers to appropriately plan their assortment to effectively, buy, margin, sell and liquidate products. You will analyze selling histories and productivity to recommend assortment architectures for both new products as well as seasonal and evergreen products. You will collaborate across the Retail department to effectively communicate merchandise planning.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
- Develop and fine-tune assortment financial plans at a department, sub-department, and channel level that support the overall department strategy as well as the annualized Retail financial plan
- Perform analysis of product reorders to ensure they align with strategic assortment planning.
- Develop product life cycle plans from introduction to sell-through and liquidation.
- Collaborate and strategize with Senior Product Managers to ensure monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue and gross margin targets are achieved for their respective areas
- Responsible for the financial planning of Textiles, Personal Accessories (Annual volume of $8M)
- Responsible for the Reordering of core products within individual departments
- Create buy plan and strategies for core, fashion, seasonal, special exhibition , and collaborations products that support the overall department goals
- Aid in the creation of seasonal SKU Targets and ensure that these targets support the overall financial plan
- Establish markdown cadences for individual product areas that support the overall strategy of the business
- Communicate with all areas of merchandising (Product Development, Assortment Planning , Web, Catalog, Wholesale, Retail, Visual, Finance and Accounts Payable )
- Track, monitor , and report out on financial performance during key process meetings, as well as key strategy meetings
- Participate and lead weekly business discussions with the cross functional team
- Generate and assist in the analysis of the business
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.A. required with some knowledge of art history preferred
- Computer literacy required, including Microsoft Office
- 2-5 years of experience working in product merchandising and/or sales analysis
- Prefer prior Merchandise/Classification Planning experience ( Ant USA Preferred)
- Require proficiency with numbers and Excel spreadsheets, strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy with ability to prioritize and to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Require excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and process orientation
- Self-motivated, strong organizational skills, flexibility, and a proven track record finding solutions to problems
- A Strong understanding of business acumen required
- Prior managerial experience preferred, strong team player with strong project skills
COMPENSATION RANGE:
- Pay Range: $85,000.00 - $95,000.00 / Annually
- 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 benefits@metmuseum.org.
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.
