Merchandise Handler - The Woodruff Arts Center : Job Details

Woodruff Arts Center employees play an integral role in creating and supporting great art and education initiatives at the nation's third largest arts center. Comprised of three Art Partners-Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art-there's a role for everyone at The Woodruff. Reports to: Retail Product Development and Merchandising Mangager FLSA: United States of America (Non-Exempt) Employment Status: Temporary/Part time POSTION SUMMARY: Shipping and receiving coordinator for all Museum Shop merchandise. This includes the shipping and counting of all merchandise for the Museum Shops, web shop and trade business. Ensure that all merchandise is accurately stocked and priced. Organize and maintain stock rooms and storage spaces. Execute general maintenance in the Museum Shop to include moving fixtures, light bulb replacement, changing merchandise displays and stocking merchandise. Work with Buyer and Merchandising Manager & Retail Coordinator to organize stock areas for annual inventory. Must be organized and efficient in completing tasks in a timely manner. POSTION SUMMARY:

• Shipping and receiving coordinator for all Museum Shop merchandise. This includes the shipping and counting of all merchandise for the Museum Shops, web shop and trade business. Ensure that all merchandise is accurately stocked and priced. Organize and maintain stock rooms and storage spaces.
• Execute general maintenance in the Museum Shop to include moving fixtures, light bulb replacement, changing merchandise displays and stocking merchandise.
• Work with Buyer and Merchandising Manager & Retail Coordinator to organize stock areas for annual inventory. Must be organized and efficient in completing tasks in a timely manner.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES INCLUDE: Through previous background and experience the candidate must demonstrate, with or without an accommodation, the ability to:

• Interact professionally and effectively through verbal and written communication with all professional contacts with emphasis on company interests
• Basic math skills
• Move merchandise weighing 50 lbs or more
• Maneuver a palette jack and/or fork lift
• Strong organizational skills

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate the unloading, pricing and stocking of merchandise according to operational guidelines to ensure that the store is well stocked and that supply counts are accurate.

• Adhere to and promote established safety procedures. .

• Neat organizational skills are an absolute must.
• Participate in the completion of annual physical inventory counts.
• Special projects as assigned.

NATURE OF SUPERVISION: General instruction is provided on some, but not all, tasks to be performed and work is checked upon completion. In addition, non-routine tasks may be assigned. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: None. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: High school diploma or its equivalent (GED) - applicant must be able to demonstrate basic math proficiency and above average communication skills. WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The majority of job duties are conducted indoors, although merchandise shipments will require that an employee leave the museum briefly. Because this position requires bending, kneeling, moving merchandise (up to 70 pounds or more, as necessary) and standing for long periods of time, there may be risk of injury resulting from improper procedures.
• In addition, employee may be required to perform stocking duties during non-store hours.

SCHEDULE:

• The requested schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 8-12. However, days and hours are flexible. Employee may be asked to work a 1 or 2 Saturdays when major exhibitions close in order to help keep shop(s) stocked.

CONTACTS:

• In addition to contact with the general public at the store and at store-related events, contact with both High Museum and Woodruff Art Center departments and at the administrative offices involving the routine exchange of information may be a regular part of this job.
• Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. With over 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High's Media Arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005, the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum's size, creating a vibrant village for the arts at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit www.High.org. An Equal Opportunity Employer