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SalaryMaternity Cover
Location: Greenwich
£35,885 per annum
Benefits: Excellent
Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts our people at the core of its success.
Working within the Commerce and Visitor Experience team and reporting to the Buying, Merchandising and E-Commerce Manager, the Senior Buyer will lead on the product development and sourcing of gifts and books for core, seasonal and exhibition product ranges, including bespoke products inspired by the collections, themes and exhibitions of Royal Museums Greenwich. They will ensure new product ranges meet spend, margin and income targets as well as reviewing the sales performance of all product ranges and their effectiveness. Collaboration with colleagues within the team and across the Museum is essential to defining the direction for exhibition and core ranges.
The successful candidate will have considerable experience of gift buying and range management, line management experience, proven product development skills, a flair for creativity and innovation, and a sound understanding of retail KPIs.
This is a full time, fixed term (Maternity Cover) role for the duration of 12 months in Band 5 - middle management and professional specialists. Core hours of work will be 36 per week, 9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management. Due to the nature of the role, occasional flexibility may be required.
In return we offer a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, pension, 22 days annual leave, training and development, an environment with flexible working options, plus many more.
Salary: £35,885 per annum
We encourage you to read the full job description/person specification before applying for this role.
Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone. We guarantee an interview for any candidate who identifies as Disabled and/or as a member of a Global Majority* and who meets the essential criteria requirements. Please state in your application if you would like to be considered under this scheme.
We actively work with the Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.
*Global Majority refers to people who identify as Black, Asian, Mixed and/or who have been racialised as a member of an ethnic minority.
