Venue Merchandise Supervisor at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre- Tinley Park

Merchandise Supervisor (Part Time)

Are you someone who enjoys working in a fast-moving environment? Do you enjoy live music? Do you take pride in successfully leading a team to accomplish a common goal? Then, the Live Nation Merchandise Supervisor position may be the right opportunity for you. The Merchandise Supervisor leads a highly motivated team of merchandise specialists who inventory, distribute, and display each piece of artist merchandise with pride.

Throughout the show, the Merchandise Supervisor monitors inventory levels and requests additional stock as required, all while motivating the team to quickly and carefully fulfill each guest's order. After the show is over, the Merchandise Supervisor oversees the team as they reassemble and inventory the remaining merchandise. Once reconciliation is complete and the merchandise returned to the artist, the Merchandise Supervisor heads home, knowing the team successfully supported another show in merchandise operations.

Objectives of the Role

• Serve as a liaison amongst Artist/Tour Representative(s), Venue Management, and Merchandise Specialists team.
• Oversee team of Merchandise Specialists to ensure an exceptional merchandise purchasing experience for all guests and fans in Live Nation venues
• Act as a brand ambassador for Live Nation, its local sponsors, and the venue

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop Merchandise Specialist schedule based on event projections
• Oversee inventory count-in and count-out procedures
• Support successful sales operations at each event by training, mentoring, and motivating Merchandise Specialists team
• Ensure merchandise stands always remain clean and presentable and displays meet or exceed expectations
• Perform physical duties as required by the role, such as moving equipment or transferring merchandise between locations
• Complete all required reports in a timely manner, including pre-show, post-show, and payroll reports
• Communicate with Venue Management and Merchandise Management team
• Ensure team compliance with Live Nation policies and procedures, as well as health and safety regulations

Skills & Qualifications

• Merchandise Supervisors must have refined communication and interpersonal skills
• Merchandise Supervisors are detail-oriented and highly organized
• Merchandise Supervisors are guest-centric and able to respond to requests and concerns in a professional manner
• Merchandise Supervisors must be team-driven and possess advanced leadership adeptness with the ability to train and mentor in a positive manner
• Merchandise Supervisors must have basic business proficiency with an understanding of the importance of forecasting and timely reporting

Experience

• Event merchandising positions desirable
• Positions that leverage customer service or hospitality
• Prior experience is not as important as the appropriate attitude and interpersonal skills

Job Requirements

• Must be able to available for the entire concert day, with shifts as long as 15 hours (with breaks)
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time
• Must be able to lift up to a 50-pound box
• Must be able to work in outdoor environments in potentially extreme temperatures
• Must have a working understanding of touch-screen based systems
• Must be of legal working age in the state

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.

It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair…