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New York, New York, United States
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Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in.
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Job Title: Associate Buyer, Men’s Ready-to-Wear North America
Primary Purpose:
The Associate Buyer for Men’s Ready-to-Wear (MRTW) North America is responsible for managing product assortment, inventory and pricing strategies to achieve Coach’s North America MRTW sales plans. This is an opportunity to manage and drive an evolving category, as the brand is focused on evolving both Men’s & Women’s RTW through its One Coach journey. This role oversees both the North America Outlet and Retail channels, providing opportunity to learn about both sides of the business. This person would manage pre-season product briefs and feedback, seasonal OTB and inventory planning, as well as in-season product launches, inventory delete and chase strategies. The Buying team is highly collaborative and partners closely with a variety of cross functional teams. This is a great opportunity for an individual with outstanding analytical and communication skills, who is strategic and passionate about fashion, and who is interested in owning and driving an important category within Coach North America.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in this role to…
Analyze sales performance, pricing and inventory levels to identify opportunities within the business, as well as identify external market trends for new category opportunities
Create product strategies that balance acquiring new customers while capitalizing on strong historical trends
Clearly communicate seasonal strategies with cross functional partners to influence allocation of product to stores, online merchandising, future product designs, and marketing
Manage a sized category, analyzing and planning sales and inventory at a sized level
Collaborate with peers to ensure there are synergies across total Lifestyle team
Own inventory movements, opportunities, and actions in partnership with Allocator
Idea generating, implements forward looking strategies
Detail oriented, can manage multiple projects at once and adhere to deadlines
Problem solving mindset and uses their critical thinking skills to identify and solve
The accomplished individual will possess...
Motivated individual with a passion for data analysis, growth driving initiatives and innovation
Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment
Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills; ability to effectively interact with team members and cross functional and field partners at all levels
Strong strategic thinking and outstanding analytical/quantitative skills with ability to manage large amounts of data.
Ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize and adapt to fast-paced, dynamic business environment
Excellent time management skills
An outstanding professional will have...
2+ years of previous Buying, Allocation, or Planning experience; a combination of education and experience will be considered
Excellent reporting skills
Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint
Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Coach. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264.
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Base Pay Range
$80,000.00-$90,000.00Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.
