Kate Spade Brand Director

COACH OPERATIONS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury retail company in Singapore is seeking a Brand Director to define and implement strategic initiatives for Kate Spade. This role entails leadership in retail management, development of marketing strategies, and driving sales growth. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in a retail or luxury goods environment and a strong track record in leadership, budgeting, and team development. This position promotes a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in retail/luxury goods.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to motivate teams.
• Experience with P&L management and budget forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement Kate Spade's strategic long-term strategy.
• Lead retail management efforts across stores.
• Drive sales generation by monitoring store performance.

Skills

Retail Management

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Marketing Strategy

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Sinceits launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade NewYork has always stood for optimistic femininity. Today, the brand is a globallife and style house with handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, gifts,home décor and more. Polished ease, thoughtful details and a modern,sophisticated use of color—Kate Spade New York’s founding principles define aunique style synonymous with joy. Under the vision of creative director NicolaGlass, the brand continues to celebrate confident women with a youthful spirit.

Kate Spade NewYork is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands powered byoptimism, innovation, and inclusivity.

JobTitle: Brand Director

PrimaryPurpose: The positionis part of Tapestry Singapore Leadership Team, and its main purpose is thedefinition and implementation of Kate Spade’s strategic long-term strategy inthis particular geographic area

Workingclosely with the Tapestry GM and the international Kate Spade stakeholders, youwill own the business direction, retail, VM, training & development,product strategies and localize the global marketing strategy in partnershipwith the SEA Marketing Director. You Will also be responsible for futurebusiness development efforts in your region and prospecting new sales channels.

The successfulindividual will leverage their proficiency in Retail Management to...

Staff Development

• Establish,in partnership with HR, successful and engaged corporate and store teams
• Fosterownership among the Store Leadership Team through active delegation
• Develop,pro-actively manage, and retain talent at all levels
• Leadthe work-force planning activity and ensure people cost meet guidelines
• Support the implementation of training programs; hold regularstaff meetings and town-halls

BrandIntegrity

• Represent the Brand in alignment with Global Standards across allstores
• Lead and be the guardian of the brand image & voice - developand own a flexible approach to balancing global, regional & local brandmessaging and content
• Develop and drive, in partnership with the SEA marketing leader, amarketing strategy for the region to attain the commercial goals and maximizeROI

Sales Generation & Retail Management

• Responsible for the countries P&L, budget & financialforecasts objectives.
• Monitor and drive sales generation by store to meet sales andproductivity plans
• Constantly analyze shopper, sell-out and retail information inorder to adapt and improve service, product, and Visual Merchandizingstrategies accordingly.
• Run seamless Operations with the support of SEA Retail Ops team tocomply with Kate Spade policies and local regulations
• Maintain the highest level of customer service in all stores inline with global objective & develop retail talents accordingly
• Visit stores regularly to ensure execution, motivate teams andidentify areas of opportunities.

Merchandising Management

• Ensure stores merchandise is maximizing salesand turning in line with plans
• Stay current on product range and educatestaff on competitors’ products offering
• Funnel product improvement ideas and providefeedback to global brand teams
• Participate in regular product buys
• Engage in ongoing communication with global buying team on local marketneeds and trends that includes special products, new store openings and newinitiates.
• Take the lead on allocations to drive optimalstock allocation strategy to the South East Asia markets

Business Development

• Keep healthy relations with landlords, act as first point ofcontact for the brand
• Support GM in leases negotiations and drive financial evaluationwith the Finance team
• Able to pro-actively identify potential new locations to open /relocate stores

Visual Merchandizing

• Inpartnership with VM lead, own & drive VM priorities, workflow &management of designs for the local market, define & drive Top Door VMguidelines display with Field Merchandisers

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Bachelor’sdegree and a 10 years previous experience
• Candidatewith a mix of retail/luxury/consumer goods/wholesale experience preferred
• Specificprevious management of local market is key, including: knowledge of theinternational tourist business, recent trends affecting the market, socialdynamics, competitive landscape, geographical complexity

An outstanding professional will have...

• Demonstrates the Tapestry values:Optimist, Innovative and Inclusive
• Can see possibilitiesin the impossible, driving innovation and leading change
• Has proven leadership skills andability to motivate multiple levels within the organization
• Shows an authentic communication style to influence colleagues andexternal parties
• Has problem solving skills and ability to develop an action planfor resolution
• Can fuse creativity and logic / analytic, enabling self and others to make decisions in ambiguity
• Is equally comfortable dealing with hands-on or strategic matters
• Is able to reduce complexity and help people focus on what mattersmost
• Energetic, dynamic, shows passion for driving the people agenda

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Drive forResults: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly andconsistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented;steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• CustomerFocus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internaland external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses itfor improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind;establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gainstheir trust and respect.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections amongpreviously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-addedin brainstorming settings.
• InterpersonalSavvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, insideand outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; buildsconstructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; candiffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning onthe Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatilelearner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues toimprovement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoysthe challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and theunderlying structure of anything.
• Perseverance: Pursueseverything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives upbefore finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Dealingwith Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shiftgears 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 thingsbefore moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• StrategicAgility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trendsaccurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; canarticulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities andlikelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• BuildingEffective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strongmorale
  and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue;lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in termsof the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• ManagerialCourage: 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 orsituation (not including direct reports) quick and directly; is not afraid totake negative action when necessary.

KateSpade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we prideourselves 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’squalifications as they relate to the requirements of the position underconsideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed,religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability,marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognizedprotected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit KateSpade atwww.katespade.com.