Associate Buyer, Retail

Tapestry, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a North America Associate Buyer to drive buying strategies for the Men's Lifestyle category. This role is ideal for individuals with strong analytical and communication skills who can influence product assortments and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in retail math and strategic planning to meet financial targets while ensuring a keen attention to detail. Join a dynamic environment where your insights will shape the future of fashion and contribute to a culture of innovation and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Buying/Planning experience required.
• Advanced Excel skills and retail math proficiency needed.

Responsibilities

• Execute buying strategies for the Retail Men’s Lifestyle category.
• Analyze product performance and customer feedback.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

Retail Math

Multi-tasking

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Coach

New York, NY, US

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.

Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.

A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.

Primary Purpose: The North America Associate Buyer will execute buying strategies for the Retail Men’s Lifestyle category. This is a great opportunity for an individual with outstanding analytical and communication skills, who is strategic and operational.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Buying to:

• Influence category assortments for the North America Men’s Lifestyle business by analyzing product performance, customer feedback, consumer trend, competitive landscape and local market knowledge and convey those findings to Global Merchandising & Design teams.
• Strategically assort and plan quarterly North America Men’s Footwear Buys while balancing OTB, monthly financial targets, sku productivity goals and seasonal Global offer.
• Partner with Global Merchandise Planning to drive OTB and meet financial targets and productivity metrics for all departments. Understand sales, inventory, receipt and turn goals.
• Reforecast the business quarterly by reviewing sku level sales, inventory and receipts to hit topline goals.
• Partner with Ecommerce, Global Merchandising, Marketing, Product Knowledge, Visual Merchandising and Store Operations teams to create synergies among all consumer touch points.
• Work closely with Inventory Management and Allocation to ensure that distributions meet turn goals, support marketing calendar and maximize profitability.
• Partner with the Field Teams to solicit qualitative feedback on product, customers, store environments & competition.
• Analyze and report out cross-functionally on weekly sales analysis.

The accomplished individual will possess:

• 2+ years of Buying and/or Planning experience required; Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel, retail math and planning skills.
• Strong product sensibility and understanding of competitive landscape and trends.
• Forward strategic thinking and outstanding analytical/quantitative skills to problem solve independently and own end-to-end process.
• Ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize and adapt to fast-paced, dynamic business environment.
• A keen attention to detail and a drive to finish tasks accurately and efficiently.
• Excellent team working skills with the ability to manage cross-functional relationships across multiple levels; must work collaboratively to drive sales results.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Highly organized and proactive with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.

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 or [e-mail].

Nearest Major Market: Manhattan
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City
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