Associate Buyer/ Allocator- Eyewear, Fragrance and Soft Accessories

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.

Coach is a leading design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle collections, with a long-standing reputation built on quality craftsmanship. Defined by a free-spirited, all-American attitude, the brand approaches design with a modern vision, reimagining luxury for today with an authenticity and innovation that is uniquely Coach. All over the world, the Coach name is synonymous with effortless New York style.

Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio - a global house of brands powered by optimism, innovation, and inclusivity.

Primary Purpose:

The Associate Buyer/Allocator will be responsible for owning and executing omni channel strategies for women's and men's eyewear, fragrance and soft accessories departments. This role will own the buying, planning and allocating for both Outlet and Retail stores as well as ecommerce.

This is a great opportunity for an individual with allocation experience who has outstanding analytical and communication skills, who is also strategic, self-motivated, and systems-savvy.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in this role to...

• Owner of assorting, merchandising, buying, planning and allocation of all product initiatives while keeping strategic intent top of mind
  • This candidate will select assortments by analyzing product performance, customer feedback, consumer trends, competitive landscape and market knowledge
  • This candidate will strategically assort and plan quarterly product, while balancing OTB, monthly financial targets, sku productivity goals and seasonal offer
  • Reforecast select areas of the business monthly to meet financial targets and productivity metrics by reforecasting sku level sales, inventory, receipts, and margin targets

• Partner with Ecommerce Merchandising, Marketing, Product Knowledge, Visual Merchandising and Store Operations teams to create synergies among all consumer touch points

• Manage SKU lifecycle from adoption to delete, react to in season sales/learnings to determine go forward strategy and actions
• Run weekly, monthly, and quarterly selling reports to recap and analyze business, making recommendations for driving improved performance and identifying opportunities.
• Analyze and manage owned dept allocations & inventory levels at both distribution and store levels across 100+ skus

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint & Excel required
• Strong strategic thinking and outstanding analytical/quantitative skills
• Ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize and adapt to fast-paced, dynamic business environment.
• Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills; ability to effectively interact and communicate with team members and cross functional partners at all levels
• Ability to deal with ambiguity in the workplace, while being entrepreneurial, curious & self-motivated
• Looking for a candidate who is proficient in both effective individual work and team collaboration

An outstanding professional will have...

• 2+ years' experience of allocation experience. Previous buying experience is helpful to this space. An equivalent combination of work experience and education will be considered.
• Proficient knowledge of reporting systems and databases (i.e. RPAS, AllocateSmart, MicroStrategy, SAP, Alteryx)

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 moraleand spirit in theirteam; 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 employeerelations@tapestry.com

Visit Coach at www.coach.com.

Work Setup: HYBRID

BASE PAY RANGE $75,000.00 TO $85,000.00 Annually
Here 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.

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