Assistant, Global Merchandising, Men's Rtw

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Job Title: Assistant, Global Merchandising, Retail Men’s RTW

Primary Purpose:

Coach’s Global Merchandising Team is responsible for creating and executing merchandising strategies and forecasting processes to maximize company financial objectives. The Merchandising Assistant will support product strategies and drive growth of the category, responsible for day to day activities including sample organization, merchandising deck maintenance, sales reports and business analysis with a focus in Retail Mens Ready To Wear.

We are looking for a passionate and driven individual to join our Global Merchandising team as an Assistant for Men's Retail Ready To Wear. This is an incredible opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-paced team that is focused on delivering innovative and exciting products to our customers. The ideal candidate for this role will have a strong understanding of the fashion industry, an eye for detail, and a passion for problem solving. We are seeking a creative and innovative thinker who can bring fresh ideas to the table and a drive to succeed. To be successful in this role, you must have excellent communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with multiple departments and stakeholders. If you are looking to join a team of professionals who share a commitment to excellence and making a real impact, then this is the job for you!

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Merchandising to...

• Create Product Knowledge sheets and communicate product information to other departments. Input “Tools of the Trade” information
• Manage the sample process (i.e. maintain accurate inventory of samples, track sample lending, and coordinate sample set up for meetings)
• Generate, analyze, and distribute all weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales reports and participate in weekly business review meetings that include Senior Management
• Assist in Line Presentation prep work (i.e. Put together visual product decks, Creating VAT workbooks, and other information as necessary)
• Participate in competitive research and help identify trends and product opportunities for future assortments
• Manage daily Merchandising responsibilities, including building, editing, and maintaining assortment sheets; product lifestyle management process; maintaining time and action calendar to ensure timely execution of key deliverables.
• Create and run specialized reporting as necessary
• Support line planning and development process with an understanding of business unit needs and market
• Adhere to product lifecycle calendar deadlines
• Act as liaison to all facets of business including Design, Product Development, Planning, and Visual Merchandising
• Maintain Product Change Log
• Own style set up process- input style, color, costing, and attribute information into line planning systems (ECVision)

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Ability to react quickly with strong sense of urgency
• Strong product sensibility
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Detail oriented, organized and ability to multi-task
• Strong analytical and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Adapts to and works effectively with a variety of situations, individuals, or groups
• Team oriented with a focus on collaboration. Displays positive attitude, a professional manner, and a willingness to assist co-workers at all levels
• Basic understanding of Retail Math

An outstanding professional will have...

• 2-3 years’ experience with a strong interest/background in Merchandising
• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
• Experience in luxury goods, Men’s category is a plus
• Ability to balance Creative and Analytical tasks

Our Competencies for All Employees

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• 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.
• 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.

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.

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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 [email protected]

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BASE PAY RANGE $58,500.00 TO $65,000.00 Monthly (12)
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