Assistant Merchandiser (Handbags) Jobs

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles.

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Job Title: Assistant Merchandiser, Handbags

Primary Purpose: kate spade’s Merchandising Team is responsible for creating and executing merchandising strategies and forecasting processes to maximize company financial objectives. The Merchandise Assistant will support the leather goods team with all merchandising initiatives.

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

• Participate in development milestone meeting preparation: Sketch Review, Proto Review, Costing Review, Market Edits, and Internal Market Presentation
• Participate in competitive analysis and identify market trends
• Create Product Knowledge document and communicate product information to other departments
• Assist Manager and Associate with sales analysis on a weekly, monthly and seasonal basis, to help better assort for future seasons and communicate trends to Design
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Design, Product Development, Production, Planning, VM) to execute seasonal assortments from concept to Market
• Oversee coordination of sample needs throughout development process
• Manage Market preparation including but not limited to sample organization, showroom & system set-up, Market materials & communication (Line Sheet and Change Log)
• Own style set up and maintenance in product lifecycle management system (ECVision) ensuring data accuracy throughout seasonal development process
• Responsible for execution & accuracy of seasonal Market Sample Order

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Team player with a focus on collaboration
• Attention to detail and strong time management skills – ability to prioritize and work with a sense of urgency
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Retail math comprehension
• Understanding of fashion industry and merchandising – function of the department and knowledge of the competitive landscape
• Independent individual – takes initiative and demonstrates problem solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to multi-task

An outstanding professional will have...

• 0-2 years of experience required with a strong interest/background in Merchandising
• B.A. or B.S. required

Our Competencies for All Employees

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Kate Spade 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 the 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. Visit Kate Spade at www.katespade.com.

BASE PAY RANGE $55,000.00 TO $63,000.00 Annually
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