Assistant Buyer, Retail

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Job Title: Assistant Buyer, Men's Leathergoods
Primary Purpose:
Strategic, operational Omni-channel Assistant Buyer for North America Retail Buying, Men's Leathergoods
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in buying to...

• Assist in running weekly, monthly, and quarterly selling reports to recap and analyze business, making recommendations for driving improved performance and identifying opportunities.
• Manage SKU lifecycle from adoption to deletion, react to in season sales/learnings to determine go forward strategy and actions
• Partner with the Buying Manager to manage OTB and meet financial targets/productivity metrics at the SKU level for performance, sales, inventory, receipt and margin
• Assist in executing quarterly buys, meeting financial targets and assorting global offer for North America Men's Leathergoods category
  • Influence men's leathergoods assortments by analyzing product performance, customer feedback/data, GenZ & consumer trends, competitive landscape and local market knowledge
  • Build and maintain assortment tools and sku counts each season
• Analyze and reforecast business and implement strategies to ensure weekly/monthly/quarterly plan is achieved, including adjusting product flow and inventory management
• Influence Global Merchandising men's leathergoods assortment to advocate for North America customer needs
• Assist in working with Allocation partners to ensure that distributions meet turn goals, support marketing calendar and maximize profitability, own weekly meetings
• Assist in partnering with Ecommerce Merchandising, Marketing, Product Knowledge, Visual Merchandising and Store Operations teams to create synergies among all consumer touch points
• Partner with field team to solicit qualitative feedback on product, customers, store environments & competition
• Own select monthly/weekly team tasks and processes; collaborates across the team, making adjustments to support the needs of the team and the business

The accomplished individual will possess...

• B.A. or B.S. preferred
• 1-2 years of Buying and/or Planning experience required
• Strong analytical and recapping skills
• Solid time management and prioritization skills
• Self-motivated and diligent in completing and initiating tasks
• Detail oriented, organized, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Team player with a focus on collaboration
• Highly skilled in Excel and proficient learner of planning and buying systems
• Understanding of retail math
• Curiosity about the customer and the business
• A drive to question the status quo

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.
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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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Work Setup
BASE PAY RANGE $64,500.00 TO $70,000.00 Annually
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