Manager, Merchandising, Kate Spade Sea - Singapore - COACH OPERATIONS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

COACH OPERATIONS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Verified Company

Singapore

3 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

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.

Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio - a global house of brands committed to stretching what's possible

Primary Purpose:

This position operates as the lead merchant for Kate Spade SEA/ANZ DTC business covering Retail, Outlet & e-com channels.

She/he is responsible for building and setting the strategic product assortment direction for Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand markets.

She/he is to work closely with global merchandising to interpreting the creative vision into short-, mid
- and long-term merchandising strategies, with the local market and customer needs in mind.

She/he will lead a team that covers buying, merchandise planning, inventory management and allocations.

Importantly she/he is to establish strategic merchandise plans to achieve category KPI's:
sales, margin, sku productivity, WOS, Inventory turn. She/he would provide ongoing feedback around merchandise needs to Global Merchandising team.

She/he should be a leader who will bring style, taste and a strong, unifying creative merchandising voice to the team and the SEA/ANZ market.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency to...

Buying, Inventory Management and Allocations

Partner with SEA/ANZ brand leads to formulate buying strategy and lead team to execute the buy
Develop assortments by analyzing product performance, customer feedback, consumer trend and competitive landscape.
Manage opentobuy to meet financial targets and productivity metrics at the SKU level for performance, sales, inventory, receipt, and margin goals.
Partner closely with Global Inventory Planning function to review, understand and determine opportunities in future sales and investment plans
Manage SKU lifecycle and react to in season sales to inform the strategy going forward.
Lead Merchandise Planning and Allocation strategies to address product liabilities and develop action plan to liquidate in a timely and profitable manner
Effectively use existing resources and tools to monitor business on a regular basis, and report on weekly business trends and implement actions where needed
Analyze and reforecast business to help implement mid to longer team strategies to ensure plan is achieved, including adjusting product flow and inventory management.
Hindsight seasonal product performance and share season over season learnings based on customer patterns.
Research new trends or advances in product line to present a strong point of view that drives appropriate buying decisions.

Cross-functional Collaboration

Holistic approach to developing and commercializing the collection with all related business partners including but not limited to Retail Management, VM, Marketing, eCom and L&D teams.
Lead, develop and motivate the team to achieve the business objectives outlined above.
Engage in ongoing communication with Global Merchandising on local market needs and trends, that includes but not limited to special products, new store openings and new initiatives.
Conduct regular market research on industry trends, competitors, sales and product performance and include insights into strategy i.e. local price management

Team & People Development

Manage team to meet key deliverables
Monitor and review individual performance and set clear development objectives
Provide people leadership through guidance, training and feedback to foster development of direct team

The accomplished individual will possess...

Bachelor's Degree with 7 years' experience in buying for a vertical retailer
Strong product sensibility; proven experience in driving product and merchandising strategies, and partnering with cross functional teams to drive commercially successful collections
Strong experience managing multiple categories for fashion retail, luxury brands will be a plus
Strong managerial skills in leading teams
Strong customer orientation and commercial drive.
Acute understanding of the marketplace and consumer preferences; competitor landscape
Ability to multitask and focus in a busy atmosphere
Ability to build strong working relationships with cross functional teams
Possess strong presentation, listening, verbal and written communication skills
Strong analytical skills with experience partnering or leading buying and planning teams.
Demonstrated organizational skills

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