Sr. Allocator Analyst, Associate Buyer, RTW Collection Men's and Women's

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.

Primary Purpose: The Associate Buyer/Allocator will be responsible for owning and executing omni channel strategies for Men’s and Women’s Collection Ready-to-Wear. This role will co-own the buying and planning process with Global Merchandising, as well as fully own the allocation of product for both Retail stores and e-commerce.

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

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

• Influence category assortments for the North America Collection RTW business by analyzing product performance, customer feedback, consumer trend, competitive landscape and local market knowledge to convey those findings to Global Merchandising & Design teams.
• Partner with Global Merchandise Planning to drive OTB and meet financial targets and productivity metrics for all departments. Understand sales, inventory, receipt, and turn goals.
• Own inventory allocations across Retail stores and E-Commerce channels, with the intention of maximizing total sales and sell-through by identifying strategic inventory opportunities, transfers, and distribution.
• Reforecast the business quarterly by reviewing sku level sales, inventory and receipts to hit topline goals.
• Partner with E-commerce, Global Merchandising, Marketing, Product Knowledge, Visual Merchandising, and Store Operations teams to create synergies across 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.
• Partner with the Field Teams to solicit qualitative feedback on product, customers, store environments & competition.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 2+ years of Buying and/or Planning experience; an equivalent combination of work experience and education will be considered
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel, retail math and planning skills
• Strong product sensibility and understanding of competitive landscape and trends
• Forward strategic thinking and outstanding analytical/quantitative skills to problem solve independently and own end-to-end process
• Ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize and adapt to fast-paced, dynamic business environment
• A keen attention to detail and a drive to finish tasks accurately and efficiently
• Excellent team working skills with the ability to manage cross-functional relationships across multiple levels; must work collaboratively to drive sales results and foster relationships with other teams to achieve strategic goals.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Highly organized and proactive with a strong attention to detail and accuracy

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 us