Part Time Seasonal Sales Associate 3 1

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always stood for optimistic femininity. Today, the brand is a global life and style house with handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, gifts, home décor and more. Polished ease, thoughtful details and a modern, sophisticated use of color—Kate Spade New York’s founding principles define a unique style synonymous with joy. 

 

Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands powered by optimism, innovation, and inclusivity.

Building Brand Equity

· Understand and communicate the Kate Spade aesthetic, brand philosophy, and lifestyle to the customer

· Demonstrate interest, ability to work as part of a team and passion for the brand and our customers

Operational Excellence

· Accurately count the number of cartons/pallets of each incoming shipment day.

· Scan and count product daily; accurately receive/audit inbound product to minimize discrepancies.

· Enable in-depth knowledge of product and promotions to execute timely and efficient product pulls

· Execute processing, replenishment and backstocking in accordance with brand standards directives

· Provide adequate effort with attention to detail and staying focused on tasks.

· Effectively execute markdowns to ensure consistent product standards

· Perform basic sanitation assigned duties to ensure a clean environment.

· Participate in all relevant training and development programs and meetings as directed by store management.

Physical Requirements

· Standing for extended periods of time

· Able to lift boxes safely up to 50 pounds

· Comfortable climbing ladders

· Available to work store schedule, as needed, including day, evening and weekends and /or holidays

Knowledge and Skills

· Communication skills sufficient to communicate with co-workers; be able to be resourceful; to understand and respond to management inquiries.

· Basic addition, subtraction math concepts; problem-solving skills.

· Ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet deadlines, efficiently and accurately

· Works well independently as well in a diverse team environment

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 the