Sr. Manager, Project Management

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.

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Primary Purpose:  The ideal candidate will have experience in managing marketing, creative or advertising projects. The primary focus will be to lead cross functional teams to drive implementation, development, and project schedules for marketing initiatives. The individual will identify risks and clearly communicate goals to project stakeholders.

 

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Project Management to...

 

• Lead and manage 360 marketing project timelines across all mediums partnering closely with internal Coach Teams (2D & 3D Creative Services, Digital Creative, Communications/PR, Global Customer Experience, CRM, VM) and global business unit partners.
• Create, and execute a well-defined project plan and schedule with tasks and resource assignments.
• Own project budget, scope, schedule, and resources
• Maintain & issue project management work flow documents to key stakeholders.
• Develop effective communication processes to inform the cross-functional teams about project progress, roadmaps and key deliverables.
• Responsible for balancing projects in marketing portfolio and communicating priorities to cross-functional partners.
• Identify process standards and best practices for how teams should approach projects.
• Implement, document, and communicate process standards to the project team.

 

 

The accomplished individual will possess...

 

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5-7 years of relevant professional marketing experience
• Ability to multi-task projects with equal priority, anticipate issues and provide creative solutions
• Excellent attention to detail, superior communication, customer service and follow-up skills
• Ability to build effective partnerships
• Strong organizational skills, timely delivery of projects
• Ability to make prudent decisions under pressure and work against tight deadlines
• Ability to interact successfully with diverse individuals at all levels
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office Suite
• Fashion or Luxury experience a plus

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; quickl