Wholesale Planner

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.

 

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.

Job Title: Wholesale Planner

 

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Wholesale Planning to... 

• Manage the development of comprehensive financial and product strategies for planned accounts for Leather Goods and Amazon
• Manage monthly account-level open-to-buy activities for Leather Goods and Amazon
• Analyze historic performance and planned strategies to identify areas of opportunity or risk within Leather Goods and Amazon
• Development and maintenance of tools, reports, etc to support the needs of the business
• Provide periodic reporting on business performance
• Act as primary partner for AEs on planning and inventory management processes for planned accounts for Leather Goods and Amazon
• Manage monthly unit forecasts for company planning purposes

 

The accomplished individual will possess... 

• Analytic Skills:  Ability to think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative data
• Financial and Business Acumen:  Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
• Problem Solving & Decision Quality:  Able to use rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions
• Relationship Management:  Able to build constructive and effective relationships with account leadership.
• Influencing and Negotiation:  Can present ideas and directions that lead others to action
• Planning and Priority Setting:  Demonstrate an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work appropriately to meet and exceed goals
• Systems and Tools Acumen:  Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
• Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills.
• Possess good organizational and time management skills

 

 

An outstanding professional will have... 

• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered 
• 3+ years work experience in Wholesale Planning or Retail Planning, Department Store or Amazon experience

 

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