Manager, Global Merchandising, Women's Footwear

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Job Title: Manager, Merchandising Footwear Women's Footwear
Primary Purpose: The Merchandising Manager will be responsible for driving the strategy and product assortment for Women's & Men's Footwear for Outlet. The Manager will play a key role in partnering with Design, Product Development, Global Planning and the Business Units to develop and implement strategies to maximize sales and profitability, while aligning to the brand vision. The Manager will be responsible for ensuring that key deliverables are met, while managing an Assistant Merchant. Reports to Senior Director of Global Merchandising, Footwear.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in merchandising to...
Product and Business Strategy

• Develop seasonal product strategies that support key global business needs and align with brand strategy
• Partner and effectively build relationships with Global Merchandise Planning (GMP) and Business Unit Merchants to effectively drive business
• Own pricing of product using deep understanding of competitive landscape and customer knowledge
• Partner with design & PD to communicate costing needs and maintain dept. margin
• Manage daily Merchandising responsibilities, including: building, editing and maintaining line plans; product lifestyle management process; maintaining time and action calendar to anticipate department needs for seasonal milestones and ensure timely execution of key deliverables

Assortment Planning

• Build and develop balanced assortment to meet brand & financial objectives
• Partner with Global Merchandise Planning (GMP) to set financial targets each season
• Analyze current business to identify opportunity and risks in future assortments
• Manage presentation documents & tools each season to communicate assortment strategy & updates
• Influence line planning and category assortment by analyzing product performance, floorset feedback, consumer trends, and competitive landscape with an understanding of business unit needs by market

Market Analysis & Reporting

• Research competition (retail, department stores, web) to understand the global markets and make recommendations to drive business growth.
• Analyze data and information in an accurate and timely manner and utilize sales analysis when decision making
• Present sales analysis to merchandising leadership and cross-functional teams, highlighting key takeaways and future actions plans

Organization and Team

• Manage direct report to meet key deliverables, while successfully supporting growth and development of direct report
• Establish relationships with key business unit partners, globally
• Create partnerships with key Global merchandising peers

The accomplished individual will possess...

• BA or BS degree with 5+ years of experience in a Merchandising or Buying capacity in a related business or brand.
• Excellent product sensibility
• Ability to take initiative, ownership, and accountability for business
• Strong analytical, presentation and problem solving skills
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of what is needed to drive a business
• Ability to react quickly with a strong sense of urgency
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in partnering with a cross functional team
• Capability to adapt to changes and challenges with a positive outlook
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical skills and comprehensive understanding of "retail math".
• Demonstrated knowledge of the product development and production processes

An outstanding professional will have...

• Prior Management experience
• Prior Footwear 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 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 them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]
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BASE PAY RANGE $80,000.00 TO $100,000.00
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