Buying Administration Assistant - 12-month FTC

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 Buying Administration Assistant will join the Coach Outlet Buying team on a 12-month fixed-term contract to support women’s leathergoods and accessories categories with in-season performance and pre-season buy strategies across Outlet Stores, Ecommerce & Wholesale channels.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Buying to:

• Support the Outlet Buying team with preparation of weekly and monthly trade, seasonal buy reviews, hindsight meetings, and management of seasonal milestone calendar
• Support upcoming weekly price changes and promotions and present in weekly trade meetings where relevant. Update and prepare weekly communications on key price changes to ensure VM & Stores have the necessary information to action. Support pricing actions and recommendations by maintaining accurate pricing master files
• Support the Outlet Buyer with the strategic and operational execution of product investment for women’s accessories product categories, driving in-season category performance against sales and margin targets for stores across the region
• Assist the seasonal buy process to ensure cohesive investments are reflective of regional price, match backs and silhouette/functionality specific to regional performance
• Contribute to outlet buying strategies through product selections and door assortments
• Analyse and interpret product performance, customer feedback, consumer trends, competitive landscape and local market knowledge to share with Global Merchandising  
• Load buys at SKU level and maintain accurate SKU plans for trade and buying analysis
• Partner with the Inventory Management team to review on hand inventory and drive activities to facilitate meeting targets and proposing actions
• Contribute to Marketplace & Wholesale go-to-market assets and line lists for Outlet doors in region

The accomplished individual will possess:

• 1-2 years’ experience in buying or merchandising in a fast paced, retail environment
• Experience in outlet is desirable, including knowledge of discount pricing models and seasonal stock strategies
• Strong Excel skills are essential (e.g. VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, SUMIF etc)
• Proficiency in building reports, analysing data and retail math
• Ability to learn new systems or prior experience with SAP/RPAS/MicroStrategy/CORA
• Strong communication skills, highly organised and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional partners
• Ability to think logically, problem-solve and provide recommendations through analysis

What Coach can offer you: 

•        Hybrid working (3 days working from the office, 2 days remote)
•      Option to finish early on a Friday (Flex Fridays)
•        1 Paid Volunteering Day per year and opportunities to volunteer with global projects
•        Learning & Development opportunities
•        Internal mobility & career progression
•        Regular Social Events - Seasonal & Cultural
•        Equity Inclusion & Diversity initiatives which include employee resource groups & regional inclusion council

Other benefits include: 

•        25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
•        Multi brand discount up to 50% off Coach, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman
•        Private Healthcare with health assessment (Bupa)
•        Bupa rewards - financial wellbeing support and wellness discounts
•        Private Dental Cover
•        Free 24/7 support for family building, fertility and menopause with Maven 
•        Eyecare vouchers
•        Employee Assistance Program
•        Employer Pension Contribution
•        Gym discount  

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.

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. Visit Coach at www.coach.com