Coordinator, Materials Development

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.

Coach 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.

Primary Purpose: The Materials Development Coordinator supports the end-to-end development and commercialization of materials, ensuring all components meet design intent, quality standards, cost targets, and calendar timelines. Reporting to the Manager of Leathergoods Materials Development, this role will also provide significant support to the Footwear Materials Development team, with responsibilities in material research, color development, and library maintenance. The coordinator will collaborate with Design, Product Development, Sourcing, and external suppliers to manage seasonal material and color developments across both categories. This position plays a key role in elevating material quality, color accuracy, and innovation while driving efficiency and consistency in processes across Coach Leathergoods and Footwear.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Materials Development, Product Development to... 

• Support the full material lifecycle from initial research and design concept through development, testing, approval, and commercialization into bulk production.
• Assist in the creation and execution of seasonal material and color palettes, ensuring color accuracy, consistency, and feasibility across suppliers.
• Manage material and color sample requests, tracking, labeling, and library maintenance to ensure timely availability for design and development reviews.
• Maintain the physical and digital color/material libraries for both Footwear and Leathergoods to ensure organized, up-to-date references for design and development teams.
• Partner with global suppliers to follow up on developments, lab dips, sample submissions, testing reports, and lead-time updates.
• Enter and maintain accurate material and color information in ecVision and other tracking tools, ensuring updates are current across all stakeholders.
• Coordinate material and color testing requests and ensure all submissions meet brand, regulatory, and sustainability requirements.
• Support Product Development, Design, and Merchandising with material and color references, seasonal boards, and key meeting preparation.
• Assist in process documentation and implementation to improve team efficiency and alignment leathergoods and footwear sourcing strategies.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 1+ years of experience in product development, materials sourcing, or supply chain (footwear, leathergoods, or apparel industry experience preferred).
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and timelines simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-up skills and a proactive mindset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); experience with PLM systems a plus.
• Interest in footwear, fashion, materials innovation, and sustainability.

An outstanding professional will have... 

• A combination of education and experience will be considered
• Strong sense of teamwork and ability to multi-task. 
• Flexibility to adapt as the business requires and to perform efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced 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 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. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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 employeerelations@tapestry.com                                    

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Work Setup: Hybrid

BASE PAY RANGE $64,350.00 TO $68,000.00 Annually
Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.