Sr. Visual Merchandising Market Manager
Apply nowDate: Aug 23, 2024
Location: New York, NY, US
Company: Tapestry
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. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.
Overview:
- Drive store profitability through impactful, and immersive shopping experience encompassing the iconic kate spade new york lifestyle and brand. This role is responsible for instilling brand consistency and standards across multi store area through coaching, training, and development of all store teams. This person is also the ambassador and communicator of global brand messaging and initiatives.
Logistics:
- Full-time
- Available to travel to and support all Manhattan doors
- Available to work in-store during peak times: weekends, holidays and store-events
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in visual merchandising to...
- Deliver best in class execution of all in-store visual merchandising for their area and through a partnership with Global VM team.
- Partner with store teams to act as a liaison of communication between corporate direction and store level execution; this includes weekly and monthly communications as needed.
- Lead early floorset process in NYC and actively participate in walkthroughs; provide time-sensitive feedback, ideas and solutions to ensure an elevated customer experience and financial ROI.
- Lead the N/A Addendum in partnership with Global VM Communications, which includes alignment, set up and photographing
- Lead NYC window creative layouts/execution in partnership with Global VM Production and Global VM Creative
- Joins channel specific strategy meetings, provides feedback and executes changes based on emerging changes in VM strategy.
- Partner with regional visual manager to participate in any corporate functions such as; market presentations, showroom setups, and seasonal floorsets as needed.
- Resolves store specific merchandising challenges that require adaptations based on store architecture, inventory levels, and business trends in line with the global guidelines and seasonal strategies; works “hands on” with store teams
- Oversee the mapping, planning and implementation of all visual presentations within area.
- Communicate and ensure completion of preventative store deficiencies (FMO) including; broken/chipped fixtures, paint, façade damages, lighting issues etc.
- Ensure back of house organization, maintenance, and cataloguing of all visual props, mannequins, and fixtures is being maintained in all stores.
- Conducts store visits to ensure understanding, compliance, and execution of merchandising and visual standards.
- Identify Visual Merchandising training and business opportunities and deliver an action plan in partnership Multi Manager.
- Builds bench-strength by identifying and developing internal and recruiting external talent.
- Cultivate strong working partnerships with store managers, field leadership, and corporate office.
The accomplished individual will possess...
- Strong merchandise presentation skills that can support high volume/focal stores.
- Strong strategic planning and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize to deadlines.
- High level leadership skills with the ability to communicate effectively and graciously with all levels within the organization, including strength in presentation skills.
- Comfortable and confident in making effective and autonomous decisions in a timely manner.
- Ability to manage all personal travel and entertainment budgets and calendars.
- Collaborative, team player with great initiative
- Ability to handle multiple priorities at once with superior organizational skills; fast learner who can navigate process
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Curious, resourceful and with an entrepreneurial spirit
Physical requirements:
- Flexible to work weekends and overnights.
- Able to safely lift/move 50 lbs.
- Comfortable with heights and climbing ladders.
- Able to stand and stretch for extended periods of time.
- Travel up to 75% of the time.
- Able to travel using various forms of transportation such as airplanes, trains, and buses.
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.
Kate Spade 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 the 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
Visit Kate Spade at www.katespade.com.
Work Setup
BASE PAY RANGE $44,000.00 TO $77,000.00 Annually
Nearest Major Market: Manhattan
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City
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