Junior Demand 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.

Primary Purpose: The Junior Demand Planner plays a key role in supporting inventory planning and coordination across the Kate Spade New York European Wholesale and Distributor channels. Working closely with cross-functional teams including Operations, Buying, Sales, Finance, and Inventory Management, this position will help ensure stock levels align with sales targets and that the right products are available at the right time.

In this role, you will assist with forecasting, reporting, and analysing sales and inventory performance to enable accurate demand planning and informed business decisions. This is an excellent opportunity to develop strong analytical skills and gain exposure to multiple functions within a dynamic retail and wholesale environment.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Demand Planning to:

• Assist in maintaining and updating inventory and sales performance reports, including inbound deliveries, stock levels, and out-of-stock risks
• Monitor inventory levels and deliver actionable insights to optimize stock availability, ensuring alignment with sales and margin targets while reducing excess
• Support in preparing demand forecasts at the SKU level and updating plans based on actual performance and market trends
• Participate in hindsight and performance analysis to identify key learnings for future planning cycles.
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain teams to track order status and ensure timely delivery to wholesale partners
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Sales, Buying, Finance, and Inventory Management) to align on seasonal and in-season inventory needs
• Assist in identifying risks such as overstock or out-of-stock situations and recommend corrective actions where possible

The accomplished individual will possess:

• 1–2 years of experience in Demand Planning, Buying, Merchandising, or Supply Chain within retail, wholesale, or franchise environments
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to draw actionable insights from data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Proactive, eager to learn, and adaptable within a dynamic, cross-functional team environment
• Familiarity with planning systems (e.g., RPAS) is advantageous but not essential

What Kate Spade New York 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
• Annual Incentive Plan (company performance bonus)
• Multi brand discount up to 50% off Coach & Kate Spade New York
• Private Healthcare with health assessment (Bupa)
• Bupa rewards - Financial wellbeing support and wellness discounts
• Free 24/7 support for family building, fertility and menopause with Maven
• Private Dental Cover
• Eyecare vouchers
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Gym discount
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme

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.

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. Visit Kate Spade at www.katespade.com