Analyst, Global Inventory Planning

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.

Primary

Purpose:

to support global inventory management with a focus on procurement

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Planning to...

* Support seasonal purchasing for all business channels

* Utilize internal procurement database to roll up BU buys into a global view for supply & demand meetings

* Manage changes to seasonal buys

* Ensure BU's are supporting global must buys

* Submit final seasonal buys to supply chain

* Act as the liaison between commercial teams and production teams

* Partner with BU's to identify priority purchase orders and submit to PO management

* Manage post market sample orders and post market sample calendar

* Assist BU's with sales order accuracy in JOOR

* Publish final seasonal margin & maintain fiscal DTC IMU tracker

* Coordinate seasonal supply and demand meetings

* Support seasonal commercial calendar management

* Provide seasonal sales orders to operations and account services to upload into SAP

* Partner with BU's and PO management on rerouting inventory between segments and/or warehouses

* Coordinate bi-monthly chase purchasing with the commercial teams

* Monitor all purchases against open to buy for each BU

* Manage seasonal investment recaps

* Manage global pricing validation seasonally to ensure accuracy for ticketing

* Support monthly receipt & obsolescence forecast for finance

* Partner with IT resources on new system implementations and integrations

* Validate seasonal line plan is set up accurately in systems and partner with global merchandising and IT teams as needed

* Validate purchases orders are keyed accurately in systems and partner with PO management as needed

* Assist in additional support for the global planning team

* Provide licensing forecasts to finance

* Assist with preparing the demand inventory review deck monthly

* Assist with preparing seasonal mid market check in deck

An outstanding professional will have...

* Self-starter who takes initiative and displays a strong sense of urgency

* Experience in a planning or inventory management roll for a multi channel business

* Willingness to learn and engage across multiple brand partners

* Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task

* Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with team members and cross functional partners

* Strong analytical and communication skills

* Strong computer skills, advanced Microsoft excel

* Excellent time management and prioritization skills

* Ability to problem solve

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…