Analyst, Green Trade Compliance at Kate Spade · New York

Analyst, Green Trade Compliance

Location: New York, New York, USA (Corporate Headquarters)

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Job Title: Analyst, Green Trade Compliance

Primary Purpose: The Green Trade Analyst supports Global Trade & Customs Compliance and ESG/Sustainability initiatives for Coachtopia and Coach (Re)Loved, helping ensure compliance with global trade, customs, and sustainability regulations. This role serves as a trusted advisor on tariff classification, country-of-origin, customs valuation, free trade agreements, duties, product marking, and related trade compliance matters, while partnering with cross-functional teams to advance circularity and sustainability goals. The position is responsible for supporting regulatory compliance, internal controls, reporting activities, sustainability certifications, and product claims requirements in alignment with evolving global regulations and business objectives.

The successful candidate will leverage their proficiency in global trade & customs compliance to:

• Provide classification and duty advisement across all product categories, including finished goods, raw materials, packaging, and other imports. Ensure classification data and supporting requirements are accurately maintained, through collaboration with Product Development and other business partners.
• Advise cross-functional teams on country-of-origin marking, customs valuation, assists, Free Trade Agreement eligibility and validation, import restrictions, regulatory requirements, and other global trade compliance matters.
• Build strong partnerships and maintain regular communication with Legal, ESG, Product Compliance, Product Development, Design, Copy, Merchandising, Supply Chain, and other key stakeholders.
• Review and advise on sample, development, and commercial product shipments to ensure compliance with customs regulations and company processes.
• Support Coach (Re)Loved take-back programs, international pop-up initiatives, and other circularity programs by providing guidance on tariff classification, import and export regulations, labeling requirements, product and material testing considerations, customs documentation, and general compliance requirements.
• Partner with Marketing and Copy partners to initiate and manage Coachtopia’s sustainability claims substantiation process, ensuring product claims are supported by appropriate documentation in accordance with global regulatory standards.
• Support Green Trade initiatives, through internal audits, compliance reviews, and reporting initiatives, including sustainability claims reviews, supplier compliance assessments, scrap material valuation analysis, savings reports, and more.
• Monitor emerging trade, customs, and sustainability regulations, identifying potential compliance risks and opportunities to support business growth and innovation.

An accomplished individual will have:

• 1+ years of experience in customs, international trade, supply chain, sustainability, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Trade, Sustainability, Supply Chain, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Working knowledge of customs and trade regulations, with the ability to research, interpret, and apply complex government requirements in a business environment.
• Experience with trade management systems and compliance tools, such as ACE, Integration Point, or similar platforms.
• Passion for international trade, sustainability, and circular business models, with a strong interest in supporting innovative solutions in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset that balances compliance requirements with business innovation.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to translate complex trade, customs, and sustainability concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including strong Excel skills

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.

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Base Pay Range

$65,000.00-$70,000.00

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.