Sr Manager, Merchandising (Jewelry) at Kate Spade in New York, NY

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.

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Category Strategy & Business Management

• Own the Jewelry category strategy across channels, developing seasonal and long-term plans to drive revenue, profitability, and market share.
• Identify growth opportunities across core, gifting, fashion, and trend-driven businesses through customer insights, competitive analysis, and market trends.
• Conduct regular business analysis and recommend strategies & actions to improve category performance.

Assortment Planning & Product Development

• Lead assortment creation and seasonal line planning, ensuring a balanced offering of core programs, newness, and trend-right product to attract a new and young consumer.
• Analyze global sales, feedback, consumer insights, market trends & data to aid in the development process
• Partner with Design and Product Development from concept through launch to deliver commercially successful collections that are in line with our margin targets.
• Establish assortment architecture & pricing strategies across all channels

Leadership

• Collaborate with Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Retail, and Ecommerce teams to create compelling product stories and customer experiences.

• Serve as the category expert, influencing cross-functional and regional partners through data-driven insights and strategic recommendations.

• Lead development milestone meetings and category presentations

• Calendar partnering with cross functional teams & managing adherence to deadlines

• Lead, coach, and develop a direct report while fostering a collaborative, results-oriented culture.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of merchandising experience, preferably within contemporary fashion, accessories, jewelry, luxury, or lifestyle brands.
• Demonstrated success owning and growing a product category.
• Strong understanding of retail math & assortment planning.
• Proven ability to translate trend insights into commercially successful product strategies.
• Exceptional analytical, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Experience partnering with Design, Product Development, Planning, and Marketing
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing and developing teams.
• Passion for fashion, accessories, consumer trends, and the Kate Spade brand.
• Proficient in Microsoft office: Excel & PowerPoint

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Our Competencies for All EmployeesCourage: 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 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.

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Base Pay Range $110,000.00-$130,000.00

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.