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Primary Purpose: The Junior Buyer is responsible for driving the strategic and operational execution of product investment for Coach Men’s Leathergoods and Jewellery categories for Outlet and Collection channels in Europe. Reporting to the Senior Buying Manager for Men’s Leathergoods and Lifestyle, this position plays a key role in delivering brand, product, and planning strategies.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Buying to:
Support the strategic and operational execution of product investment for Men’s and Jewellery categories, driving in-season performance against sales, margin, and inventory targets across Outlet and Collection channels in Europe
Plan and manage sales and inventory at SKU level across channels, including markdown planning and end-of-season clearance. Maintain forecast accuracy to inform product performance analysis and identify risks and opportunities
Contribute to buying strategies, including product selection, assortment planning, tiering, and alignment across Outlet, Collection, Wholesale, and Marketplace channels
Contribute to seasonal planning, including milestone calendars, buy reviews, and hindsight meetings, ensuring alignment across stakeholders
Deliver weekly and ad hoc trade analysis, providing clear financial insights, performance updates, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership
Optimise trading performance by analysing sales, inventory, customer feedback, market trends, and competitor activity. Translate feedback and insights into actionable plans
Partner cross-functionally with Inventory Planning, Allocation, and Wholesale teams to manage inventory levels, prioritise allocations, and align assortments with trading needs and key trading periods
Support the pricing strategy and execution, ensuring accurate system updates, consistency across channels, and alignment with go-to-market plans
Manage and maintain product, pricing, and inventory data across systems (e.g. RPAS/Cora), ensuring accuracy, integrity, and timely updates across departments
Support go-to-market readiness, including assortments, assets, and alignment across Outlet, Collection, and Wholesale channels
Contribute to financial planning cycles (monthly & annual AOP) and future strategies (e.g. Made-to-Forecast)
Build and maintain strong relationships with regional and global stakeholders to enable effective cross-functional collaboration
The accomplished individual will possess:
3+ years’ experience in buying and planning, ideally including exposure to the Outlet channel
Multi-category experience, including handbags and accessories
Strong numerical and analytical capabilities, with a clear understanding of key financial drivers to maximise business performance
Working knowledge of systems such as RPAS, Cora, or SAP
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
An understanding of the fashion or luxury accessories market, with experience working for a global brand or organisation
Experience supporting or operating within the European market
Ability to leverage market and industry insights to inform strategy, maintaining a competitive and customer-centric approach
A data-led mindset, using insights to guide decision-making
A solution-oriented approach with a proactive attitude to problem-solving
Ability to translate priorities into clear direction and align team efforts
Strong strategic thinking skills combined with sound commercial acumen
Proven ability to make effective decisions under pressure and within tight deadlines
Ability to build strong regional and global partnerships, engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels
Please be advised that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. As such, you will only be considered if you already possess the right to work in the UK.
What Tapestry 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 and Kate Spade
Private Healthcare with health assessment (Bupa)
Bupa rewards - Financial wellbeing support and wellness discounts
Private Dental Cover
Free 24/7 support for family building, fertility and menopause with Maven
Eyecare vouchers
Employee Assistance Program
Employer Pension Contribution
Gym discount
Interest free season ticket loan
Cycle to work scheme
At Tapestry, we are committed to building a diverse & inclusive workforce. We know that having a wide range of perspectives and experiences makes us more innovative and brings us closer to our consumers. If you are interested in this role but do not believe you meet all the set criteria, that’s ok. We are happy to work with individuals who have the drive, passion, agility and willingness to learn. So, take a chance and apply; you may just be who we are looking for. We would be delighted to hear from you.
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.
Tapestry 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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