Associate, Global Merchandising, Women's Bags Outlet

Overview
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in. Coach 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
At Coach, we believe better-made things can help create a better-made future—and this starts with how we design, craft and develop our products. Though we’ve always prided ourselves on creating high quality product crafted to last, we know we must go further and build a more circular future for fashion. With this responsibility in mind, we are launching a new initiative focused on circularity with an innovative business model that reimagines product “end of life” and Coach’s impact on the environment.

The Associate Merchant will be a key team member of this team, supporting the development of product and assortment strategies that meet our sustainability goals as well as the needs of our target consumers and partnering cross-functionality to bring this assortment to market. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Global Merchandising Women  Outlet Leather Goods.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in merchandising to…

• Product Strategy and Assortment Planning:
  Support Director and broader team in developing product strategies, assortment architecture and pricing strategy that realizes business objectives across leather goods, growth/profitability, and customer acquisition goals
• Manage daily Merchandising responsibilities, including building, editing and maintaining assortment sheets; managing product lifecycle process; maintaining calendar to ensure timely execution of key deliverables
• Own all aspects of assortment edit/presentation preparation including samples, reporting, assortment architecture, line sheet creation
• Own style set up process: input style, color, pricing, and attribute information into line planning system (ECVision)
• Compile all relevant product/assortment information for given time period to ensure alignment to larger corporate strategies. Create presentations and boards to support strategy and design processes.
• Communicate all assortment updates post key milestones and ensure systems are updated accordingly
• Support buying process in collaboration with Product Development and Global Merchandise Planning partners

• Run existing sales reports on a weekly basis and distribute to team
• Build ad hoc sales analyses that will help the team understand business and consumer trends
• Use reports to analyze business trends/identify future opportunities and share findings with the team on a weekly basis
• Analyze global sales, BU feedback and focus group data to create briefs

• Research competition (online, stores, runways) to understand emerging trends and developments in the broader sustainable fashion market and identify voids within the assortment and opportunities for future growth
• Partner with Consumer Engagement team to develop deep understanding of Gen Z consumer needs and to identify product opportunities/maximize product assortment relevance for target consumers
• Use findings to contribute to creation of line plans and trend reports

• Work in agile methodology with a focus on empowered, self-organizing teams, an iterative approach that allows for rapid experimentation with continuous feedback loops in short time-boxed sprints, and mindful adaptiveness to change
• Establish strong cross-functional partnerships with merchandising, design, product development, global merchandise planning, marketing and creative teams as well as key business unit partners to execute seasonal assortments from concept to creation

The accomplished individual will possess…

• BA or BS degree preferred
• 2-3 years of experience with Merchandising or Buying Luxury Goods/Accessories
• Excellent…