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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Primary Purpose: The Account Executive will support the strategic and operational execution of product launches, driving in-season performance against sales and margin targets and playing a key role in building and maintaining partner relationships within the Marketplace channel. This role will support the Digital Trading Manager in developing, maintaining and accelerating the Kate Spade Marketplace channel.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Marketplace to:

• Drive performance against sales, margin targets and maximise in-season opportunities

• Build relationships with Marketplace partners, attend regular trade meetings and ensure key KPI’s are met and exceeded

• Support the collation of all product data required for Marketplace product launches, including SKU codes, compositions, dimensions, and care instructions

• Utilise multiple systems including Rithum & Zdirect to ensure on-time and accurate product data sharing and error resolution with Marketplace partners, sourcing required product data and ensuring accuracy across all data fields

• Support with the seamless execution of new product launches on multiple Marketplace channels

• Compile weekly trade reports and provide analysis to inform trading actions to fuel growth

• In collaboration with the team, identify regional product opportunities and market trends, providing consolidated feedback to inform seasonal and core assortment needs

• Develop knowledge of key products, consumers and competitors in local markets and provide feedback and insights to key internal stakeholders

• In partnership with the Digital Trading Manager and local Inventory Management (IM) team, evaluate and highlight existing business risks and opportunities regarding product investments and inventory

• Partner with the IM team to ensure optimal stocks are maintained in line with upcoming promotional strategies, marketing initiatives and key trading periods

• Partner with the Marketing team to ensure optimal platform content by category and gender within global guidelines and support effective marketing plans aligned with investment

• Support on maximising product visibility on site, e.g. building catalogue tree edit visual guides for partners

• Support weekly and monthly onsite execution of site content, including homepage refreshes, category and navigation banners

• Support with building communication tools to highlight business assortment strategies and monthly quarterly hindsight

• Support the Customer Service team with retailer and customer queries where necessary

• Build relationships and establish trust with the regional teams including Digital, Buying, IM, Marketing and Finance

The accomplished individual will possess:

• Minimum of 3 years’ digital experience, ideally within eCommerce or marketplace environments. Experience working within a global organisation or brand is preferred

• Proven multi-category experience within a buying, merchandising, or planning function and exposure to trading across Full Price, Outlet, and Liquidation channels

• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with a clear understanding of key financial drivers and their impact on business performance

• A data-driven, commercially minded approach with a strong focus on driving sales

• Advanced Excel skills

• Knowledge of the fashion, accessories, or luxury goods market

• Experience supporting or working within the European market

• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

• Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and manage deadlines effectively

• Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate globally with stakeholders at all levels

• Confident communication and presentation skills, with the ability to deliver clear, impactful messages to senior leadership

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 (Tuesday - Thursday working from the office, Monday and Friday working remotely)

• 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

• 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 programme

• Enhanced 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.

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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.
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