Planner - Inventory Management

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Kate Spade Full time

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.


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.

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Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.


The Inventory Planner will support the Tapestry EU Inventory Management team in creating, finalizing, and driving in season management of OTB plan across Full Price DTC and Wholesale channels.

Leveraging total regional inventory ownership opportunities.

They will hold a key role in delivering performance against sales and margin targets, maximizing pre and in season inventory and driving cross-channel inventory optimization opportunities.


The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Inventory planning
to...

  • Support delivery of Kate Spade Europe Annual Operating plans and facilitate inventory optimization across all channels in the region.
  • Monthly management department sales reforecast reflect DR% / GM % / receipt plan.
  • Key contributor in driving in region inventory optimization in line with global inventory brand targets
  • Manage Multi-DC inventory planning by season to maximize stock efficiencies across Europe and UK distribution Centre.
  • Provide monthly inbound and outbound logistics summary for Multi DC European
  • Accountable for the management of Kate Spade Europe Omni Channel OTB plans, partnering with Buying leads to drive category opportunities. This includes sales, gross margin, inbounds, inventory turn and WOH targets at dept/class level.
  • Present weekly / monthly to regional and global partners
  • Seasonal stock optimization across all channels, to maximize profit and identify risks and opportunities.
  • Maintain departmental systems and reporting tools.
  • Partner with Buying counterparts to drive product life cycle through relevant channels. Clearly communicate timelines with the business.


 Key partners
  • Global Inventory, Buying, Finance, Demand Planning and Retail Operations

The accomplished individual will possess...

  • Minimum 2 years of Merchandise Planning and Inventory Management Experience.
  • Strong academic background.
  • Experience in a fastpaced retail organization.
  • Advanced computer skills in Excel required.
  • Proficient use of retail planning systems ideally RPAS, BI Cora, and SAP.
  • Ability to manage own workload and effectively focus on multiple priorities.
  • Enthusiastic partner with a desire to achieve team objectives and goals.
  • Organized and analytical with strong attention to detail.

An outstanding professional will have...

  • A passion to be part of a team environment.
  • Enjoy interaction with others to shape their decisionmaking.
  • Enjoy working in a fastpaced environment.

Our Competencies for All Employees:

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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate

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