Retail Contingent

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

general purpose of the position: support the brand by providing operational excellence in the stores and offsite to elevate customer experience and drive store productivity. essential duties and responsibilities:

- manage the UPS inbound deliveries monitor to prioritize the daily workload
- ensure proper organization and accessibility of merchandise
- be knowledgeable of stock including quantity, how many units are on hand, what is selling and what is not
- support floor moves and selling floor is stocked throughout the day
- conduct price changes and markdowns as necessary
- stockroom & warehouse organization
- maintaining all in-bound receipts
- organization of supplies

operational excellence:

- audit compliance
- back of the house and front of house stock organization
- floor sets support in a timely and accurate manner
- achieve shrinkage goals

physical requirements:

- ability to frequently lift and carry boxes weighing up to 60 pounds
- ability to load boxes in and out of delivery truck (offsite only)
- must be able to work effectively under pressure in a high energy and high traffic environment
- available to work store schedule, as needed, including evenings, weekends and holidays
- standing for extended periods of time
- bend / stoop

skills and abilities required:

- willing to work in and promote a team oriented environment Revised Retail HR July 2014
- strong communication and interpersonal skills
- ability to multi-task, results driven and flexible to change

education and experience required:

- minimum 1 to 2 year experience in a retail industry of relevant experience as a stock associate.
- high school / college degree preferred
- this job description is not all-inclusive and may change at any time in order to meet the needs of the business.

**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