Assistant Manager, Global Marketing

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Job Description

Assistant Manager, Global Marketing

Primary Purpose : Support the Global Brand Marketing team on the global campaign development process and creation of seasonal content for both the retail and outlet brands across the men’s and women’s business.

This individual will report into the Sr. Manager of Global Marketing and support campaign development for the first half of the fiscal year, inclusive of both Fall and Winter seasons.

Within these seasons, this person will identify globally aligned product stories and anticipate regional content needs to develop the content shotlist on a seasonal basis.

They will help manage shotlist communication and feedback with our international business units and our sample procurement team, as well as help maintain all seasonal materials inclusive of priority product flows, store briefs, brand calendars and styling guidance for both retail / outlet channels and genders.

In addition, this person will support their manager in the implementation of Global Marketing strategies for the licensed business across Eyewear and Fragrance categories.

They will assist in seasonal content creation and communication with our licensee account partners and work closely with our internal Licensing Merchandising team on driving business needs.

They will act as a key partner for global cross functional partners, including but not limited to Global Creative Studio, Global Social, Global Production, Project Management, Global Merchandising, all International Marketing partners, and our Licensing Merchandising partners.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency to :

Assist in the creation of our global content development and seasonal planning tools

Support development of the Fall campaign shotlist and supportive seasonal content through Holiday

Foster strong partnership with cross functional teams to gather internal information on product, assortment lists, priorities and buys for each season

Partner with Global Merchandising to understand key seasonal ideas and create priority product flows that align with our seasonal campaign message and serve as a global guidance across global buying and marketing teams

Pull and organize all product buys for retail and outlet across men’s and women’s categories

Maintain close communication with global markets and aggregate all content needs and feedback

Work with production and sample management to manage sample substitutes and availability

Extend our global marketing strategies to our licensed categories across eyewear and fragrance

Assist in development of shotlist and supportive seasonal content for licensed categories across the full year

Maintain communication with Coach global markets on available licensee content, ensuring integration into seasonal media planning and reporting

Support external communication with licensee account partners and serve as a liaison for their content needs and marketing opportunities

Partner with Licensing Merchandising team to collect and manage eyewear samples amongst influencer and seeding opportunities

Take strong initiative to build relationships with key cross functional partners

Research industry trends to aid Coach Brand Development and cultural relevance

Initiate and participate in collecting and synthesizing consumer insights to fuel strategic briefs

Support Sr. Manager of Global Marketing on ad hoc projects

The accomplished individual will possess...

1+ years professional experience in marketing with a fashion and / or retail background; equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Ability to build effective partnerships and interact successfully with diverse individuals at all levels and in different countries

Ability to multi-task projects with equal priority, anticipate issues and provide creative solutions

Attention to design and an eye for impactful creative

Efficiency in communicating through briefs, power points, and other document tools

Someone who is a self-starter and can navigate ambiguity and change

Ability to make prudent decisions under pressure and prioritize workload to meet deadlines

Strong organizational skills and timely responder

Demonstrated sense of curiosity and interest in fashion and luxury

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.

Coach 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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