About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Brand Manger Kate Spade, ANZ, you will play an integral role in supporting the development, execution, and performance of seasonal product assortments across the region. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly analytical and detail-oriented professional who is passionate about fashion, retail, and consumer trends. You will work closely with Merchandise Planning, Retail Operations, Marketing, and Global Product teams to ensure our product offering meets customer needs while driving commercial performance.

What You'll Be Doing

- Support the planning and execution of seasonal product assortments for the ANZ market.
- Analyse sales, inventory, and product performance to identify opportunities and trends.
- Assist with range reviews, assortment planning, and product recommendations.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and seasonal reporting to support business decision-making.
- Partner with Planning and Allocation teams to optimise stock levels and inventory performance.
- Support product launch activities and seasonal go-to-market execution.
- Maintain product information, assortment tools, and reporting systems.
- Monitor fashion, retail, and competitive market trends to provide commercial insights.
- Assist with business presentations, seasonal reviews, and stakeholder communications.

What We're Looking For

- 2-4 years' experience in Product Management, Merchandising, Buying, Planning, or a related retail function.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with large data sets.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Solid communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- A passion for fashion, retail, and understanding customer behaviour.
- Experience within fashion, lifestyle, luxury, or accessories retail will be highly regarded.

Why Join Kate Spade New York?

- Work for a globally recognised and iconic fashion brand.
- Collaborative and supportive team culture.
- Career development and growth opportunities.
- Employee discounts across our portfolio of brands.
- Exposure to regional and global stakeholders.
- Chance to contribute to the success of a leading luxury retail business across ANZ.

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 quick 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.

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.

Tapestry 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 the 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‑recognised protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Tapestry, Inc.

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.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area. At Tapestry, we bring together the iconic brands of Coach and Kate Spade New York—uniting bold ideas, diverse voices, and boundless creativity to stretch what’s possible. Driven by dreamers and makers, we turn passion into progress. By embracing differences and pushing boundaries, we create with purpose, uplift one another, and shape a more inclusive, sustainable future—together. Our Brands Spark Personal and Emotional Connections Our brands go beyond products—they inspire confidence, encourage self‑expression, and build lasting emotional connections with consumers. Through constant innovation and deep customer insight, we anticipate where shoppers are headed and adapt to meet them with personalized, seamless experiences. Our digitally powered, unified shopping journey allows our brands to become part of people's lives—meeting them when, where, and how they choose to shop.

Thanks for your interest in working on our team!!

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📌 Assistant Product Manager Kate Spade ANZ (New South Wales)
🏢 Tapestry
📍 New South Wales