- Location
- 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd, Space # 1053 (View map)Santa Clara, CA 95050USA
- Employment
- Part-Time
- Seniority
- Supervisor
- Department
- Retail & Boutique Operations
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
About Kate Spade
Kate Spade is a vibrant American luxury lifestyle brand known for its spirited New York sensibility, joyful color, and polished modern femininity. Founded in 1993, the house has grown from an iconic handbag label into a global name spanning accessories, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home, and lifestyle. As an employer, Kate Spade offers a creative and collaborative environment where individuality, optimism, and thoughtful design are central to the culture. Part of Tapestry, Inc., the brand provides opportunities across retail, merchandising, design, digital, marketing, and corporate functions, inviting talent to contribute to a distinctive vision that celebrates wit, elegance, and everyday sophistication.
Kate Spade seeks an Acting Supervisor for its Westfield Valley Fair location in Santa Clara. The role is part-time and requires physical capability to lift, climb, bend, kneel, and move throughout the sales floor and stockroom.
Role & Responsibilities
- Provide direct, complete, actionable positive and corrective feedback; address people-related issues quickly and directly, and take necessary action.
- Generate original ideas and make connections between previously unrelated concepts.
- Understand and meet internal and external customer expectations; gather firsthand customer insight to improve products and services, build effective customer relationships, and earn trust and respect.
- Adapt effectively to change, make decisions amid uncertainty, and manage risk and ambiguity.
- Consistently pursue and exceed goals, maintaining a strong results orientation.
- Build constructive relationships across the organization, use diplomacy and tact, and defuse high-tension situations.
- Learn quickly from new challenges, analyze successes and failures, experiment with solutions, and take on unfamiliar tasks.
- Anticipate future consequences and trends, develop a broad perspective, and formulate credible strategic plans.
- Support the development of direct reports and others through challenging assignments, regular development discussions, individualized development plans, and developmental opportunities.
- Build effective teams by fostering morale, open dialogue, shared success, accountability, and belonging.
Qualifications
- Ability to lift at least 25 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. occasionally, and to climb, bend, kneel, and maneuver around the sales floor and stockroom.
Skills
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Santa Clara, California, USA, with easy access to San Jose.
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Benefits
Medical, dental, vision and disability insurance; 401(k); paid parental leave; commuter benefits; tuition assistance.
Culture
Kate Spade fosters a workplace culture rooted in optimism, creativity, and a distinctive sense of playful sophistication. As an employer, it encourages collaboration, individuality, and an entrepreneurial spirit, empowering teams to bring joyful, customer-focused storytelling to every aspect of the brand experience.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
Frequently Asked Questions
The luxury industry is characterised by a diverse and nuanced nomenclature. Esteemed houses frequently employ proprietary terminology, and even within a single organisation like Kate Spade, titles may vary across global markets to reflect local conventions. To ensure absolute clarity, Cerulean assigns a standardised, industry-coherent canonical title to every listing. However, it is worth noting that this role is functionally synonymous with «Interim Retail Supervisor», «Acting Store Supervisor», «Temporary Sales Supervisor», «Retail Floor Supervisor», and other variations. Our sophisticated search architecture anticipates these variations, ensuring that inquiries using related terms will seamlessly yield the exact roles you desire.