Tapestry Assistant Manager, Allocation
Tapestry is hiring an Assistant Manager, Allocation in New York, NY to lead inventory allocation and optimize assortments across retail and e‑commerce.
Overview
Tapestry is a leading American house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, including Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. The group operates globally across wholesale, retail and digital channels and is known for its craftsmanship, design-led approach and consumer-focused merchandising strategies.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute allocation strategies to optimize inventory distribution across stores and e-commerce channels, maximizing sell-through and minimizing aged stock.
- Analyze weekly/monthly sell-through, stock cover and POS data to refine replenishment and markdown decisions.
- Partner closely with merchants, planners, replenishment and store operations to align assortments, launch rollouts and promotional allocations.
- Lead and mentor a small allocation team, setting priorities, managing workflow and ensuring consistent execution of allocation plans.
- Maintain inventory accuracy by monitoring transfers, returns and stock corrections; escalate system or process anomalies.
- Prepare management reporting and present allocation recommendations to merchandising leadership to support business targets and seasonal cadence.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in retail allocation, merchandise planning or inventory management with demonstrated analytical rigor.
- Strong commercial acumen with an ability to translate sales data into actionable allocation plans.
- Experience managing or mentoring a small team and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data modeling); comfort with large datasets and reporting.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to present recommendations clearly to merchants and leadership.
Skills
Experience
Typically 3–5 years in allocation, merchandise planning, retail analytics or a closely related merchandising function, including some supervisory responsibility and hands-on experience with seasonal rollouts and replenishment cycles.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain or a related discipline preferred.
Workplace
The role is situated in New York, New York, USA. There are currently 1.573 open positions in New York on Cerulean, with 15 added recently. Within New York, Cerulean currently features 1.705 open roles, including 22 recent additions. Across USA, Cerulean lists 3.565 open roles — 77 of them newly added.
Culture
Tapestry cultivates a design-driven, consumer-centric workplace where creativity intersects with commercial discipline. Teams operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment that values cross-brand expertise, professional development and a commitment to product quality and customer 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
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