Tapestry Senior Planner, Wholesale Marketplace
Tapestry — Senior Planner, Wholesale Marketplace in New York. Lead forecasting, assortment and inventory for marketplace and wholesale channels.
Overview
Tapestry is a global house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, including Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. The company operates an integrated wholesale, retail and digital business across international markets, combining creative design with data-driven commercial practices. As an employer, Tapestry emphasizes brand craftsmanship, cross-functional collaboration and career development within a matrixed, consumer-centric environment.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain forward-looking wholesale marketplace forecasts and inventory plans that align with commercial targets and margin objectives.
- Define assortment strategies and SKU-level buy plans for marketplace and wholesale channel partners, balancing in-season replenishment and promotional cadence.
- Drive end-to-end allocation and replenishment processes, ensuring optimal in-country and in-market inventory flow across third-party marketplaces and wholesale accounts.
- Partner with commercial, merchandising, supply chain and finance stakeholders to translate sell-through signals into inventory actions and to manage inventory risk.
- Create and deliver regular performance reporting and KPI analysis (sell-through, turn, DC cover, ageing), using data to recommend pricing, promotional and clearance strategies.
- Lead marketplace vendor relationships and onboarding requirements, coordinating product listings, content alignment and marketplace-specific assortment execution.
- Own S&OP and periodic planning deliverables for wholesale marketplace, including scenario modelling, what-if analysis and P&L impact assessments.
- Mentor junior planners and influence cross-functional teams to improve planning cadence, tools and inventory hygiene.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years of planning, merchandising or commercial analytics experience within wholesale, marketplace or multi-channel retail; luxury/fashion experience strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to build and execute SKU-level buy plans and to manage inventory across multiple channels and geographies.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to influence commercial decisions.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability, with attention to margin, markdown and inventory risk management.
Skills
Experience
Senior-level experience (typically 5+ years) in wholesale or marketplace planning, merchandising or supply chain analytics within apparel, accessories or luxury retail. Demonstrated track record of driving inventory efficiency, improving sell-through and collaborating with commercial and operations teams.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics or a related field; MBA or master's in a quantitative 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
The workplace blends creative brand heritage with a rigorous commercial mindset; teams are collaborative, fast-paced and results-oriented. The company values cross-functional partnership, continuous improvement of planning capabilities, and development of talent across global markets.
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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