Matcher Leather Parts Job Description Sample

Position Title: Group Director, Leather Goods

Position Description: The Leather Goods Buyer is responsible for establishing merchandising strategies and developing unique assortments for all US boutiques in accordance with these local & global strategies. This position will be responsible for boutique sales plans, full open to buy ownership and inventory analysis. Ability to manage and inspire a small team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and mentor Assistant Buyer

• Set seasonal merchandising strategy and develop unique assortment for all US boutiques in alignment with company vision

• Protect and grow the business with a focus on new client acquisition & cross shop initiatives

• Full open to buy accountability

• Analyze business trends on a weekly & monthly basis, proactively monitoring sales and inventory

• In-season inventory management: balance stock via transfers, allocations and consolidations

• Partner internally to communicate seasonal strategies and highlight key products to ensure alignment from visual merchandising, public relations, events and marketing perspectives

• Collaborate with Retail Planner on boutique sales plans by month, by category

• Partner closely with all product category leads across the Retail Merchandising and Multi-Brand Retail teams

• Deepen understanding of local market needs by eliciting feedback through consistent communication with boutiques

• Foster relationships with global counterparts. Regularly provide both qualitative and quantitative feedback from US boutiques

• Participate in in-store activities and events to build and enhance direct client relationships

• Partner with Education team to support Boutique teams on training and development

Key Qualifications:

• Ideally 8-10+ years of experience in retail merchandising and luxury

• Desire to mentor direct report(s)

• Advanced analytical + excel skills

• Innate curiosity, strong instinct and intuition

• Commercial awareness and high taste level

• Ability to create and foster strong relationships/ partnerships (internally & externally)

• Strong communication skills

• Passionate about retail

• Service Mentality and mindset

Travel Requirements:
Attending the buy in Paris 6x annually & regular travel to US boutiques

Education: BA required, MBA a plus

Chanel, Inc. and its U.S. affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Role mission

The Repair Associate ensures the repair of Luxury products using best in class craftsmanship skills in compliance of brand quality tradition

Key Accountabilities

Repair the product without changing the original design by using materials, accessories, machineries and techniques belonging to the brand traditional craftsmanship. The process includes, but it is not limited to, the following activities:

Leather Goods

• Attach accessories or ornamentation to the products

• Align and stitch or glue materials such as fabric, fleece, leather or wood, in order to join parts

• Construct, decorate or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools and/or rivets

• Cut out parts following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors or machine presses

• Drill or punch holes; then insert or attach metal rings, handles and fastening hardware such as buckles

• Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations or shapes

• Repair and recondition of leather products such as trunks, luggage, belts, purses and wallets

• Re-sew seams and replace handles and linings of luggage or handbags

• Select materials and patterns and trace patterns onto materials to be cut out

Shoes

• Attach insoles to shoe lasts, affix shoe uppers and apply heels and outsoles

• Cement, nail or sew soles and heels to shoes

• Place shoes on lasts to remove soles and heels, using knives and/or pliers

• Repair or replace soles, heels and other parts of footwear using sewing, buffing and other shoe repair machines, materials and equipment

• Clean and polish shoes

• Cut, insert, position and secure paddings, cushioning and/or linings, using stitches or glue

• Dress and otherwise finish boots or shoes, as by trimming the edges of new soles and heels to the shoe shape, secure paddings

Key Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in the field

• Ability to work with total accuracy and efficiency

• Fine detail orientation

• Up to date on current repair trends

• Ability to work independently

• Dynamic, self-starter

• Proactive

• Ability to work in a team environment

At Wilsons Leather, our Assistant Managers directly help to drive our business success. They work directly with our Store Managers to promote operational effectiveness and ensure that customers are always our first priority.
They take pride in delivering superior customer service and inspire associates to excel by being an exceptional role model. Our Assistant Managers understand that the way the store looks is essential to drawing customers into our stores. They ensure that the store is clean, well-organized, and meets our visual merchandising standards.
We have an immediate opening for an Assistant Manager at our Grove City Premium Outlets (Grove City, PA) location.
Responsibilities:SALESMeet personal sales goals and motivate others to drive store sales performance.SERVICEProvide exemplary customer service and ensure that others follow suit. Maximize profitability through excellent customer service. Promote a positive customer experience by keeping all customer areas clean and present merchandise according to company merchandising standards.
LEADERSHIPProvide direction to associates to ensure floor coverage and completion of daily tasks.TRAININGAssist in the development of a sales-focused store sales staff. Ensure that new associates are thoroughly trained and oriented to company standards. Monitor associate success and coach associates to help them achieve company expectations.
Contribute to a positive team environment in the store. Recognize associate successes and help boost store morale.
Job Qualifications:Two + years of successful specialty retail experience in leadership role required, fashion retail preferred. Post-Secondary education encouraged, retail management degree a plus.Excellent interpersonal communication skills, promoting effective sales and customer relations.
Ability to work in a fast paced environment.Demonstrated leadership skills and qualities.
Other Information:AM Retail GroupBeing successful at AM Retail Group means putting the best ideas to work, taking action and following through. You will be challenged by smart, committed co-workers and pushed to be your best. This is a place where your individual talents and creativity make a difference.We are a dynamic company that provides competitive salary and excellent benefits including medical, dental, 401k, life, disability and more!Equal Opportunity Employerwww.amretailgroup.comAM Retail Groups family of retail stores includes: Wilsons Leather, GH Bass & Co, Calvin Klein Performance Shops, DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris
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At Wilsons Leather, our Managers in Training are on their way! They have proven themselves as successful retail associates and have decided to take the next step into store leadership.
The MT works with the Assistant Manager and Store Manager to drive business success. They motivate the store team and provide a model of customer service excellence, while gaining the knowledge and skills required to effectively supervise the store. We have an opening for a Manager In Training at our Carlsbad Premium Outlets (Carlsbad, CA) location.
Responsibilities:SALESMeet personal sales goals and motivate others to drive store sales performance. Process customer transactions and other register functions while adhering to company cash handling policies.Contribute to a positive team environment in the store. Keep associates focused on achieving store and personal goals.
Recognize associate successes and help boost store morale.CUSTOMER SERVICE Provide exemplary customer service and ensure that others follow suit. Maximize profitability through excellent customer service. Promote a positive customer experience by keeping all customer areas clean and present merchandise according to company merchandising standards.
Job Qualifications:
High School diploma or equivilant. (Post-Secondary education encouraged, retail management degree a plus.)1 year of specialty apparel retail management experience required.Excellent interpersonal communication skills, promoting effective sales and customer relations. Ability to coordinate activities of others.Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
Other Information:AM Retail GroupBeing successful at AM Retail Group means putting the best ideas to work, taking action and following through. You will be challenged by smart, committed co-workers and pushed to be your best.
This is a place where your individual talents and creativity make a difference.We are a dynamic company that provides competitive salary and excellent benefits including medical, dental, 401k, life, disability and more!Equal Opportunity Employerwww.amretailgroup.comAM Retail Groups family of retail stores includes: Wilsons Leather, GH Bass & Co, Calvin Klein Performance Shops, DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld ParisEmail this job

POSITION PROFILE

High execution, front-line outside sales position for Edelman Leather, a globally recognized brand, and a Knoll specialty business. This role is responsible for driving and managing territory opportunities by calling on Architectural and Design firms, Hospitality Groups and Purchasing Agents, Private Aviation accounts, and Commercial Furniture Dealers. Must work diligently to win, or convert specifications to Edelman Leather products. Developing, nurturing and strengthening relationships within the assigned territory. Also, this position will work closely with Edelman Leather's management team, its showroom manager, and customer service representatives. It is also essential to be currently active within the A&D community. Leather experience a plus, but will consider other product-focused sales experience including furniture or textiles.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Come work at Edelman Leather! Edelman Leather is a specialty business of Knoll, a global office furnishings manufacturer committed to design excellence. Knoll is recognized internationally for creating workplace furnishings that inspire, evolve and endure. Edelman Leather is the premier brand of luxury leathers for interiors. Our craft is leather. Good leather is produced using hands, eyes, and sensitivity to create a beautiful product. Edelman Leather crafts the best leather in the world for Residential, Hospitality, Contract, Aircraft and Marine use.

To learn more about Edelman Leather please visit our website www.edelmanleather.com

Required Skills

Responsibilities:

• Deal Maker that asks for the business and establishes a deep understanding of the Edelman customer, their specifications, and related issues

• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of the history of Edelman, and its products

• Identify and develop qualified sales leads, while establishing a continuous pipeline of business

• Manage all sales and order procedures including scheduling, presentation, quoting, order/sample

• Passion for leather, with broad exposure and understanding of leather industry vertical markets and navigating decision makers within these markets

• Strategic in approach and working with multiple influencers inside and outside organizations

• Attend trade shows as requested

• Ensure efficient product tracking for timely shipment and delivery

• Provide a single point of contact for Edelman questions, answers, and project updates

• Develop and maintain procedures for all operational points of sale

• Strengthen Edelman Leather brand within Architectural &Design firms

• Drive specifications within Architectural &Design firms and be the point of contact

• Ensure seamless Architectural &Design coverage with distribution across assigned region/market

• Drive business development within assigned region/markets - monitor and track opportunities

• Provide timely accurate reporting as required by the leadership team

• May require overnight travel to potential and existing clients

Required Experience

Required Skills:

• BS or BA degree or equivalent experience

• 3 to 5 years' sales experience within the Architectural & Design market

• Proven B to B sales track record

• Proficient working knowledge of the Salesforce CRM tool and the Microsoft platform

• Must have organizational and problem solving skills as well as the ability to collaborate and negotiate

• Demonstrate high level of integrity and business ethics

• Results oriented, able to set and achieve goals for self

• Will provide outstanding customer service

• Ability to prioritize and follow-up

• Communicates effectively with all levels, in both written and verbal form

Employment Duration: Full Time

Job Function: Manufacturing

We value innovation, taking risks and boldly going where no company has gone before. We believe you're either striving to get better or allowing yourself to get worse - there is no such thing as staying the same. The power of innovation comes from leveraging the creative minds and spirit of all our people, at all levels of the organization. We embrace those people who have the courage to put forth new ideas and breathe new life into our company. Innovation is at the core of what we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Live Our Values: People, Quality, Service and Innovation

• Operates sewing machine to sew and match leather cushions and flatwork by performing the following duties.

• Places correct spool of thread on spindle and prepares machine. Places correct bobbin in machine and prepare eye.

• Use pedal to control the sewing machine.

• Correctly position the parts to be sewn under foot and sews them together.

• Reads and follows instructions on the sew notes provided.

• Observe stitching to detect defects, and notifies leader when defects are caused by the machine.

• Cuts excess thread or material.

• Oils and cleans machine.

• Maintains equipment and work area in an orderly manner.

• Observes all plant safety rules.

• Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years of relevant experience.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, associates, and fellow leaders.

• Ability to work cooperatively with others.

• Ability to accept direction and constructive criticism.

• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.

• Ability to effectively multitask and manage multiple projects.

• Ability to maintain consistent attendance and punctuality.

• Experience in analyzing and solving escalated and complex situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. RH will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability in order to enable them to perform the essential functions of this job.

Description

TITLE: Merchant

GENERALSUMMARY:

The Merchant is responsiblefor driving and growing a specific product category of business within HenriBendel. This role: Recognizes white-space and quantifies the potential of theopportunity for the Brand; Creates new concepts, products, and assortments thatare commercially viable and executable as well as maintain and support coreproducts; Collaborates with key partners in order to ensure the buy-in andalignment necessary to make decisions; Influences through clear, customerfocused communications adapted to the audience as appropriate; and Createsplans (e.g. seasonal and/ or annual) for categories and sub-brandsincorporating a number of factors: customer and financial objectives,positioning and role of the category, distortion among key attributes, and keyinsights from patterning.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive and grow a specific product category of business:

• Know current assortment and sales performance

• Drive future financial plans/style forecasts

• Proficient knowledge of competitive environment and consumer behavior across path to purchase channels

• Drive merchandising strategies (visual/POS)

• Drive/partner with marketing team on marketing strategies

• Drive deployment strategies

• Intimate knowledge of Henri Bendel channel nuances relevant to brand performance

• Continually seek to gather more knowledge about the customer in order to understand their current and latent demands

• Analyze financials (weekly, monthly, seasonally) to understand brand performance and drive financial plans

• Synthesize learnings both qualitative and quantitative to drive brand performance

• Hindsight business performance to drive future strategies

• Analyze/Present testing results to drive next steps

• Communicate and present ideas and concepts to influence product/merchandising strategies and decisions within category

• Lead cross functional team with support of direct manager towards achieving the strategy; manage current activity and necessary changes within the category to drive business

• Make recommendations on white-space and quantify the potential of the opportunity for your category

• Creation and management of Henri Bendel product management system.

• Support in creating future seasonal plans for sub-brand/category incorporating: patterning, financial objectives, brand positioning, customer needs.

• General understanding of overarching Henri Bendel brand strategy to ensure alignment.

QUALIFICATIONS/CAPABILITIES:

• Bachelor's degree required

• 3-5 years of experience in merchandising; accessories

• Ability to work independently; be curious, entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and take initiative

• Strong analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills

• Highly detail oriented and accurate; have a sense of urgency and be deadline oriented

• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills and must be able to work well in a team environment

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, & Outlook

Qualifications

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An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.

Coach is a leading design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle collections, with a long-standing reputation built on quality craftsmanship. Defined by a free-spirited, all-American attitude, the brand approaches design with a modern vision, reimagining luxury for today with an authenticity and innovation that is uniquely Coach. All over the world, the Coach name is synonymous with effortless New York style.

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.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manages and develops direct report(s).

• Manages the day to day activities of the PD team based on priorities set by the Team Lead.

• Acts as a knowledge sharing hub/conduit for information and owns communication of development with cross-functional partners (PD, Design, Merchandising, Materials, Production, Sample Room, and overseas' teams).

• Builds relationships with internal and external partners that facilitate synergy and collaboration.

• Partners with Materials Management teams to ensure materials are in work and on track for milestone deliverables.

• Manages product sampling and review with a focus on Design's intent, updates, standards, execution and overall consistency of information.

• Supports Team Lead to drive timely product approval from early development thru commercialization per the Product Development Timeline.

• Manages Production Revision Notices in partnership with Production team to ensure timely approval and minimal liabilities.

• Manages and drives all costing related milestones from early development to production.

• Collaborates with global partners to align and execute product aesthetic, details and trouble shoot QA issues.

• Travels as needed.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 5 years' experience in product development

• Bachelor's Degree

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Strong sense of teamwork and ability to multitask

• Strong analytical and decision making skills

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)

An outstanding professional will have...

• Ability to interact with others and resolveissues within various levels of the organization

• Must be able to perform efficiently in a high pressure, fast paced environment

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. Visit Coach atwww.coach.com.#LI-MH1

Req ID: 4801

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