Director, Supply Chain Strategy

kate spade new york•New York, NY

1d•$150,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Supply Chain Strategy works in close partnership with the SVP of Supply Chain Strategy, Chief Supply Chain Officer, the Supply Chain Leadership Team, as well as critical cross-functional stakeholders to develop and support the execution of multi-year strategies for the Tapestry Supply Chain organization. The role drives annual budgeting and long-range planning processes from a strategic perspective and partners closely with Brand Leadership and Tapestry Leadership and strategy teams to ensure alignment. This position plays a fundamental role in shaping and implementing Tapestry’s Supply Chain strategy by building long range plans, shaping strategic initiatives, and driving operational excellence projects throughout the organization. This role will leverage lean principles, advanced analytics, and digital workflow tools to identify waste, streamline decision rights, and embed a culture of continuous improvement, resulting in sustainable efficiencies and enterprise-wide value creation As a core team member of the Supply Chain Strategy team, the Director, Strategy stays on top of market trends, competitive intelligence, and consumer research, and will support cross-brand and Tapestry initiatives as required. The role reports to the SVP of SC Strategy and is based in New York City.

Requirements

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Learns quickly 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.
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.
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

Leverage lean principles, advanced analytics, and digital workflow tools to identify waste, streamline decision rights, and embed a culture of continuous improvement, resulting in sustainable efficiencies and enterprise-wide value creation.
Stays on top of market trends, competitive intelligence, and consumer research.
Support cross-brand and Tapestry initiatives as required.

Responsibilities

Leading the creation, formalization, and socialization of the Supply Chain Strategy Office Operating Model, defining functional accountabilities, governance structure, and strategic focus areas across E2E Supply Chain.
Understand the competitive landscape and stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, regulatory changes, and best practices in Supply Chain management.
Leading the Supply Chain Strategy function to drive long-range planning, operating model design, and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across Tapestry’s multi-brand portfolio.
Lead the enterprise supply chain strategic planning process, including development of the 3 year long-range plan, prioritization of initiatives, and coordination across functional leaders, brand teams, and executive leadership.
Driving strategic prioritization and investment planning across supply chain initiatives, enabling a shift from reactive execution to proactive enterprise value creation.
Develop strategies using deep analytics skills which optimize across consumer trends and insights, competition and geographies; and translate these strategies and insights into actionable deliverables for Supply Chain
Serving as a key thought partner to CSCO and the VP+ leadership team, aligning supply chain capabilities with commercial priorities, growth plans, and cost optimization imperatives.
Identify and incubate high-impact initiatives that generate measurable value—through productivity gains, operating cost reductions, and working capital efficiency—while ensuring alignment to broader enterprise goals.
Embedding a culture of strategic clarity and performance accountability by introducing cross-functional decision-making frameworks, KPI alignment, and communication rhythms.
Partnering with Finance, IT, Legal, and Brand teams to elevate end-to-end visibility, digital capabilities, and cross-brand synergies in the global supply chain.
Leading strategic storytelling for executive forums, including Board of Directors, leadership offsites, Townhalls, and Supplier Summits to articulate progress, risk, and long-term value creation.
Support key leadership meetings and workshops for the brand leadership team
Oversee status reporting for a portfolio of initiatives, providing visibility into the progress of milestones and overall performance.
Own or support the implementation and execution of key strategic initiatives
Actively ensure key consumer trends are appropriately addressed in strategic initiatives and focus areas
Track progress of strategic initiatives underpinning the LRP, ensuring we deliver both the Supply Chain strategy and financial commitments / annual targets
Mentor and influence across levels to build internal capability, foster a culture of process ownership, and ensure adoption at scale change.
Coach, mentor and develop junior SC Strategy team members