Manager, Global People & Organizational Development, SEAO & ASC

Explore the possibilities across our global house of brands.

Defined by inclusivity rather than exclusivity, Tapestry embraces the exploration of individuality and invests in helping you grow personally and professionally. Every individual in our global house has the opportunity to make an impact, learn and be part of our growing and unique story.

At Tapestry, we have the freedom to express ourselves and run with our best ideas across Coach and Kate Spade New York. We share a profound belief in both our individual and collective potential, and know that with hard work and dedication, anything is possible.

Support People Development Curriculum & Programs:

• Partner with GPOD, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners (HRBPs) and Retail Training & Development (RT&D) to design solutions for corporate employees and store leadership teams

• Support our current and future, large-scale and specialized, manager development programs for corporate and store teams

• Facilitate classroom and virtual sessions for individuals and teams

• Support and manage other format of learning interventions, i.e. eLearning, asynchronistic/micro solutions, AI enable learning where applicable

• Oversee vendor relationships for open enrollment and intact team sessions, where applicable

• Manage learning offering through Workday Learning whenever appliable

Support Organizational Development Initiatives:

• Support change management efforts by providing advisory support and owning the core change management curricula

• Support, design and facilitate additional GPOD initiatives, including team effectiveness, organizational design challenges, and other OD interventions, where applicable

• Measure the impact of initiatives in delivering value for the business

Collaborate with GPOD, Talent Team and HR Community:

• Work with fellow team members globally to ensure alignment with People & Organizational Development initiatives; support each other in order to achieve team goals

• Develop strong relationships with Global Talent and HR Business Partners to understand and support the business needs of Tapestry and its brands

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Language skill: Proficient in English is a must. Mandarin is a plus.

• Culture fit: open-minded, inclusive, flexible, authentic

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Training and/or OD and change management

• Bachelor's degree and above

• Working knowledge of industry trends and leading practices in learning & development and organization effectiveness

• Ability to engage with a variety of levels and global partners including senior leaders in the organization

• Ability to be agile in changing circumstances and work in ambiguous environments with a growth mindset

• Customer-centric approach, Strong initiative and follow through

• Superior verbal and written communication, influencing and facilitation skills

• Proven consultative and collaboration skills with leaders and cross-functional partners

• Certification in assessment tools and methodologies (such as MBTI, DiSC, Social Styles, etc.) is a plus

Our Competencies for All Employees

Courage: 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.

Creativity: 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.

Customer Focus: 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.

Dealing with Ambiguity: 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.

Drive for Results: 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.

Interpersonal Savvy: 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.

Learning on the Fly: 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.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

Strategic Agility: 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.

Developing Direct Reports and Others: 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.

Building Effective Teams: 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.    

Tapestry 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 the 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.

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