About the Role
The Sales Associate is the front-line ambassador of the Coach brand, delivering an elevated, personalized shopping experience, meeting sales goals, and supporting daily store operations. This role blends luxury-retail service, omni-channel selling, and team collaboration to drive brand loyalty and revenue.
Responsibilities
- Represent Coach as a brand ambassador, adhering to the Coach Guide to Style and Service standards.
- Build lasting client relationships through personalized styling, product expertise, and fashion advice.
- Drive sales through cross-selling, upselling, and tailored recommendations.
- Utilize mobile POS, clienteling tools, and social selling platforms to capture data and encourage repeat purchases.
- Develop and execute personal sales plans; meet or exceed individual and team KPIs.
- Source new customers, maintain relationships, and follow up to close sales.
- Maintain high energy on the floor, manage multiple customers, and adapt selling techniques to business needs.
- Complete daily operational tasks while maintaining service standards.
- Keep sales floor and stockroom clean, organized, and stocked; follow retail policies, POS, and asset protection procedures.
- Process transactions efficiently.
- Support inventory cycles: receive shipments, stock shelves, and manage product movement.
- Assist teammates in functional areas as required.
- Foster a collaborative, trust-based environment; encourage team performance.
- Participate in brand initiatives, training programs, and inclusion activities.
- Welcome feedback, adapt behaviors, and maintain a calm, professional demeanor.
Requirements
- 1+ years of sales experience (luxury retail preferred); knowledge of fashion trends and competitors.
- Experience with POS operation, basic computer proficiency, walkie-talkie use, ability to read price/release sheets.
- Strong English proficiency.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Luxury retail background, social media savvy, experience with live-stream shopping or video demos, clienteling and data acquisition skills. (Preferred)
- Strong English language proficiency. (for EU)
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet business needs—including nights, weekends, peak busy season, and high-traffic retail days.
Skills
- Personalized styling
- Product expertise
- Fashion advice
- Cross-selling
- Upselling
- Mobile POS operation
- Clienteling
- Social selling
- Short-form video creation
- Sales planning
- KPI achievement
- Customer sourcing
- Relationship management
- Sales closing
- Inventory processing
- Replenishment
- Visual merchandising
- Cash wrap operations
- Asset protection procedures
- Transaction processing
- Shipment receiving
- Team collaboration
- Feedback reception
- Professional demeanor
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- 1+ years of sales experience
Salary/Compensations
- 31.200,00 € - 33.000,00 €
Benefits
- An inclusive, innovative, and fun working environment
- Internal mobility & career progression
- 1 paid volunteering day per year and opportunities to volunteer with global projects.
- Learning & development opportunities with our Ambassador Programme
- Regular social events
- Equity Inclusion & Diversity initiatives which include employee resource groups & regional inclusion councils.
- Attractive employee discount
- Compelling incentive programme
About the Company
- Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
- Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in.
- Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.
- Our company name Tapestry, represents the diversity of our brands and the diversity of our people.
- We know that having a diverse range of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences makes us more innovative and successful and it brings us closer to our consumer.
- Our goal is to create a culture that is equitable, inclusive and diverse - where all of our employees, customers and stakeholders thrive.
- Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.
Equal Opportunity
- 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 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.
