BD Manager (Retail)

Location: Seoul, South Korea — Korea Corporate Office

Company

hirify.global is a global house of brands that includes Coach, a fashion brand founded in New York in 1941.

What you will do

• Develop Coach Korea’s business development strategy and pipeline for new store openings, renovations, and relocations.
• Build strategic relationships with department store merchandising teams and landlords, leading discussions on locations, floor positioning, commercial terms, scope, and partnerships.
• Assess opportunities based on market and customer potential, competition, store productivity, brand impact, investment needs, and execution feasibility.
• Prepare financial calculations and investment cases covering sales projections, CAPEX, rent, occupancy costs, assumptions, and expected returns.
• Lead projects from feasibility and internal alignment through global approval, design, construction, store opening, and post-opening review.
• Review store performance and convert post-opening insights into portfolio recommendations and improved business development strategies.

Requirements

• Ability to develop forward-looking business development strategies aligned with growth ambitions, brand priorities, and portfolio needs.
• Ability to manage strategic relationships with department stores and landlords and negotiate commercial and location-related matters.
• Ability to evaluate retail opportunities and prepare financially sound investment cases.
• Ability to coordinate multifunctional teams, maintain project governance, track milestones and risks, and drive follow-through.
• Demonstrated competencies in courage, creativity, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, interpersonal savvy, and learning agility.
• For people-management responsibilities: strategic agility, developing direct reports and others, and building effective teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position based at the Korea Corporate Office in Seoul.
• Inclusive and equity-focused workplace committed to innovation, diversity, and employee development.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer; employment decisions are based on qualifications without regard to legally protected characteristics.