Global Women's Footwear Merchandiser – Strategy & Growth

LVMH; Paris; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

LVMH's global retail merchandising team seeks an experienced Merchandiser for Women's Footwear in Paris. You will own category performance, drive strategy, and shape assortments and launch plans that bring each collection to market.

You will collaborate with regions, Supply Chain, Visual Merchandising, Retail and E-commerce, presenting recommendations to senior leadership. You will analyze sales, stock and sell-through, defining budgets and managing the OTB with the team.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business & Management or Fashion Business.
• Fluent in French and English; additional language a plus.
• 5 years of experience in Retail Merchandising or Buying.
• Strong fashion/product sense with interest in women's footwear.
• Proficient in Excel, Power BI and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Define assortment and cluster strategies and build buying strategies by cluster and region for each collection, including the permanent (core) offer.
• Organize and run showrooms: lead meetings with regional buyers and validate quantities at SKU level by region.
• Present buying and launch strategies to top management before and after the showrooms.
• Work with Supply Chain, Collection Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce and 360° to maximize product launches.
• Analyze sales, sell-through and stock levels by region/store, and build action plans with the regions to maximize sell-through.
• Daily communication with the regions.
• Monitor product performance and depth by cluster/store.
• Recommend reorders and plan phasing in/out based on product strategy and remaining stock.
• Define the category budget and build and monitor the OTB in partnership with Supply Chain.
• Estimate purchases by season/line/style.
• Balance lines and assortments while staying within OTB.

Skills

Fashion sense

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Business & Management or Fashion Business degree

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP

Job description

Global Retail Merchandiser for Shoes and Eyewaer, men's and women's.
Reporting into the Global Retail Merchandising Director (all categories).

As Retail Merchandiser for Women's Footwear, you own the performance of your category: you drive its overall strategy, its growth, deliver sell-through targets, and shape the assortments and launch strategies that bring each collection to market. You work hand in hand with the regions and with Supply Chain, Collection Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Retail and E-commerce, and you present your recommendations to top management.

Job responsibilities

Assortments, showrooms and launches

• Define assortment and cluster strategies and build buying strategies by cluster and region for each collection, including the permanent (core) offer.
• Organize and run showrooms: lead meetings with regional buyers (assortments, quantity reviews, debriefs) and validate quantities at SKU level by region.
• Present buying and launch strategies to top management before and after the showrooms.
• Work with Supply Chain, Collection Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce and 360° to maximize product launches.

Day-to-day management of the business and sell-through

• Analyze sales, sell-through and stock levels by region/store, and build action plans with the regions to maximize sell-through.
• Daily communication with the regions.
• Monitor product performance and depth by cluster/store.
• Recommend reorders and plan phasing in/out based on product strategy and remaining stock.

Budget and Planning

• Define the category budget and build and monitor the OTB in partnership with Supply Chain.
• Estimate purchases by season/line/style.
• Balance lines and assortments while staying within OTB.

Profile

EDUCATION

A degree in Business & Management, Fashion Business or equivalent.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in French and English, written and spoken. An additional language is a plus.

EXPERIENCE

5 years of experience minimum in Retail Merchandising or in Buying.

QUALITIES

• A strong feel for fashion and product, and a real interest in women's footwear.
• Strong analytical skills and ease with sales and stock data [tools, e.g. Excel, Power BI, SAP].
• Confidence leading meetings with regional buyers and presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Strong sense of rigor, precision and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team spirit, autonomy and drive
• Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Excellent writing and oral presentation skills

Additional information

New elegance with a modern twist and femininity combine in the timeless world of Givenchy. Its style is the signature of Hubert de Givenchy, who established the eponymous Haute Couture House at the start of the 1950s. Combining finesse, discretion, and elegance, he ensured his designs and ateliers rose to the top and played a key role in international fashion. In 1957, an expansion of scope took place with the launch of the House's first fragrance, L’Interdit – a symbol of the legendary friendship between Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn. Ever since then iconic creations from the Maison have continued to cultivate elegance and boldness. Today, Givenchy’s legacy continues to move forward in a modern and powerful way.

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