SAINT LAURENT - WW Merchandise Planner RTW (H / F)

Yves Saint Laurent SAS; Paris; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading fashion house seeks a World Wide Merchandise Planner for Ready-to-Wear, responsible for sales forecasts and inventory management across retail and digital channels. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in retail environments, and fluency in key languages. This full-time position offers a chance to shape merchandising strategies globally.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in merchandise planning or buying.
• Fluency in English and good level in French; Italian is a must.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

Responsabilités

• Develop sales forecast and manage inventory optimization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for assortment strategies.
• Monitor stock levels and recommend replenishment strategies.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Formation

Graduate from business or engineering schools

Outils

Excel

PowerPoint

Anaplan

Description du poste

As WW Merchandise Planner RTW , you will play a pivotal role in building sales forecasts that will guide to manage reorders, inventory optimization and maximize profitability of RTW category to support merchandising strategy across regions and boutiques.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams including Collection Merchandising, Retail Merchandising, Regional Buying and Merchandise planning teams to ensure assortment relevance, long-term business plans, and sales performance of global markets.

The scope of responsibility includes overseeing Women’s and Men’s Ready-to-Wear categories across both Retail and Digital channels from HQ perspective.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

RTW MERCHANDISE SALES FORECAST

Develop and refine seasonal, carry overs sales forecast liaises with historical trend and inventory flow by product, collection and region

Lead and manage monthly forecast meeting with regional teams to ensure alignment with HQ forecasts and business goals

Provide actionable insights based on product performance and forecast, investment levels, and seasonal curves

Maintain and monitor forecast accuracy vs actual sales on key business drivers by region

Collaborate with Retail and Collection Merchandising team to align on financial targets and assortment strategies

RTW COLLECTION PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

Monitor business performance on global RTW business by collection, line, function, and regions

Provide weekly / monthly reports related to key KPIs in merchandising department

Support monthly Merchandise Planning meeting to provide actionable insights and reorder proposal to drive business decisions and react market opportunities or risk

REORDER PLANNING MANGEMENT

Define the monthly needs on seasonal best-selling products and carry overs according to the forecast, sell-through, stock availability, and door mapping

Work cross-functionally to support seasonal extensions, removals, and dynamic carry over product strategy adjustments

Track product lifecycle and provide reorder planning for future strategies

Maintain close collaboration with production team providing reorder planning & stock projections for long-term view and follow up delivery schedule for the optimal drop based on business opportunity

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Monitor stock levels across regions and channels to ensure optimal inventory allocation

Proactively identify stock tension or overstocked SKUs and provide solutions to rebalance inventory

Recommend stock rebalancing and replenishment strategies to sustain profitability and target inventory

CROSS FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION

Fluid communication with Collection, Retail merchandising team

Work closely with Regional buying, Merchandise planning teams

Instant exchanges on delivery with Production team and replenishment, stock optimization with Supply Chain department

PROFILE

Graduate from business or engineering schools

Minimum of 3 years of experience in merchandise planning, buying, finance ideally in retail or distribution environments.

Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to translate data into actionable strategies

Advanced in Excel, PowerPoint, planning software (e.g. Anaplan), and business intelligence tools

Deep understanding of the product category and its performance drivers in a global retail context

Attention to details and flexibility for adapting priorities

Strong organizational and communication skills

Ability to collaborate across departments and influence stakeholders

Ability to work in a highly dynamic and demanding environment

Fluent in English. Good level in French. Italian is a must.

Saint Laurent is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms – gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation – enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.

Job Type

Regular

Start Date

2025-09-01

Schedule

Full time

Organization

Yves Saint Laurent SAS