Senior RTW Merchandising Lead – Luxury Collections

Richemont; Paris; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chloé is seeking a Ready-to-Wear Merchandising expert to define the RTW strategic plan and translate the design vision into carry-over and seasonal assortments within an efficient collection framework.

The role involves monitoring regional performance, collaborating with PD/Sales, and ensuring PLM accuracy across seasonals and carry-overs. Fluency in English is required, French a plus.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Ready-to-Wear Merchandising within the luxury fashion industry.
• Strong product sensitivity and understanding of RTW collections, market trends and client expectations.
• Solid analytical skills with the ability to translate business insights into actionable recommendations.
• Proven experience managing seasonal assortments and driving product performance.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Organized, agile and solution‑oriented mindset.
• Previous team management experience is a plus.
• Fluent in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the definition of the collection plan brief based on the category strategy, sales history and competition.
• Monitors retail performance by region and category to aliment the PD and design (Sell-in, EOS, Pricing analysis) and liaise with Sales merchandising to gather qualitative feedback from markets.
• Collaborate actively with PD to ensure PLM is kept up-to-date and analyze the collection efficiency, including seasonals and carry-overs.
• Supervises collection development monitoring tools to support product follow-up with the collection merchandising assistant.
• Assist the prebuy and pricing process.
• Prepares buying tools for the buying sessions and supports the brief preparation with the collection merchandising assistant.
• Leads the competition analysis in terms of collection structure and market evolutions, in collaboration with Sales Merchandising
• Guarantees the storytelling and accuracy of product information, up till store training
• Coordinates 360 product actions (Press samples, clients, training, e-commerce, sustainability ).

Skills

RTW merchandising

Product sensitivity

Analytical skills

Business insights translation

Seasonal assortments

Cross-functional collaboration

Team management (plus)

Job description

Chloé is seeking a Ready-to-Wear Merchandising expert to define the RTW strategic plan and translate the design vision into carry-over and seasonal assortments within an efficient collection framework.

The role involves monitoring regional performance, collaborating with PD/Sales, and ensuring PLM accuracy across seasonals and carry-overs. Fluency in English is required, French a plus.