Collection Merchandising Specialist

Loro Piana; Milano; In loco; EUR 27.000 - 33.000; Tempo pieno

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Bonus scheme

Descrizione del lavoro

Loro Piana is seeking a Collection Merchandising Specialist in Italy to oversee product ranges, analyze market trends, and ensure brand consistency. You will collaborate with Retail Merchandising and Product Development to maximize category impact and support pricing strategies across the collection.

The role emphasizes data-driven decisions, market benchmarking, and active participation in collection development and costing processes, with a discretionary bonus scheme.

Competenze

• Master’s degree preferred in marketing or fashion merchandising.
• Proven merchandising or buying experience in fashion.
• Strong analytical skills with a creative mindset.
• Ability to work across departments.
• Proficiency with merchandising software and MS Office.

Mansioni

• Analyze and process data for marketing reports (sell-in, sell-out, offers, benchmarking).
• Provide input to Retail Merchandising and Product Development on 360 alignments to maximize category impact.
• Support Collection development with briefs, benchmark studies, market trends, and opportunities.
• Involve in article costing and pricing with PM and Production.
• Support pricing positioning against financial targets and competitors.

Conoscenze

Analytical skills

Creative mindset

Collaboration

Formazione

Master's degree in marketing, Fashion Merchandising or related field

Strumenti

MS Office

Merchandising software

Descrizione del lavoro

The Collection Merchandising Specialist is responsible for overseeing the range of products within our collections. This role involves market analysis, trend spotting, product selection, and strategic placement to maximize sales performance and brand consistency.

Job responsibilities

• Analysis and processing of data for specific marketing purposes by preparing appropriate reports (sell-in, sell-out, composition of offers and purchases, benchmarking on the positioning of competitors' products, etc.);
• Provide input to all departments (e.g., Retail Merchandising, Product Development, etc.) on 360 alignments of comprehensive strategies to maximize the impact and sales of the RTW collection. Propose timely actions to ensure the optimal success of the category throughout the season.
• Support on Collection development processes as Collection brief, competitive benchmark studies, market trends analysis and focused deep dives on strategic opportunities;
• Active involvement in article costing and pricing alongside PM and Production;
• Support pricing positioning considering financial targets and competitors.

Profile

• Master's degree in marketing, Fashion Merchandising or related field preferred
• Proven experience in merchandising or buying within the fashion industry
• Excellent analytical skills paired with a creative mindset
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments
• Adeptness at using merchandising software as well as MS Office Suite

Additional information

For new joiners in this role in Italy, the initial annual gross salary is EUR 30.000.

This salary has been determined on the basis of objective and gender-neutral criteria and corresponds to the compensation normally granted for this position at the time of publication of this job posting. Actual compensation may vary depending on factors such as your unique combination of experience and skills, seniority, and current organizational needs.

This role also provides for participation in a bonus scheme, at Loro Piana's discretion, based on factors such as individual and/or company performance.

In addition to the benefits provided by law, further benefits may be granted in accordance with current company policies.

The employment relationship will be governed by the provisions of the applicable national collective bargaining agreement (CCNL Tessile, Abbigliamento e Moda) and the supplementary company agreement, as applied by Loro Piana in Italy.

Originally from Trivero in northern Italy, the Loro Piana family began trading wool in the early 1800s. In 1924, Pietro Loro Piana founded Ing. Loro Piana & C., the current company. Pietro's nephewFranco took over in 1941, and after the war the firm began to establish its reputation as a supplier of premium wool and cashmere textiles for a growing haute couture industry, both home and abroad. In the 1970s, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana took up the reins, diversifying into luxury goods and developing an international retail arm. Now the world's foremost cashmere processor, Loro Piana prides itself on sourcing the very finest, rarest raw materials the world has to offer, including unique cashmere from baby goats in northern China and Mongolia, vicuña from the Andes,extra-fine Merino wool from Australia and New Zealandand lotus flower fiber from Myanmar. The company draws on both time-honored traditions and state of the art technology to offer its discerning customers products that are renowned for their peerless quality. All of the company's collections of ready-to-wear garments and accessories are made in Italy to the highest standards of craftsmanship and sartorial excellence.