Merchandising Manager (fixed-term for maternity cover)

LVMH; Milano; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

LVMH’s Emilio Pucci brand seeks a Merchandising Manager (fixed-term for maternity cover) to drive the merchandising strategy as a right hand to the Merchandising Director. You will connect Design, Retail, Wholesale and Ecommerce to achieve business objectives.

You will define master orders, lead to-buy in collaboration with Finance and Retail, review orders for brand identity, and present collections to Retail, E.Commerce and Wholesale teams, focusing on core products.

Qualifications

• University degree in Economics or Marketing.
• 3–5 years of experience in Merchandising (preferably Retail).
• Strong knowledge of Women RTW and luxury market, trends and fashion.
• Proactive and positive attitude; excellent analytics.

Responsibilities

• Define Master Order globally, merchandising selection and buying guidelines.
• Open to buy in collaboration with Finance and Retail.
• Review orders with buyer to guarantee Brand Identity and coherence.
• Present collections to Retail, E.Commerce and Wholesale teams with focus on Core Products.
• Support wholesale during selling campaigns.
• Monitor and analyze sell-out retail sales.
• Organize weekly meetings with Retail and E.Commerce to monitor sales and activities.
• Organize monthly meetings with wholesalers monitoring sales and activities.
• Collaborate with Visual Merchandising for shop windows and displays.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Team player

Problem solving

English fluent

Education

Economics/Marketing degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Merchandising Manager (fixed-term for maternity cover)

Being the right hand for the Merchandising Director, the Merchandising Manager brings the analytical point of view to structure the merchandising strategy, and acts as a connection and facilitator across the different departments: Design, Retail, Wholesale and Ecommerce, to achieve business objectives.

Job responsibilities

Retail, Wholesale & E.Commerce

• Define Master Order worldwide, merchandising selection and buying guidelines.
• Open to buy in collaboration with Finance and Retail
• Reviewing orders with buyer in order to guarantee Brand Identity and coherence
• Collection presentation to the Retail, E.Commerce and Wholesale Teams, with focus on Core Products
• Support wholesale during the selling campaign
• Monitoring and analyze sell out retail sales
• Organize weekly meeting with Retail and E.Commerce to monitor sales and activities
• Organize monthly meeting with wholesales monitoring sales and activities
• Cooperation with Visual Merchandising for shop windows and internal display on Retail, Wholesale and other activations

Collection

• Preparation of the Collection Briefing for Design Team, detecting and evaluating consumer insight
• Development of the commercial product range in collaboration with Design Team and Product Development Team, including pre-order fabrics in collaboration with the Production Team
• Managing the process of defining price objectives for the collections
• Managing product life circle: mark downs/carry over and cleans ups
• Development of product manuals on Collection technical features for the training document to Retail Wholesale and E.Commerce
• Monitoring both on a qualitative and on a quantitative levels competitors and fashion trends on pricing, products, materials, shapes, styles
• Managing of any unplanned Special project
• Guarantee commercial forecast activities related to collections’ trends (sell out forecast to allow Production start over)
• Interaction with Retail, E.Commerce, wholesale, Designer, product development, production, Visual merchandising, Marketing office

Profile

Profile

• University degree in Economics/ Marketing, with at least 3-5 year old experience in Merchandising (preferably Retail)
• Strong knowledge of Woman RTW, and deep understanding of Luxury market, trends and fashion
• Proactive and positive attitude
• Problem solving ability
• Excellent analytics
• Working for priorities and for objectives
• Team player
• Openness to diversity

Language Competences

• Languages: English fluent, French is a plus
• Pro user for XLS and PPT

Additional information

The annual gross salary (RAL) for this role starts from €45,000 and will be determined based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.

Emilio Pucci, Marquis of Barsento, founded the brand that bears his name in 1947. He unexpectedly began his career on the Swiss ski slopes, to open his first boutique in Capri in 1950. A citizen of the world, constantly traveling between his native Florence and the holiday resorts favored by the jet set, he envisioned the modern woman following a revolutionary intuition full of style and personality. He dressed such women with easy, immediate pieces that express a new idea of elegance: fast, joyful, spontaneous, effortless. He embraced, with a unique sense of color, the American idea of sportswear, the need for absolute comfort, which he combined with an innate taste for beauty and luxury. He left a permanent mark, summarized by the prints that earned him the title of The Prince of Prints. On September 1st2021, Camille Miceli was appointed Artistic Director of Emilio Pucci. She will bring a new chapter in the history of the Maison and embark on a new global project.

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