Senior Retail Merchandising Manager Europe

Fendi; Roma; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fendi is seeking a Senior Retail Merchandising Manager to align European store assortments with budgets and seasonal analysis. You will coordinate category buying estimates, validate assortments, and drive their execution across the European store network.

The role requires 5–7 years in luxury merchandising, strong market insight, and excellent negotiation and presentation skills. English fluency is essential; Italian is a plus. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of luxury product merchandising experience in retail.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of major luxury players and strong fashion sense.
• Ability to understand market trends and buying strategies.
• Excellent merchandising skills with attention to detail.
• Strong skills in analyzing sales and market data.
• Strong communication and negotiation abilities.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools; English fluency; Italian a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and validate store assortments and quantities across categories.
• Coordinate buying estimates by category and by store.
• Contribute to and validate the buying plan by category and store.
• Drive assortment execution and in-store presentation across the network.
• Provide weekly and monthly performance reports and participate in HQ business reviews.
• Support and train store teams to enhance selling techniques and category propositions.
• Act as a category ambassador to elevate in-store expertise and customer experience.

Skills

Luxury merchandising

Retail analytics

Negotiation

Store merchandising

English fluency

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Senior Retail Merchandising Manager Europe works closely to the General Merchandising Manager Europe on the European retail network. He/She ensures stores assortments according to the budget and with the seasonal analysis. Coordinate and provide product division buying estimates in terms of number of SKU per category. Participation in the buying plan definition process by category and by store. Define, propose and implement product assortments by cluster – validate final assortment and quantities.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide continuous feedback to HQ on products, customer behaviour, competitors, business opportunities.
• Influence the sales plan definition by store for their category.
• Validate proposed assortment and define quantities.
• Participation in the sales plan definition process by category by regional store.
• Define, propose and implement product assortments by cluster – validate final assortment and quantities.
• Drive the product assortment execution in the stores.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports and be active part in regular Business Reviews with HQ.
• Ensure continuous feedback to HQ regarding product performance, competition, demand evolution.
• Nourish competency on business and markets by regular presence in stores.
• Increase client advisors’ competencies in the stores through animation and training on selling techniques and propositions.
• Promote and nurture in-store category expertise by being and active category ambassadors among the whole network.
• Make sure each store is providing customers an effective presentation and experience of the category.

Profile

• 5 – 7 years’ experience in Luxury product Merchandising with focus on Retail;
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree is preferred
• Knowledge of the main players of the Business and Strong fashion sense.
• Ability to understand current market trends and buying strategy;
• Excellent merchandising skills with attention to detail;
• Skills in the analysis of sales and market data;
• Ability to both communicate and negotiate effectively;
• Mastery of MS office tools
• Fluency in English (Italian will be considered a plus)