Collection Merchandising Intern — Women's Leather Goods

Overview

Givenchy is an iconic French luxury fashion and accessories house known for refined couture, ready-to-wear and leather goods. As part of the LVMH group, the brand combines strong creative vision with rigorous craftsmanship and global retail presence, offering career opportunities within a high-performance, design-led environment.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support the Women's Leather Goods collection merchandising team across the full development cycle.
• Conduct competitive intelligence on product assortments, pricing, communication and distribution.
• Contribute to collection planning and prepare logistic materials for development meetings and showrooms.
• Coordinate sketches and product information with designers; assist in product codification and creation of showroom sales tools (sales books, briefs).
• Manage prototypes on receipt and throughout the showroom period (inventory, photography coordination, follow-up of corrections).
• Maintain sketch and catalogue information during development and showroom phases.
• Produce product information documents for Training and e-commerce teams.
• Analyze weekly performance: detailed sell-out retail tracking and ad hoc sales analyses.
• Contribute to post-showroom reports including sell-in analyses, best-seller identification and KPI reviews, and quantitative/qualitative showroom debriefs.

Qualifications

• Valid French internship agreement (Convention de stage) mandatory.
• Enrollment in a business school or a Master’s programme specialized in Fashion, Luxury Management or equivalent.
• Fluent English (spoken and written) is indispensable.
• Strong numerical proficiency and advanced Excel skills (PivotTables, VLOOKUP) and solid command of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team-oriented mindset, strong organisational ability, flexibility and proactive attitude.

Skills

Experience

Entry-level internship; a previous similar internship in luxury or fashion is appreciated but not required.

Education

Business school or Master's degree in Fashion, Luxury Management, Business or equivalent.

Culture

Givenchy blends Parisian elegance with contemporary creativity, fostering an environment where craft and innovation are highly valued. The workplace culture emphasizes collaboration across design, merchandising and commercial teams and offers exposure to global luxury operations within the LVMH group.