Data Analyst — Gemstones (Jewelry)

Overview

Hermès Sellier (Hermès) is a renowned French luxury maison celebrated for its artisanal leather goods, silk, and high jewellery. The brand is known for meticulous craftsmanship, long-term thinking and a strong commitment to quality, sustainability and ethical sourcing; it fosters a workplace that values skill development, cross-functional collaboration and preservation of artisanal know-how.

Role & Responsibilities

• Design and maintain master data for gemstones: create coding schemes, compile and analyse gemmological characteristics (cut, colour, clarity, yield, rejection rates) and ensure integration across systems.
• Ensure integrity, conformity and availability of stone technical and pricing data across ERP, PLM and purchasing tools; define and apply data-quality standards, nomenclatures and supplier reference lists.
• Establish and monitor data-quality KPIs and sustain a governance framework for gemstone master data.
• Act as operational liaison between the Purchasing (Stones) team and IT/Data/DSI projects: translate business needs into functional requirements and support implementation.
• Develop and automate reporting, improve traceability of flows and contribute to predictive tools for demand, pricing and supply tensions.
• Participate in scoping, modelling and configuration workshops; test new functionalities and validate data coherence.
• Drive change management within purchasing teams to secure adoption of data solutions and processes.
• Deliver analysis and ad hoc simulations to support supplier negotiations, supply-chain arbitrage, and standardisation decisions; define strategic KPIs for stone purchasing.

Qualifications

• Higher technical education (engineering school, business school with data/project specialisation, or equivalent university degree).
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in data management, data projects or related roles (2–5 years typical).
• Proven expertise in data governance, master-data structuring and data modelling.
• Strong capacity to translate functional and organisational needs into technical requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and change-management skills; ability to work transversally with buyers, IT, product data and suppliers.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 3 years in data management or data project roles, preferably with exposure to purchasing/procurement, PLM/ERP environments or the luxury/retail sector.

Education

Higher technical education (engineering or business school with data/project specialisation) or equivalent university degree.

Culture

Hermès cultivates an artisanal, quality-driven culture where craftsmanship and attention to detail are paramount. The organisation emphasises cross-disciplinary collaboration, ethical sourcing and long-term development of people and processes.