Senior Retail Merchandising Manager
Join Louis Vuitton in Paris as a Senior Retail Merchandising Manager. This full-time role requires extensive experience in luxury fashion merchandising.
Overview
Louis Vuitton, a distinguished name in the luxury fashion industry since 1854, is part of the prestigious LVMH conglomerate. The brand is renowned for its commitment to excellence and innovation, offering employees a dynamic environment where creativity and ambition are celebrated. Louis Vuitton is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace, promoting diversity, and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
Role & Responsibilities
- Define the strategic vision for the category within the brand and oversee key decisions to ensure sustainable growth.
- Contribute to collection development, guide Go to Market activation, and coordinate between Collection Merchandising, regional teams, and management.
- Develop and lead the merchandising team, ensuring global offer coherence in an international context.
- Define purchasing strategy and category vision in collaboration with the director, balancing business stability and permanent offer renewal.
- Oversee collection inputs such as editing, sizing, launches, and innovations.
- Optimize offer strategy according to long-term objectives and brand positioning.
- Ensure overall performance in terms of revenue, sell-through, profitability, and desirability.
- Establish a roadmap of key priorities and strategic decisions in coordination with Business Planning and Supply.
- Anticipate structural risks and define global action plans.
- Represent category vision to regions and management, ensuring alignment between brand strategy and regional purchases.
- Manage, develop, and coach the retail merchandising team.
- Align plans with Collection Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Supply, and regional teams.
- Lead major cross-functional projects and transform processes, acting as a cross-functional business leader.
Qualifications
- Degree from a business school or equivalent higher education institution.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in retail or regional merchandising, with in-depth knowledge of luxury fashion clients.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in the luxury fashion industry.
Education
Degree from a business school or equivalent higher education institution.
Benefits
Louis Vuitton offers a supportive and inclusive work environment, promoting diversity and equal opportunity for all employees.
Culture
Louis Vuitton embodies a culture of excellence and innovation, encouraging employees to embark on unique professional journeys. The brand values diversity and inclusivity, creating a workplace where all singularities are celebrated and respected.