GUCCI Men's Shoes Collection Merchandising Manager

Gucci - Regular
SCANDICCI - Italy

Role Mission The position is part of Global merchandising and reports directly to the Men’s Shoe Merchandising Senior Manager he/she will support in overseeing the category business by developing the collections to fully address market opportunities while maintaining coherence in the brand image and standards of excellence.

Key Activities and accountabilites

Defining the collection’s structure, analyzing selling trends and evaluating possible style openings while assisting the senior manager in liasing with the Design team.
Monitoring competition and consolidating inputs coming from regions on business trends
Contributing to master order activities and key assortments by Retail and Wholesale to ensure a balanced global product mix.
Coordinating the advancements of the collection with the product development office on a constant basis.
Participation in the organization of the sales campaigns and production of all supporting materials and buying tools
Defining coherent pricing and margin strategy within each collection.
Managing the daily running of the business such as code creation process, product shootings, special orders follow-up, etc.
Creating and constantly updating a reliable sales analysis of all product information to be shared with key stakeholders (retail merchandising, ecom, Sales department etc)
Collaborating with internal departments on the presentation of the collection to the customer providing the interpretative key on the marketability of products and related product categories (support on the elaboration of Visual Merchandising Guidelines, development of special packaging, etc.).
Collaborating with the Training department on development of training manuals and presentations with detailed product information on each collection for regional buyers
Defining markdown list and life cycle products.

Key Requirements

At least 6-8 years of relevant experience as a merchandiser or buyer in the fashion/luxury goods industry
Educational background preferably in business management or similar
Fluency in English
Strong product sensitivity and passion for Shoes
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
Ambition to exceed corporate goals and go the extra mile in daily work
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills