GUCCI WRTW Collection Merchandising Manager

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Defining the collection’s structure, analyzing selling trends and evaluating possible style openings while assisting the Merchandising Director in liasing with the Design team
• Monitoring competition and consolidating inputs coming from regions on business trends while anticipating new business opportunities for the category
• Contributing to master order activities and key assortments by Retail and Wholesale to ensure a balanced global product mix and ensuring that market needs are incorporated in collection grids
• 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 and giving proper target cost prices while defining the grid in order to properly monitor the development of the 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 both sell in data and sell out data
• 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
• 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 senior merchandiser in the fashion/luxury goods industry
• Educational background preferably in business management or similar
• Fluency in English
• Strong product sensitivity and passion for the WRTW category
• Very strong communicative skills to liaise with different departments that have different communicative needs
• Very flexible mindset and adaptive personality
• 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

Salary Package

• Gross Annual Salary: 55.000€ (unless otherwise agreed, in the event of a positive outcome of the selection process, should specific levels of experience and autonomy and/or particular competencies emerge during the selection process, based on objective criteria).  
• NCBA (National Collective Bargaining Agreement): CCNL Industria Pelli e Succedanei (unique alphanumeric code: D111)
• Bonuses and Commissions: Annual Target Bonus as per company policies and regulations in force from time to time, up to 15% of the Gross Annual Salary. 
• Company canteen
• Supplementary health insurance  
• Company welfare program