SAINT LAURENT Leather Goods Merchandising Manager

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Construct the product mix during the showroom sales according to Image and Core Offer recommendations, order the quantities per store based on the purchasing
budgets.
- Elaborate the planning for new collections’ launches in stores on the basis of deliveries and of the seasonality of the different markets.
- Support the Store Directors for the management of product performance through regular exchanges and presence in stores.
- Train the sales teams on investments, stock issues and Image strategies by way of the information packages and presentations in stores.
- Prepare weekly and monthly reports per collection, per store, per product range and analyze resale rates.
- Propose and roll out sales initiatives to enhance the performance by cooperating with several departments: Visual Merchandising, CRM, Retail, Press/Image…
- Manage the stock transfers as well as the restocking.
- Communicate with the product managers on performance feedbacks in season, produce a report about the performance by product typology, functions/uses, price VS
market/customers/brands at the end of the season.
- Prepare and launch the sales periods.
- Support the new positioning of SAINT LAURENT and lead projects connected to the expansion of the stores network (openings).

PROFILE
- Higher business education
- Minimum 3 years experience in a similar position in an international environment
- Mandatory fluency in English
- Brand & Product understanding and sensitivity for Women Category especially for Handbag & Leather Goods good knowledge of the market
- Analytical mindset and appetence for figures
- Good command of Microsoft Office, Excel imperatively
- Strong communication skills