GUCCI Associate Merchandising Manager - Women's Ready-to-Wear and Women's Silks

Role Mission

The Associate Merchandising Manager- Women’s Ready-to-Wear and Women’s Silks is responsible for providing market expertise, filtering the assortment, and establishing buy quantities for the retail and digital channels in the Americas that meet the individual market needs and financial goals within Open to Buy (OTB) parameters, in close collaboration with the Senior Merchandising Manager – Women’s Ready to Wear and Special Projects and the Vice President Merchandising – Women’s. By demonstrating risk-taking in business and product decisions and providing timely and insightful competitive feedback to Worldwide (WW) Merchandising, the Associate Merchandise Manager will keep Gucci Americas a leader in the market.

Key Accountabilities

Business Management

• Manage the success of the department in collaboration with the Senior Merchandising Manager and Vice President through driving seasonal business strategies that exceed financial goals within OTB parameters;
• With guidance from WW merchandising, ensure key messages, master orders or guidelines are implemented in the assortment during buying campaigns;
• Develop assortment in accordance with overall strategies, brand growth strategies, and financial plans;
• Analyze selling trends and react with reorders opportunities and consolidations, monitoring the progress of sales and profitability;
• Partner with Inventory Planning on timely allocation of newness to drive sales and sell through while prioritizing key locations and across channels for an omnichannel approach
• Partner with Visual Merchandising to highlight high potential products, best sellers, key newness, and styles needing support.
• Perform in-season analysis and strategy proposal to optimize assortments by store and by channel;
• Manage the merchandising process, providing timely product guidance to support potential orders in partnership with the WW Merchandising team and facilitating the placement of new orders. Partner with IP, Supply Chain to follow up on timely deliveries to stores and clients.
• Collaborate and coordinate special projects across categories during the buying campaign (capsules, holidays, buy now wear now, precious skin, caravans, etc.);
• Deliver both qualitative and quantitative feedback WW teams;
• Review competitor activity and monitor internal and external pricing to raise opportunities to optimize positioning on key products.

Retail Support

• Responsible for partnering with regional retail merchandising team for product trainings, inventory support, etc.;
• Enhance understanding of local market needs and segmentation by eliciting feedback through constant communication with both stores and regional retail merchandising team;
• Gather regular feedback from stores in terms of sales, client profile, and client reaction.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Business, Finance, or related discipline preferred;
• A minimum of 3-4 years of relevant buying experience gained within a fashion and/or luxury environment;
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook;
• Flexibility to travel with short notice domestically and internationally, 30-40% of the year;
• Able to work a demanding schedule which can include on an adhoc basis evenings, weekends, and holidays;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast paced and dynamic environment;
• Comfortable with ambiguity and easily adaptable to change in an ever-changing environment;
• Must be organized and detail oriented;
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written;
• Strong eye for relevant and brand luxury product;
• Commercial awareness and strong business acumen.

Work Authorization

• Qualified candidates must have the proper work authorization to work in the United States

Accessibility

Our Gucci community is committed to providing a culture of inclusivity and accessibility in all aspects of the employee life cycle – starting with the candidate experience.  If you are   interested in becoming a Gucci Dream-maker and applying for employment and require a reasonable accommodation to assist with any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact us by email at accessibility.americas@gucci.com.  

When contacting us, please provide your contact information, the role you have applied to, and the nature of your accessibility issue. Please only send inquiries concerning requests for reasonable accommodations.

Salary Range – New York 

 For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in New York, GUCCI includes a reasonable estimate of the salary or hourly rate range for this role. This takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions; including but not limited to business or organizational needs, skill sets, experience and training, licensure, and certifications. In addition, where a candidate falls within the disclosed range estimate may be dependent on the applicable geographic differential associated with the location in which the position may be filled.   

A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range is $85,000 MIN USD to $90,000.   

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