Leather Goods & Accessories Collection Merchandiser

Description

Role: Leather Goods & Accessories Collection Merchandiser

Reports to: Collection group Merchandising Manager

Location: Paris

Permanent contract

Les missions

Contribute to the LG Accessories & Jewellery briefs and collection plans:

• Defining requests and needs based on qualitative inputs (collection strategy, competitive analysis, market feedbacks), as well as on quantitative analysis (sell-in sell-out analyses, sales plan and ambitions)
• Consolidate historical collection sizing as a reference for future developments
• Build competitor's benchmark analyses

Follow-up the development of the collection:

• Working hand in hand with design and development teams
• Monitoring the size of the collection and the needs
• Prepare the documents and tools for the monitoring of the collection (Overviews, Collection Plan, Line List, Price List, Samples review ..)
• Consolidate protos launches and following up with development teams status of newness throughout development process
• Ensure samples follow up (fittings and editing needs, collection reviews etc)
• Monitor costs throughout the whole development giving target prices and work with the teams to reach the target margins
• Consolidate PER/CO list, ensuring system is updated in a timely manner
• Ensure timings are respected and raise alerts when needed

Ensure all activities are properly performed in view of the buying session:

• Organize and prepare photo shooting, training and all documents needed for the buying session
• Revise in detail the information on PLM (names, descriptions, prices etc) and share the Line List
• Follow up closely the buying session, communicating updates and changes, and provide necessary data and support to Retail and Wholesale teams throughout the sales campaign.

Competition active follow up

• Consolidating competition overviews on each new collection launch
• Maintain a competitors pricing database
• Share main new launches & prepare fashion weeks recaps

Give support to all teams for everything that is product related:

• Work with marketing and PR team providing the right product content and ensure the images and descriptions are correct
• Work with copy to give product highlight and revise web descriptions before publishing the collection

Profil

What is important for the role: 2+ years of experience in fashion merchandising/product development High product sensivity, attentive to detail Strong communication and interpersonal skills combined with a strong drive Excellent analytical & presentation skills Proficient in MS Office Applications and advanced in Excel Excellent command in English