Retail Merchandising Manager Women's Leathergoods And Footwear Giorgio Armani

The Armani Group is a leading company in the fashion and luxury sector, with more than 8,000 employees. Its three core brands – Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and A|X Armani Exchange – are active in many countries all over the world. With origins firmly rooted in Italy, but also with a cosmopolitan vision and culture, the company has grown since it was founded in 1975, expanding its offer from clothes and accessories to cosmetics, fragrances, eyewear, watches, jewellery, and furniture and furnishing accessories. Today, therefore, as well as being well known in the area of fashion, the Armani Group is also renowned in the sectors of interior design, food and beverage, and hotels and resorts. Giorgio Armani has created a style that has, with remarkable consistency, continued to explore countless variations and possibilities over the years. It expresses a precise vision down to the most minute detail: a way of being and presenting oneself, certainly incorporating clothing and accessories, but also including gestures, ways, behaviours and attitudes; a style that goes beyond the sum of its parts, and well beyond what one wears. Convinced that ethics and aesthetics must coincide, Giorgio Armani expresses fundamental and enduring values his clothes. He does so by creating timeless pieces that, enhanced by precious materials and artisanal craftwork, resist the whim of fleeting trends with their pure and essential design.
Context and Purpose of the jobWithin the Giorgio Armani Business Unit, you will join the Global Retail Merchandising team focusing on buying strategies for the Women’s Leathergoods and Footwear categories across all the markets, ensuring consistency and alignment with the brand image

Responsibilities

• Manage the retail merchandising strategy for the assigned categories at worldwide level
• Manage the buying for the European stores
• Manage the budgets ensuring an effective allocation of resources
• Work closely with the collection merchandising, the visual merchandising and the retail operations’ teams to maximise the shopping experience and therefore sales and profitability
• Manage the relationship with the markets, collecting feedbacks, analysing specific needs in terms of assortment/trends/positioning and implementing solutions to improve the local performance
• Conduct analysis (sell-in, sell-out, stock, etc.) and prepare reports for the management in order to identify required actions based on data insights
• Contribute to the preparation of product training materials to present the buying strategy and the collection to the store staff
• Be updated about competitors’ product offer and strategy
• Plan store visits and market research to identify opportunities and areas of improvements
• Train, coach and develop the team

Requirements

• A Master's Degree
• A senior experience in Retail Buying and Merchandising in a luxury brand
• Strong analytical skills combined with an excellent understanding of the luxury dynamics at worldwide level
• Passion for the fashion and luxury industry
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent command of Office Suite, in particular Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluency in both Italian and English
• Availability to travel

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