Christian Dior Retail Merchandising Manager - Women's Footwear

Christian Dior Couture, a prestigious name in the luxury fashion industry, is part of the LVMH Group, a global leader in high-quality products. Renowned for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and creativity, Dior offers a dynamic and inclusive workplace environment that encourages professional growth and development.

1. Oversee the performance management of the women's footwear category, focusing on growth objectives and sell-through rates.
2. Act as a liaison between the Business Unit and regional teams, effectively communicating global strategies and gathering market-specific insights.
3. Coordinate collection schedules in alignment with cross-category themes and animations, ensuring seamless collaboration with Supply teams.
4. Facilitate interactions with the Product Marketing team for the same category.
5. Contribute to collection briefs by analyzing current season sales, conducting competitive pricing analysis, and synthesizing regional needs.
6. Monitor key business indicators and implement tailored action plans with regional teams.
7. Collaborate with Supply Chain, Product Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Retail, and E-commerce teams to optimize product launches.
8. Manage boutique openings and optimize assortments based on deliveries.
9. Propose opportunistic and permanent restocks.
10. Ensure price positioning balance in various currencies, monitoring currency fluctuations and strategic product pricing.
11. Define assortment and cluster strategies, constructing purchase strategies by cluster and region for each collection.
12. Organize and manage showrooms, estimate total volumes per line, assist in central pre-purchases, and update purchasing tools and boutique segmentation.
13. Participate in building and monitoring the Open-to-Buy (OTB) process in collaboration with Product Marketing, Retail, Digital, and Supply Chain.
14. Lead meetings with regional buyers, adjusting balances between lines, OTB compliance, assortments, and market-specific strategies.
15. Validate quantities per reference by region and define the permanent offer.

1. Master's degree in Merchandising, Luxury and Fashion Management/Marketing, Retail, or Wholesale.
2. Minimum of 8 years of experience in retail merchandising or buying roles.
3. Experience in team management.

1. Strong retail and numerical acumen.
2. Deep sensitivity to fashion and luxury sectors.
3. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
4. Fluency in French and English; Italian is a plus.
5. Dynamic, quick, autonomous, and proactive.
6. Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
7. Strong analytical, synthesis, organizational, and initiative skills.
8. High level of precision, attention to detail, and rigor.
9. Excellent interpersonal skills, team spirit, and autonomy.

Minimum of 10 years in relevant roles.

Master's degree in a related field.

Christian Dior Couture is committed to diversity and inclusion, actively supporting employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities since 2013.

Christian Dior Couture fosters a culture of innovation, creativity, and excellence. The company values diversity and inclusion, encouraging a collaborative and dynamic work environment where employees are empowered to contribute to the brand's legacy.