Balenciaga Senior Collection Merchandiser, Women's Leather Goods
Balenciaga — Paris: Senior Collection Merchandiser, Women's Leather Goods. Lead collection strategy, pricing and a small team to shape women's leather-goods collections.
Overview
Balenciaga is a Paris-based luxury fashion house known for its boundary-pushing approach to couture and ready-to-wear, with a reputation for modern, often provocative design. The House is part of the Kering group and combines artisanal savoir-faire with a fast-moving, concept-driven creative process. As an employer it emphasises creative excellence, technical mastery and international commercial ambition.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of two Collection Merchandisers to deliver coherent, commercially successful women’s leather-goods collections.
- Define the collection brief in line with brand strategy and commercial objectives, and oversee end-to-end collection construction.
- Collaborate closely with creative, development, production, retail and wholesale teams to ensure artistic vision translates to marketable product and timely deliveries.
- Monitor product lifecycle and sell-through performance; analyse sell-in, sell-out and margin data to identify optimisation opportunities.
- Conduct 360° benchmarking of the luxury market including product, pricing, trends and customer behaviours to inform assortment decisions.
- Define and pilot global pricing strategy and margin targets; monitor cost evolution during development and recommend cost-optimisation measures.
- Participate in key commercial stages such as showrooms and collection presentations and follow product validation through production to store launch.
Qualifications
- Minimum five years’ experience in collection merchandising, ideally within luxury leather goods or accessories.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the global luxury market and consumer behaviours.
- Proven team management experience with ability to inspire, structure and develop talent.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent in English and French.
- Advanced proficiency in Pack Office (Excel, Powerpoint); experience with PLM is a plus.
Skills
Experience
At least 5 years of progressive experience in collection merchandising within the luxury sector, with direct exposure to leather goods or accessories and prior responsibility for commercial analysis, pricing and team leadership.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Fashion Merchandising, Business, Product Management or a related discipline preferred.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. 3.323 luxury roles are listed in Paris on Cerulean, 64 posted in the last 48 hours. Across the Île-de-France region, Cerulean lists 3.740 open positions — 97 listed in the past two days. Cerulean currently advertises 4.294 open roles in France, including 122 added in the last 48 hours.
Culture
Balenciaga combines haute couture craftsmanship with a daring, contemporary creative vision and operates within the dynamic, global luxury ecosystem of the Kering group. The workplace culture prizes creativity, rigorous execution and professional development, with a strong emphasis on collaboration across design, production and commercial teams.
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