Berluti Collection Merchandising Assistant

About Berluti

Founded in Paris in 1895 by Alessandro Berluti, Berluti is a storied maison renowned for bespoke shoemaking, exceptional leather goods, and a distinctive art of patina. As an employer, the House offers a rare environment where heritage craftsmanship meets contemporary masculine elegance, encouraging artisans, retail talents, designers, and corporate teams to uphold exacting standards while contributing to creative evolution. Part of LVMH, Berluti combines the intimacy of a specialist luxury atelier with the opportunities of a global group, valuing savoir-faire, client excellence, cultural curiosity, and long-term career development in service of objects made with soul, precision, and character.

Berluti is seeking a Collection Merchandising Assistant to support its ready-to-wear team across collection briefs and development, pricing, showroom preparation, training materials, reporting and shoot coordination. The six-month, full-time internship is based in Paris and starts in January 2027.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support the ready-to-wear team within the Marketing Department.
• Prepare collection briefs by presenting key figures, benchmarking competitors’ trends, products and prices, developing product strategy, recommending detailed structures by product function, and sharing briefs with the studio.
• Track collection development milestones with the Studio and Development team, including prototypes, Fabric to Sketch and editing, ensuring alignment with briefs and a Design to Cost approach.
• Prepare collection documents, including the buying collection plan and model boards.
• Contribute to completing the PIM product information management tool.
• Track prototype and sample loans to internal departments.
• Support coordination of shoots.
• Verify product codes in the internal “bbop” tool with the Development team and activate seasons.
• Reprocess IT extracts in SAP format.
• Update product codes daily during the showroom period.
• Benchmark competitors and define retail price and margin targets.
• Prepare tools and present them at the validation committee.
• Prepare the showroom and present collections.
• Write sales support materials and commercial notes.
• Prepare launch plans by delivery group.
• Create the collection book with product details, customer benefits and cross-selling recommendations.
• Present the collection book during training sessions.
• Complete PIM fields for product names and retail descriptions, coordinating with Development and Fabrics teams on other fields.
• Benchmark runway shows.
• Prepare seasonal business activity reports and conduct ad hoc benchmarks as required.
• Coordinate requests from press, wholesale, training and e-commerce teams, and arrange and track prototype availability.
• Develop working relationships with stylists, product developers, sales merchandising and communications contacts.
• Attend onboarding training on Berluti’s history, values and products.

Qualifications

• Business school education or equivalent, with a fashion-school specialization.
• A first experience of 6 months is required.
• Strong sensitivity to the luxury sector and menswear.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent English is essential.

Skills

Experience

A first experience of 6 months is required.

Education

Business school education or equivalent, with a fashion-school specialization.

Workplace

Culture

Berluti fosters a workplace culture rooted in exceptional craftsmanship, Parisian elegance, and a deep respect for artisanal know-how, where employees contribute to a house renowned for bespoke shoes, patinas, and refined menswear. As an employer, Berluti values precision, creativity, and client-centric excellence, offering an environment where tradition and innovation meet in the pursuit of timeless luxury.

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