Celine Global Retail Performance Analyst

About Celine

Founded in Paris in 1945 by Céline Vipiana, Celine is a storied French luxury house renowned for its modernist elegance, exacting craftsmanship, and quietly powerful vision of contemporary style. As part of LVMH, the Maison offers employees the opportunity to contribute to a global brand while remaining rooted in Parisian heritage, artisanal excellence, and creative discipline. Celine seeks individuals who combine cultural sensitivity, precision, and entrepreneurial spirit across design, merchandising, retail, operations, and corporate functions. The house fosters an environment where talent is expected to uphold exceptional standards, shape refined client experiences, and participate in the continuing evolution of a distinctive luxury identity.

Role & Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate weekly and monthly performance reports and presentations.
• Track sales, traffic, conversion, UPT and cross-selling, highlighting trends and variances.
• Analyse store and staff productivity, including net sales per square meter and per staff member by zone.
• Serve as the key contact for retail data, providing regional teams with data extracts, analyses and follow-up materials.
• Analyse links between staffing, traffic, productivity and conversion.
• Check data quality and maintain reporting definitions, files and documentation.
• Help Data and IS&T teams test and improve Power BI dashboards and reporting tools.
• Gather requirements and feedback; maintain project documentation and action trackers.
• Help develop and test data-driven retail decision-making tools.
• Track milestones and help assess initiatives’ impact on business metrics.
• Coordinate inputs from Retail Operations, IS/IT, Data, HR, Finance and regional teams.
• Help prepare retail user guides, training materials and communications.
• Identify opportunities to save time and simplify recurring reporting, analysis and administrative tasks using AI tools; help test practical use cases and assess efficiency gains while checking output accuracy and respecting data confidentiality.
• Use approved AI tools daily to draft KPI commentary, summarize regional reports and prepare presentation outlines, validating findings against source data.
• Use AI assistance to build and troubleshoot Excel formulas and data-cleaning steps, testing results before use.
• Create reusable prompts and help test simple AI-assisted workflows for recurring tasks; document time savings and share effective practices.
• Follow retail, analytics and technology trends and share ideas.
• Support team-led pilots and continuous improvement.
• Identify reporting and process issues and suggest improvements.

Qualifications

• Business school or university education.
• First experience, internship or apprenticeship in analysis, retail performance, finance, consulting or a related field.
• Exposure to retail, luxury or fashion is a plus.
• Strong interest in AI and a hands-on, improvement-oriented mindset, with the ability to identify efficiency opportunities and experiment with AI tools to develop practical solutions.
• Analytical curiosity and eagerness to learn in a fast-paced, international environment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines with guidance.
• Ability to interpret data and communicate key findings clearly.
• Rigorous, detail-oriented and comfortable with figures.
• Good Excel and PowerPoint skills; knowledge of Power BI is a plus.
• Good communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• French and English.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 3 years; first experience, internship or apprenticeship in analysis, retail performance, finance, consulting or a related field.

Education

Business school or university.

Culture

Celine cultivates a refined, exacting workplace where creativity, discipline, and a deep respect for Parisian elegance shape every decision. As an employer, it values craftsmanship, cultural awareness, and strong individual ownership, offering teams an environment that is both demanding and inspiring within the world of luxury fashion.

About Cerulean

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