- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Junior
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
About Christian Dior
Christian Dior, founded in Paris in 1946, stands as one of the world’s most influential maisons, uniting haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, fragrance, beauty, and exceptional retail experiences. As an employer, Dior offers a culture shaped by artistic audacity, meticulous craftsmanship, and the pursuit of excellence, where heritage and innovation continually enrich one another. Its teams collaborate across ateliers, studios, boutiques, and corporate functions within an international environment that values elegance, precision, inclusivity, and entrepreneurial spirit. Working at Dior means contributing to a legacy of timeless style while helping define the future of luxury with creativity, discipline, and purpose.
Christian Dior Couture is hiring a Junior Retail Merchandiser for Fashion Jewelry and Women Belts within its Women's Accessories Business Unit, reporting to the Senior Retail Merchandiser. This permanent, full-time, on-site role supports category growth and works closely with regional teams.
Role & Responsibilities
- Produce and optimize performance analyses for the weekly management review, covering worldwide results by region, product type and collection.
- Partner with regions to cascade the merchandising strategy and gather qualitative feedback on performance, competition and opportunities for future development.
- Track deliveries, flag current and potential stockouts, identify corrective actions, propose tactical replenishments and monitor core-product performance with Supply Chain and Sales Planning teams.
- Contribute to sales forecasts and manage forecasts by product line and type with Sales Planning teams.
- Prepare the showroom for four buying sessions per year by producing collection analyses, participating in collection-plan reviews, configuring buying tools (buying tool and M3), and contributing to macro forecasts and clustering.
- Contribute to the Buying Strategy presented to regions.
- Participate in assortment reviews with regions.
- Contribute to consolidating the Pre-Debrief and Debrief for senior management.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Supply Chain, E-Commerce and regional teams.
- Work with Visual Merchandising ahead of launches and on ad hoc initiatives.
- Participate in two destocking decisions per year.
- Prepare analyses and participate in one to two repricing decisions per year.
- Contribute quantitative data and opportunity insights to Product Briefs for the Studio.
Qualifications
- Bac+5 degree from a business school, engineering school or IFM.
- At least 3 years of experience in retail merchandising in a central or regional role in the luxury sector; 2–4 years is also stated.
- Product sensitivity and knowledge of the luxury and fashion markets; familiarity with Fashion Jewelry and/or Belts is an advantage.
- Fluent French and English, written and spoken.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI is an advantage.
Skills
Experience
At least 3 years; 2–4 years is also stated, in retail merchandising in a central or regional role in the luxury sector.
Education
Bac+5 degree from a business school, engineering school or IFM.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
Christian Dior fosters a culture of refined creativity, exceptional craftsmanship, and continuous innovation, where teams are encouraged to uphold the Maison’s heritage while shaping the future of luxury. As an employer, it offers a dynamic and exacting environment that values collaboration, excellence, and the development of talent across artistic, retail, and corporate disciplines.
About Cerulean
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