- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- 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 seeks a Senior Retail Merchandiser for women's handbags in Europe, combining performance analysis, showroom buying, permanent assortment planning, cross-functional coordination and product expertise. The role is permanent and full-time, based in Paris with a hybrid working arrangement.
Role & Responsibilities
- Monitor and optimize performance across the European scope of the category, in line with regional strategy and in close collaboration with the central Business Unit, local merchandisers and European stakeholders.
- Conduct weekly and monthly analysis of key KPIs, including revenue, sell-through and stock.
- Identify performance levers proactively and recommend optimization actions, including replenishment, transfers and product focus.
- Conduct European business reviews and prepare analytical materials.
- Participate in European showroom buying four times a year.
- Consolidate market needs and feedback in collaboration with local merchandisers.
- Define buying strategy by line, taking into account the zone’s vision and objectives, new-product potential, central recommendations and budget constraints.
- Place orders in the tool and track KPIs during the showroom.
- Prepare analytical materials before and during the showroom.
- Allocate products to boutiques in line with clusters and market specificities, in collaboration with the supply chain.
- Build a coherent permanent offer for each season and cluster, and enter it into the tool; propose SKU additions and removals to the Leather Goods Business Unit based on market needs.
- Track the permanent-product forecast with European Planning, sharing key category insights.
- Coordinate between the Business Unit, European stakeholders and markets, including retail merchandisers.
- Exchange regularly with local merchandisers, centralize market feedback, share communications and support product needs for clients.
- Coordinate with European stakeholders across Supply Chain and Planning, Visual Merchandising and Training, ensuring category information circulates effectively.
- Engage the Retail community and propose impactful communications.
- Apply expertise in the women's leather goods category to deepen understanding of the product and market and strengthen data-driven recommendations.
- Track product trends by market and nationality, including price, sizes, materials and colours.
- Conduct regular competitive monitoring of the category in Europe, covering positioning, new products, pricing and best sellers.
- Report structured market insights and client trends.
Qualifications
- Fluent English.
- Strong analytical rigour and excellent command of performance-tracking tools, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong product sensitivity and a pronounced interest in leather goods.
- Ability to work in an international environment, with a collaborative mindset, attention to detail and results and client orientation.
Skills
Experience
At least 5 years; 7–10 years in retail merchandising, ideally in a luxury house.
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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