Hermès Assistant Product Manager — Women's Lifestyle Ready-to-Wear (Apprenticeship)

Overview

Hermès Sellier is a French maison celebrated for its uncompromising craftsmanship across leather goods, ready-to-wear, accessories and lifestyle categories. The brand operates integrated creative and production structures that privilege artisanal know‑how, meticulous quality standards and multidisciplinary collaboration within a heritage-led luxury environment.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support the Lifestyle product team across collection development from initial sketches to showroom deliveries, reporting to the Sportswear & Swimwear Product Manager.
• Coordinate launches with contract manufacturers: dispatch technical mock-ups, organise material tests and quality checks for all Lifestyle categories.
• Monitor production progress of fittings, prototypes and final runs in close liaison with product managers to ensure fitting schedules are met.
• Inspect incoming models for conformity; collect technical, regulatory and quality data for each style.
• Track development and deliveries of materials and components; manage colouring of fittings and follow up on missing components to ensure timely shipment to manufacturers.
• Provide operational support to stock/logistics for launches (dispatch of fittings, raw materials and purchase orders) and follow manufacturing until receipt of samples for fittings.
• Prepare and maintain daily collection documentation: collection plans, material boards, fitting catalogues and sketch tracking.
• Organise archiving of samples and models and update historical tracking tools for styles.

Qualifications

• Bac +4/5 level in business, fashion or a related university programme (Master’s level or final-year undergraduate).
• Excellent command of French and English (both required); Italian is a plus.
• Organised, rigorous and able to prioritise under schedule constraints.
• Autonomous, agile and curious with strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Deep sensitivity to product, high attention to detail and an intrinsic interest in the fashion/luxury industry.
• Good knowledge of the luxury sector and its quality expectations.

Skills

Experience

Beginners accepted; suitable for candidates seeking an apprenticeship. Prior internships or practical experience in product development, sourcing or studio environments are advantageous.

Education

Bac +4/5 in business school, fashion school or university (Master’s level or final-year undergraduate).

Workplace

Culture

Hermès maintains a culture rooted in artisanal excellence, discretion and collective commitment to product quality. Teams operate in close collaboration across creation, development and manufacturing, with attention to ethical practices, diversity and inclusion — a setting conducive to applied learning and long-term craft mastery.

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