Hermès Junior Business Analyst, Women's Ready-to-Wear

About Hermès

Hermès is an independent French luxury maison renowned for its artisanal craftsmanship and haute prêt‑à‑porter. The Industrial/Production and Supply Chain functions operate closely with creative and commercial teams to deliver exceptional quality and product integrity across ready‑to‑wear collections.

Role & Responsibilities

• Maintain and update sales-tracking files during market buying sessions: initial setup, daily extraction of sales-to-date, variance analysis versus prior day, and verification of pre-sale framing (collection structure, production minima).
• Produce and distribute a daily synthesis of sales analysis to Purchasing, Supply and Planning teams.
• Implement seasonal production monitoring reports: deliveries vs. prior season, remaining-to-deliver tracking, cancellations and second‑choice monitoring, and sharing delivery information with commercial teams.
• Update weekly supply‑chain performance reporting: delivery report maintenance, monitoring receipts at logistics partner, restocking of incoming quality (TDS), tracking second‑choice stock, and overseeing ERP data‑quality dashboards.
• Draft and maintain standard operating procedures and propose improvements to existing dashboards and reporting to increase reliability and clarity.
• Deliver ad‑hoc analyses including collection complexity studies, finished‑goods delivery projections for logistics partners, material/component delivery follow‑up, and cross‑category KPI monitoring.
• Coordinate operational teams and project stakeholders during the deployment of the supplier portal and provide occasional operational support to supply‑chain teams.

Qualifications

• Degree from a business school, engineering school, or equivalent academic background.
• Minimum 1 year of professional experience in supply chain, purchasing, operations planning, or business analysis; experience within fashion or luxury retail preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with VBA.
• Practical experience with data management and visualization tools such as Power Query and Power BI.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, numerical affinity and critical thinking.
• Comfort working with information systems and ERP environments.
• Rigour, curiosity, strong written and verbal communication skills and proven ability to work collaboratively in cross‑functional teams.
• Professional command of English.

Skills

Experience

At least 1 year of relevant experience in supply chain, purchasing, planning or operational analytics, ideally within fashion or luxury prêt‑à‑porter contexts.

Education

Degree from a business school or engineering school, or equivalent.

Workplace

Culture

Hermès cultivates a workplace that values craftsmanship, precision and long‑term quality. Teams combine analytical rigor with respect for creative processes; cross‑functional collaboration and attention to detail are central to daily operations within the Industrial and Supply Chain divisions.

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