- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
About Kering
Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.
Kering seeks a Merchandising and Planning Data Domain Owner in Milan to connect business and data teams, standardize data, and advance reporting and performance management across the Group and its Houses. The role leads data harmonization, KPI frameworks, governance, and analytical initiatives. The position is governed by the National Collective Labour Agreement for leather and related manufacturing industries; indicative starting compensation is €40,000, with an annual bonus opportunity under the company internal agreement.
Role & Responsibilities
- Partner with merchandising, planning, and business operations teams to understand business requirements, performance management routines, and evolving data needs.
- Lead the harmonization and simplification of merchandising and planning data consumption, ensuring a consistent and efficient user experience across brands.
- Represent business priorities and requirements in strategic transformation initiatives, including decommissioning legacy reporting solutions such as the DAWN project.
- Define and maintain a common framework for merchandising and planning KPIs, metrics, and dashboards at Group and brand levels.
- Drive alignment on data definitions and reporting standards to ensure consistent and comparable performance across the organization.
- Support the implementation of business performance tools and analytical solutions for merchandising teams, including strategic initiatives such as Integrated Business Planning.
- Contribute to the deployment of new master data strategies, translating business needs into governance, processes, and data models.
- Support ad hoc analysis with data expertise.
- Foster data governance, data quality, and user adoption across the merchandising and planning community.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in merchandising, planning, business performance, data management, or related fields.
- Strong understanding of merchandising and planning processes, KPIs, and decision-making workflows.
- Proven ability to work across business and technology teams in a complex, international environment.
- Experience in data transformation, reporting, analytics, and governance initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Fluent English; additional languages are a plus.
Skills
Experience
Significant experience in merchandising, planning, business performance, data management, or related fields.
Workplace
This position is based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
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Benefits
Annual bonus opportunity according to the company internal agreement; company canteen and other benefits or initiatives may be offered under company policies, in addition to benefits provided by the applicable National Collective Labour Agreement and law.
Culture
Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.
About Cerulean
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