Louis Vuitton Collection Merchandising Manager

About Louis Vuitton

Founded in Paris in 1854, Louis Vuitton stands among the world’s most emblematic luxury maisons, renowned for exceptional craftsmanship, innovation, and the art of travel. As an employer, the Maison offers a distinctive environment where heritage and modernity meet, inviting talents to contribute to a global culture of excellence across retail, design, craftsmanship, client experience, operations, and corporate functions. Louis Vuitton values curiosity, precision, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit, supporting employees through international opportunities, learning pathways, and a strong commitment to savoir-faire. Its teams are united by a shared ambition to craft enduring desirability and deliver exceptional experiences worldwide.

Louis Vuitton is seeking a Collection Merchandising Manager in Paris to lead collection budgets, marketing briefs, collection development, product activation and downstream launch management, while managing four Collection Merchandisers. The role is a permanent, full-time position.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define the budget for mock-ups and duplicates and ensure it is respected.
• Contribute to developing the research budget in partnership with the sourcing teams.
• Define the overall marketing strategy.
• Translate senior management’s vision into concrete activations for the category.
• Structure collection needs by theme.
• Lead the marketing team in drafting the brief.
• Coordinate communication across métiers to address the silhouette approach.
• Share and present the brief to the project team, including Design.
• Build, lead and manage the annual collection development calendar.
• Validate agendas for collection-building forums and milestones, including project reviews and storyboards.
• Plan and establish cross-functional forums and milestones, including scenographic requirements.
• Define, share and order the collection’s leather colour palette, ensuring the allocated budget is respected.
• Define collection priorities with Merchandising and share them with the project team.
• Validate post-milestone edits, including storyboards and showrooms.
• Facilitate Go Style approval while respecting margin, the House’s specifications and the desired aesthetic.
• Support the upstream-to-downstream handover of the collection.
• Monitor the management of newness to ensure a high-quality launch.
• Define the collection’s 360-degree strategy.
• Define training topics and formats, and approve the content.
• Act as the key contact for Visual Merchandising teams on guidelines and the development of sales-support tools, including packaging, in-store activations, pop-ins and pop-ups.
• Manage four Collection Merchandisers.
• Manage team performance and develop team skills.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in Product Marketing, including significant experience in leather goods.
• Strong product sensibility and excellent knowledge of the luxury and fashion markets and the competitive landscape.
• Proficiency in marketing techniques, including marketing-plan design and management, price positioning and market analysis.
• Strong project-management and team-management skills.
• Emotional intelligence, adaptability and organisational skills.
• Results-oriented approach.
• Leadership and ability to influence and unite teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, and proficiency in Excel.
• Excellent command of French and English.

Skills

Experience

At least 7 years in Product Marketing, including significant experience in leather goods; at least 5 years overall.

Workplace

Culture

Louis Vuitton fosters a culture rooted in heritage, craftsmanship, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, where employees contribute to one of the world’s most iconic luxury maisons. Its workplace environment combines creativity, precision, and international collaboration, offering teams the opportunity to grow within a brand that values innovation, client experience, and long-term savoir-faire.

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