Louis Vuitton Senior Retail Merchandiser

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.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead overall category performance across revenue, profitability and sell-through, and propose action plans to optimize results.
• Regularly monitor and, where needed, challenge forecasts and stock levels across permanent and seasonal product ranges.
• Prioritize recommendations and corrective actions according to business needs, including visual merchandising actions, rebatching and rebalancing.
• Analyze market dynamics and provide a consolidated strategic perspective.
• Anticipate risks and opportunities and formulate trade-offs.
• Collaborate with collection merchandising to develop the right products and curate collections to maximize business opportunities.
• Propose and advocate for key retail merchandising bets.
• Build advanced assortment strategies in alignment with the Merchandising Manager.
• Act as an expert point of contact for regions during showrooms, maintaining close relationships with regional counterparts.
• Drive assortment logic and ensure strategic alignment.
• Provide constructive critical feedback on regional proposals where necessary.
• Represent the category at reviews and presentation sessions.
• Serve as a point of reference for Retail Merchandisers and junior team members.
• Lead cross-functional projects with Collection Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Supply and regional teams.
• Ensure 360-degree coherence across the offer, activation and retail performance.

Qualifications

• Higher education qualification from a business school or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of experience in retail merchandising, ideally in a central team, with good knowledge of the leather goods sector.
• Strong interest in luxury, including understanding of markets and competition, and strong product sensibility.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills.
• Advanced level and proven experience using Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated dynamism, agility, curiosity, rigor, interpersonal skills and teamwork.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt.
• Excellent English is essential; French proficiency is an advantage.

Skills

Experience

At least 5 years in retail merchandising, ideally in a central team.

Education

Higher education qualification from a business school or equivalent.

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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