Louis Vuitton Senior Retail Merchandising Manager

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Employment Full-time
Seniority Senior
Posted Feb 20, 2026
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Join Louis Vuitton in Paris as a Senior Retail Merchandising Manager. This full-time role requires extensive experience in luxury fashion merchandising.

Overview

Louis Vuitton, a distinguished name in the luxury fashion industry since 1854, is part of the prestigious LVMH conglomerate. The brand is renowned for its commitment to excellence and innovation, offering employees a dynamic environment where creativity and ambition are celebrated. Louis Vuitton is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace, promoting diversity, and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Define the strategic vision for the category within the brand and oversee key decisions to ensure sustainable growth.
  • Contribute to collection development, guide Go to Market activation, and coordinate between Collection Merchandising, regional teams, and management.
  • Develop and lead the merchandising team, ensuring global offer coherence in an international context.
  • Define purchasing strategy and category vision in collaboration with the director, balancing business stability and permanent offer renewal.
  • Oversee collection inputs such as editing, sizing, launches, and innovations.
  • Optimize offer strategy according to long-term objectives and brand positioning.
  • Ensure overall performance in terms of revenue, sell-through, profitability, and desirability.
  • Establish a roadmap of key priorities and strategic decisions in coordination with Business Planning and Supply.
  • Anticipate structural risks and define global action plans.
  • Represent category vision to regions and management, ensuring alignment between brand strategy and regional purchases.
  • Manage, develop, and coach the retail merchandising team.
  • Align plans with Collection Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Supply, and regional teams.
  • Lead major cross-functional projects and transform processes, acting as a cross-functional business leader.

Qualifications

  • Degree from a business school or equivalent higher education institution.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in retail or regional merchandising, with in-depth knowledge of luxury fashion clients.

Skills

Strong affinity for luxury markets and products, particularly in high-end segments such as watches, jewelry, and couture. Open-mindedness and curiosity with a good understanding of diverse cultures and markets. Results and customer-oriented with the ability to interact with various stakeholders. Excellent proficiency in English and a strong command of French is highly desirable.

Experience

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in the luxury fashion industry.

Education

Degree from a business school or equivalent higher education institution.

Workplace

This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Cerulean lists 3.293 open roles in Paris, including 64 posted recently. The broader Île-de-France area accounts for 3.707 active listings on Cerulean, 94 of which are new. In France as a whole, Cerulean currently features 4.253 open positions, with 115 posted this week.

Benefits

Louis Vuitton offers a supportive and inclusive work environment, promoting diversity and equal opportunity for all employees.

Culture

Louis Vuitton embodies a culture of excellence and innovation, encouraging employees to embark on unique professional journeys. The brand values diversity and inclusivity, creating a workplace where all singularities are celebrated and respected.

About Cerulean

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