Yves Saint Laurent EMEA Merchandising Manager — Women's Ready-to-Wear
- Location
- ParisÎle-de-FranceFrance
- Seniority
- Manager
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- May 11, 2026
About Yves Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent is a Paris-born luxury fashion house known for modern, provocative ready-to-wear and accessories. The house is part of the Kering group and operates across global retail, wholesale and digital channels. Saint Laurent combines strong creative identity with rigorous commercial and merchandising operations to serve a discerning international clientele.
Saint Laurent is hiring an EMEA Merchandising Manager — Women's Ready-to-Wear in Paris to lead assortment strategy and sales planning for the region.
Role & Responsibilities
- Define seasonal assortments for the EMEA network and lead showroom campaign assortment decisions.
- Optimize store allocations and develop allocation strategies to maximise sales and sell-through at regional level.
- Manage showroom order entry and produce buying support tools for commercial teams.
- Prepare product training materials, seasonal launch guidelines and merchandising communications for retail teams.
- Monitor and refine sales forecasts by quarter, season and category; analyse weekly and monthly performance via KPI reporting.
- Lead monthly assortment reviews and drive reorder strategy on top-selling SKUs from current and prior seasons.
- Act as primary point of contact for boutiques on assortment, replenishment and stock-transfer issues; manage VIC requests.
- Collaborate closely with Retail, Visual Merchandising, CRM and Training teams to align product, client activation and boutique expansion projects.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in merchandising, buying or retail merchandising — preferably within luxury fashion.
- Deep knowledge and strong sensibility for Women's Ready-to-Wear categories.
- Demonstrable understanding of EMEA market dynamics and regional retail operations.
- Proven analytical capability and commercial acumen to translate data into assortment and allocation decisions.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders across markets.
- Fluency in English and French.
Skills
Experience
Significant merchandising or buying experience, ideally accrued within the luxury fashion sector and across multiple EMEA markets; typically this corresponds to several years in category management, buying or retail merchandising roles with responsibility for assortment and sales planning.
Education
Bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising, business, retail management or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Culture
Saint Laurent combines Parisian couture heritage with a modern, high-energy retail organisation; teams operate in a creatively driven, fast-paced environment where commercial discipline and attention to craftsmanship are valued. The house emphasises diversity and equal opportunity across its workforce.
About Cerulean
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