- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
About Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent stands as one of fashion’s most influential maisons, renowned for redefining modern elegance through audacity, precision, and cultural intelligence. As an employer, the House offers a dynamic environment where heritage and innovation meet, inviting talent to contribute to a legacy shaped by creativity, craftsmanship, and a distinctly Parisian spirit. Employees are encouraged to pursue excellence across design, retail, merchandising, communications, and corporate functions, within a culture that values individuality, rigor, and forward-looking vision. Joining Yves Saint Laurent means participating in the continued evolution of an iconic brand whose influence extends far beyond fashion.
Saint Laurent seeks a Senior Ready-to-Wear Costing Specialist to support costing for Men's and Women's collections, ensuring industrial feasibility and managing fabric pre-purchasing, supplier data, cost optimization and production coordination. The role also covers two MRP systems, sustainability initiatives and standardization fittings.
Role & Responsibilities
- Support the costing department for the Men's and Women's ready-to-wear categories, in collaboration with team members and under the supervision of the Costing Manager.
- Calculate the production cost price (PRI) of made-to-order models for Men's and Women's collections, including tailoring, soft tailoring and shirts, and ensure industrial feasibility.
- Track the collection plan and launches in close coordination with product managers, workshops and external manufacturers.
- Analyze and validate the accuracy of data with technical and development teams for accessories, fabrics and added-value components, and directly with suppliers and subcontractors, with a focus on fabrics.
- Define and continuously adapt costing according to the catalogue, merchandising priorities and sales trends.
- Manage fabric pre-purchasing, defining order quantities while considering minimums, associated costs and Kering's sustainability commitments; coordinate with merchandising, collection purchasing and production purchasing throughout the process.
- Work with Saint Laurent and Kering Sustainability teams to ensure that most materials used in production are eco-certified and to support the implementation of group projects.
- Manage two MRP systems, including cost entry, data checks and processing.
- Continuously seek cost optimization through negotiations, quotation requests and industrial solutions for factories and suppliers.
- Participate in standardization fittings to ensure compliance with the production cost price (PRI).
- Transmit technical information to production teams.
Qualifications
- Significant experience, ideally at least 3–5 years in purchasing, development or production within luxury ready-to-wear.
- Higher education qualification from a business school and/or fashion school.
- Mastery of product bills of materials and good knowledge of raw materials.
- Command of ready-to-wear manufacturing processes and the workings of a supplier network.
- Proven experience managing performance across cost, lead time, quality and capacity.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PLM/MRP software (S3K/AS400).
- Fluent English; Italian is an advantage.
Skills
Experience
Significant experience, ideally at least 3–5 years in purchasing, development or production within luxury ready-to-wear.
Education
Higher education qualification from a business school and/or fashion school.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
Yves Saint Laurent fosters a bold, creative, and fast-paced workplace where teams are encouraged to challenge convention while upholding the Maison’s legacy of elegance and modernity. As an employer, it values artistic vision, collaboration, and excellence, offering an environment where talent can contribute to a globally influential luxury brand with a distinctive Parisian spirit.
About Cerulean
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