Merchandiser, South Asia

Louis Vuitton Singapore has an opportunity within our Merchandising department to be part of the Women's Leathergoods team. Manage and drive the Women’s Leathergoods category business in South Asia. Create commercially balanced assortments in line with brand aspirations and strategies. Identify category growth opportunities as well as risks to the business.

Deliver reliable sales analysis, drawing focused insights that lead to action plans. 360 commercial management of the category. General Support the manager as the category lead. Work collaboratively with other team members and cross-functional partners. Partner with Central Teams as the zone category representative. Sales Reporting &Analytics Prepare daily/weekly/monthly sales and sell through reports.

Proactively initiate ad hoc analysis to explore new opportunities and business concerns. Provide deep dive and qualitative feedback for Zone & Central. Assortment Management Attend 4 buying sessions a year. Create assortments considering brand strategies and market specificities, while delivering sales targets. In-season management, re-assorting stores based on performance, new opportunities, activations, etc.

Training & Collection Launch Preparation Partner with other categories on 360 Transversal Launches. Proactively initiate ad hoc analysis to explore new opportunities and business concerns. Provide deep dive and qualitative feedback for Zone & Central. Cross-Functional Collaboration Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners (i.

e. Retail, Learning & Development, Digital, Visual Merchandising, Communications, Client Development, etc.) to achieve 360 category objectives. Partnership with Country Merchandisers and Retail Teams to drive sales and understand market needs. Be the bridge between the South Asia zone (each country / store) and Paris team.

Supply Chain Partner closely with Supply Chain Team to ensure the right stock, at the right stores, in the right quantities. Work collaboratively on in-season sales forecasts and during buying sessions. Share category strategies to ensure alignment in stock management. Retail Close communication with stores to understand product feedback and opportunities, as well as clients.

Provide Retail Teams with tools and information to achieve sales targets. Support special events and activations. Market & Competition Update Understand market trends and competitor strategies for market context and to feedback to Central team. Provide market feedback, product needs and opportunities to Central team for collection creation.

Apply insights from market analysis to category action plans. Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience. Fashion background preferred; luxury experience an asset. Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills along with a commercial mindset. Ability to draw meaningful insights from analysis and to clearly share findings and initiate actions.

High proficiency in MS office, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint. Good interpersonal and communication skills. Results driven with a genuine passion for the product category. Highly adaptable, agile and comfortable with ambiguity. Organized, structured and action oriented. Genuine curiosity, proactiveness, and a team player in a fast-paced environment.