Job Description

Summary ABOUT SAINT LAURENT

Founded in 1961, Yves Saint Laurent was the first couture house to introduce the concept of luxury pr\xc3\xaat-\xc3\xa0-porter in a 1966 collection called \xe2\x80\x98Rive Gauche\xe2\x80\x99, synonymous with youth and freedom. This shift represented a first critical step in the modernization of fashion and revolutionized the socio-cultural landscape.

In 1999, the luxury goods division of the Kering Group acquired Yves Saint Laurent and, under the creative direction of Anthony Vaccarello since April 2016, continues to position the house at the summit of the luxury universe.

Today, Saint Laurent collections include women\xe2\x80\x99s and men\xe2\x80\x99s ready-to-wear, shoes, handbags, small leather goods, jewelry, scarves, ties and eyewear.



This position is key in ensuring that all retail stores within the South East Asia and Oceania region have the appropriate product assortment, at the right timing, in order to optimize the sales and project the brand image and strategy from the allocations, replenishments and all stock operations. The successful hire will also assist the General Merchandising Manager in the buying and planning of the collections and delivering the relevant product training within the region.

MISSION

• Responsible for merchandise: style selection, quantity decision, distribution, allocation schedule, stock management, replenishment order and product training
• Perform sales analysis including competitors analysis
• Prepare and present budget, forecast, and monthly business reviews with headquarters
• Regularly report and analyse the sales performance, merchandise mix, inventory situations, and other key business issues, etc.
• Manage pricing strategy and gross margin to secure profitability, in alignment with retail strategy and meeting local objectives and targets, keeping in line with market positioning
• Work closely with Operations, Communications and Visual Merchandising in monitoring the implementation quality & overall effectiveness and sell-thru of merchandises
• Collaborate with regional Merchandising team in providing feedback on products, consumers trends & response
• Provide product knowledge training store on seasonal basis, communicate effectively and timely with the Retail managers and all stores to facilitate selling staff to do effective selling
• Work closely with the Retail Managers to formulate and implement all the seasonal buying strategies and Open-to-Buy (OTB) budgets to achieve the business objectives for the markets

PROFILE

• Minimum 8 years in Merchandising with RTW experience
• Prior experience with Retail/Luxury MNC preferred
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong business sense and ability to dig deep to understand the business performance drivers
• Outstanding inter-personal and communication skills
• Hands-on and self-motivated
• Resilience under pressure and adaptive to changes
• Proficient MS Office skills.
• Travel required

Saint Laurent is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms \xe2\x80\x93 gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation \xe2\x80\x93 enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.

Job Type Regular

Start Date 2024-01-31

Schedule Full time

Organization Saint Laurent (Singapore)

Yves Saint Laurent