Merchandising Associate – Men’s Shoes

About The Job Louis Vuitton Americas is seeking a dynamic Merchandising Associate to join our Merchandising team based in New York City. As a Merchandising Associate, you will specialize in our Men’ Shoes category playing a key contributor within the Men’s Universe. Operating under guidance, you will serve as a transversal product expert, instrumental in supporting and advancing the Men’ Shoes strategy across our retail network in the Americas. This opportunity requires strong product expertise and a keen ability to cultivate knowledge of the competitive landscape and emerging trends.

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Sales, strategy & reporting

• Own sales performance, monitoring daily/weekly results, and initiating proactive in-season strategies to exceed sales and sell-through goals
• Facilitate collection launches by developing essential retail/merchandising tools gathering retail feedback, and curating display imagery
• Prepare comprehensive summaries of assortment feedback and competitive analysis, integrating insights on market demands, trends, pricing, promotional activities, and events
• Maintain routine reporting, proactively adjusting analyses to align with current business needs, and supporting ad hoc analysis requests and presentations
• Assist in preparing regular cross-functional presentations and cultivate engagement within the Men’ Shoes Americas community platform

Support

• Facilitate routine stock adjustments to ensure optimal inventory levels and consistent stock availability for peak sales periods, special events, new store openings, and ongoing business demands
• Monitor and support key permanent programs in close partnership with the Merchandising Manager and Supply Chain team
• Work with Supply Chain on zone transfers & inventory retrievals, overseeing product movement from origin to final destination
• Offer comprehensive event support, including initiating stock rebalances, developing assortments to meet sales targets, creating and maintaining essential tools, tracking sales performance, and offering additional on-site or remote assistance
• Participate in Paris buying sessions by placing orders, determining sizing, organizing visual displays, preparing summaries
• Provide administrative support, from scheduling meetings to shipping/organizing samples
• Act as the Men’ Shoes Merchandising team’s primary contact to provide support

Profile

We are eager to speak to merchandising experienced individuals with 3 years of highly analytical backgrounds and deep understanding of retail math and luxury products, specifically Men’ Shoes. The ideal candidate will possess outstanding communication and influencing skills as well as strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. Furthermore, ability to convey information effectively through verbal, written and presentation formats is essential. Having exceptional organizational skills along with a detail-oriented nature ensuring accuracy in all aspects of merchandising and inventory management is preferred.

The appointed candidate will be offered a base salary within the range of USD $75,000 – $85,000, a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, various paid time off programs, employee discount/perks and two retirement plans both with employer contributions.

• Please note that restrictions may apply to part-time employees

The position requires 4 days per week on site in the Louis Vuitton Corporate Office, located in the heart of Midtown, Manhattan.

Additional information

Louis Vuitton is a company that respects the uniqueness of each employee and offers everyone the means to find their place and prosper. We promote initiatives aimed at supporting professional equality for everyone. We strive to go above and beyond purely symbolic measures by building a culture passionate about meaningful strategies aimed at crafting an inclusive workforce.

In addition to a generous benefits package, unparalleled career development opportunities, both locally & globally, as an employee at Louis Vuitton, you can expect to be provided with industry leading training which will offer you an in-depth insight into the luxury and retail environment.

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