Retail Merchandiser

Job description:

Your Role

We're looking for a results-driven
Retail Merchandiser
to shape our product assortment strategies across multiple banners. In this role, you'll play a key part in defining the right product mix, optimizing assortment by segment, and supporting data-informed decisions that drive sales and profitability. Working closely with the General Manager and cross-functional teams, you'll translate business insights into merchandising strategies that enhance performance and deliver a consistent brand experience. As a Retail Merchandiser, you'll have the opportunity to directly influence how our products perform in market. You'll work at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and commercial execution, with high visibility to a variety of internal stakeholders

Main Responsibilities

• Strategic Impact: Shape key decisions that drive assortment, pricing, and brand positioning.
• Cross-Functional Exposure: collaborate closely with the Commercial subsidiary, Category, Merchandise Financial Planning, and Planning teams.
• Career Growth: develop expertise in retail strategy and category management within a dynamic, results-oriented environment.
• Data-Driven Environment: Leverage analytics and market insights to inform and measure the success of your initiatives.
• Store Segmentation & Assortment Strategy: define and maintain store clusters and assortment frameworks that align with local market potential and business objectives.
• Brand & Category Mix Optimization: analyze performance across categories and brands to recommend adjustments that maximize sales, margin, and productivity.
• Product Range Planning: partner with Retail Category and Planning teams to ensure product selections reflect market trends, brand positioning, and seasonal opportunities.
• Collaboration with Leadership: support the subsidiary / local team and internal stakeholders with insights, scenario analyses, and recommendations that strengthen commercial performance.
• In-Season Stock Management: lead in-season stock management activities, optimizing inventory levels and category performance through strategic transfers, replenishments, and product allocations to maximize sell-through results.
• Product Flow and Distribution Oversight: guarantee a smooth and timely product flow from the central warehouse, ensuring efficient stock distribution across the network and overseeing the management of special orders.
• Business Performance Reporting: prepare comprehensive selling reports to assess business performance, providing qualitative insights and actionable feedback to other corporate teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: partner closely with Visual Merchandising and Marketing teams to ensure the seamless execution of brand initiatives, product launches, and seasonal campaigns.
• Collection Presentation: lead seasonal buying debriefs for the local team, focusing on new product injections (NPIs) and key brand trends.
• Markdown and Transfers Management: prepare markdown lists by defining discount percentages and brand/UPC-level exclusions.
• Budget and Forecasting: Collaborate with the Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) team on budget and forecast activities.
• Special Projects: curate dedicated product selections for special initiatives such as Project Pyramidion and Extra Care.

Main Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in economics, engineering or marketing
• 2-5 years of experience in a business or product-related role within EssilorLuxottica
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills alongside commercial attitude
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound data-driven decisions
• Good knowledge of brands and products across EL portfolio
• Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English and Italian
• A go-getter attitude, curiosity, and strong interest in a career in the retail world
• English mandatory
• Italian mandatory
• Other Languages are a strong plus based on market he/she will manage: Spanish, German, French.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitment​

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and provide equal opportunities to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that makes us unique.