Product Merchandising Manager

Jimmychoo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury fashion brand is seeking a Product Merchandising Manager to shape footwear collections in line with market trends. This role involves overseeing the collection lifecycle, collaborating with various teams, and conducting sales analysis. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in luxury fashion merchandising and strong Excel skills. A keen interest in fashion, fluency in English, and knowledge of Italian is preferred. This position is based at the London Head Office under a fixed term maternity contract.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a similar role within luxury fashion.
• Strong interest in the fashion industry.
• Able to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Define the seasonal line plan and drive the collection calendar.
• Contribute to pricing decisions for collections and manage cost changes.
• Conduct sales analysis to identify best sellers and growth opportunities.

Skills

Commercial product merchandising

Fluent English

Excellent Excel skills

Strong attention to detail

Knowledge of Italian language

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Product Merchandising Manager, Shoes (FTC) page is loaded## Product Merchandising Manager, Shoes (FTC)locations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: 发布于 30 天前job requisition id: R\_781775**Job Title:** Product Merchandising Manager, Shoes**Department:** Merchandising**Contract Type:** Fixed Term Maternity Contract**Reports To:** Head of Merchandising, Shoes**Location:** London Head Office**Role Purpose:**The Merchandising Manager plays a key role in shaping the footwear collections, ensuring alignment with market trends, business objectives, and regional needs. This position involves managing the end-to-end collection lifecycle, from concept and sample coordination to sales analysis and communication, while partnering closely with Design, Development, and global merchandising teams.**Key Responsibilities.****Collection Strategy*** Collaborate with Retail Merchandising to define the seasonal line plan and drive the collection calendar.* Partner with Merchandise Planning to optimize carryover and ensure a balanced product range.* Contribute to merchandising meetings to establish an assortment that meets global and regional needs.* Support creation of drop allocations and communicate updates to all regions and distribution channels.**Pricing*** Participate in initial target cost identification, ensuring key price points are driven from sketch to sample.* Manage pre-costing follow-up at each prototype stage.* Contribute to pricing decisions for each collection.* Manage cost changes post-negotiation and showroom presentation.**Sample & Production Management*** Lead sample launch, balancing creativity and commercial impact within defined budget parameters.* Oversee timely receipt of first samples in London* Manage communications between Merchandising and regional showrooms* Oversee production fittings and approvals, ensuring quality and adherence to timelines.* Monitor weekly production progress against planning milestones.**Collection Setup & Internal Systems*** Create and maintain the collection overview and internal selling documents.* Manage official communication of cancellations and changes.* Manage the set up and maintain the collection offer in the internal order system.* Implement cancellation proposals and ensure clear communication across the business.**Sales & Market Analysis*** Conduct detailed analysis of seasonal sell-in performance, identifying best sellers, materials, and growth opportunities.* Monitor competitor activity, including pricing, assortment, trends, and collection structure.**Training & Presentation Support*** Develop and support global training materials.* Assist in creating impactful presentations for internal and external stakeholders.**Skills, Experience and Qualifications:*** Suitable candidates will have a proven track record in a similar role.* This person will have an avid interest and understanding of the world of Luxury Fashion with strong commercial product merchandising skills.* Able to travel.* English language spoken / written fluently.* Knowledge of Italian language preferred.* Excellent Excel, Word, PowerPoint skills.—The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.—At Capri Holdings Limited, we are committed to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation for the interview or application process, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail].