Merchandiser, South Asia

Role overview

Louis Vuitton Singapore is looking for a Merchandiser to join the Women’s Leathergoods merchandising team and support the South Asia business.

Key objectives

• Steer the Women’s Leathergoods category performance across South Asia.
• Build commercially well-balanced assortments that reflect the brand’s ambitions and strategy.
• Spot growth opportunities for the category and flag business risks early.
• Deliver dependable sales reporting and analysis that translates into clear action plans.
• Oversee the category from a full commercial perspective.

Job responsibilities

General

• Act as the category lead in support of the manager.
• Collaborate closely with internal team members and partner functions.
• Represent the zone category in discussions with central teams.

Sales reporting and analytics

• Prepare sales and sell-through updates on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Take initiative on one-off analyses to uncover new opportunities and issues affecting the business.
• Share detailed insights and qualitative observations with the zone and central teams.

Assortment management

• Participate in four buying sessions each year.
• Develop assortments that align with brand direction, market realities, and sales objectives.
• Manage in-season assortment changes by reallocating product to stores based on performance, emerging opportunities, and activations.

Training and collection launch preparation

• Work with other categories to support end-to-end transversal launches.
• Run additional analyses when needed to identify new opportunities and business concerns.
• Offer detailed feedback to zone and central stakeholders.

Cross-functional collaboration

• Partner with retail, learning and development, digital, visual merchandising, communications, client development, and other teams to deliver category goals.
• Coordinate with country merchandisers and retail teams to grow sales and understand local market needs.
• Serve as the link between the South Asia zone, including each country and store, and the Paris team.

Supply chain

• Work closely with the supply chain team to place the right stock in the right stores and in the right quantities.
• Collaborate on in-season sales forecasts and during buying sessions.
• Communicate category strategy to support aligned stock management.

Retail

• Maintain close contact with stores to gather product feedback, market opportunities, and client insights.
• Equip retail teams with the information and tools needed to hit sales targets.
• Support special events and activations.

Market and competition updates

• Track market trends and competitor moves to provide business context and recommendations to central teams.
• Share market feedback, product needs, and opportunity areas to support collection development.
• Use market intelligence to shape category action plans.

Profile

• At least 5 years of relevant experience is required; a fashion background is preferred and experience in luxury is a plus.
• Strong analytical ability, both quantitative and qualitative, with a commercial approach.
• Able to turn analysis into practical insights and communicate recommendations clearly.
• Advanced capability in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly results-oriented with a real interest in the product category.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and able to adapt quickly.
• Well organized, structured, and action focused.
• Curious, proactive, and collaborative in a fast-moving environment.

Reference

Reference: LVM32559