Retail Merchandiser

• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in economics, engineering or marketing
• 2-5 years in a retail or product-related role
• 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.

Other Languages are a strong plus based on market he/she will manage: Spanish, German, French.