BALENCIAGA – E- Retail Buyer (F/H)

Your opportunity

You will own and define the buying strategy for e-retail doors with an objective to drive sales growth, and act as a key point of contact for our commercial partners for all topics related to product assortments and stock needs.

How you will contribute

• Buying strategy: Oversee assortment and performance of digital platforms for all categories in partnership with E-retail partners’ buying teams, central merchandising and supply chain, and implement dedicated strategy on each door (4 doors WW)
• Buying session: Preparation of 4 buying sessions each year (sales forecast and OTB planning per door, mix per category, collection presentations and walk throughs with partners, alignment on product selection and quantities with partners) ; identification of opportunities (pre-launches, exclusivities) in collaboration with the E-Retail Key Account Manager
• Carry-overs: Follow carryovers performances, stock coverage and needs ; review carryovers assortments twice per year
• Product returns: build guidelines for product returns from partners’ warehouses, following the House’s product lifecycle strategy
• Sell-out analyses: Monitor sell out, lead product action plans together with E-Retail, Merchandising and Supply
• Business reviews: participate in Monthly/Quarterly business reviews with partners to follow and analyze product performance, deliveries, stock needs and product offer extension opportunities
• Collection Launches : Follow up on deliveries of new collection, coordinate the launch in alignment with Central Merchandising, work on e-merchandising guidelines
• Product training : organize and host seasonal product training for e-retail partners, online or offline
• E-Retail Mardowns : work on sales forecasts per door and assortment recommendations to achieve targets
• Cross-functional Project : act as the main buying point of contact on the online employee sale project by building assortment across all categories and securing stocks

Who you are

• At least 3 years of experience in Fashion / Luxury Wholesale or Buying  
• Good interpersonal and communication skills: ability to build strong commercial relationships ; ability to collaborate with team members
• Ability to work in a fast international environment, on tight schedule and adapting to different requests
• You have an excellent product sense and a good knowledge of the luxury market
• Fluent in English, French is a plus
• You master the office pack, especially Excel, and are very comfortable with numbers

Why work with us?

This is a fabulous opportunity to join the Balenciaga adventure in a department and to actively contribute to the development of the business in a global Luxury Group that offers endless possibilities to learn and grow.

Balenciaga is committed to thriving your professional development within the House or in the Kering group. We empower leaders to create, build and sustain high performing teams that excel in execution. We guide every employee to reach their full potential in a stimulating and fulfilling workplace environment.

Diversity Commitment

Balenciaga is committed to fostering a diverse workforce. We believe that diversity in all its forms - gender, age, nationality, culture, disability, sexual orientation… - enriches the workplace and our client experience. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome all applications and select our talents based on competencies and in alignment with our brand behaviors. Setting people for success is what we live for. It is part of our interview process to discuss with you how to excel in our company.