Assistant Merchandising Manager

**About the company**

Christian Louboutin opened his first boutique in 1991 in Paris. An artist and a craftsman with a passion for shoes, he is now considered to be one of the most influential fashion designers of his time. Louboutin’s collections combine wit, glamour, elegance and technical proficiency like none other. Since the brand’s launch, his creations have been immortalized in museums, on fashion week runways, red carpets, and in pop culture around the world. As a result, the Christian Louboutin brand name and his signature red sole are now among the most valuable trademarks in the fashion industry.

**_Our Business and our Values _**
- Christian Louboutin, created in 1991 in Paris, is a global luxury brand leader when it comes to shoes for women and men and leather goods. Christian Louboutin is also renowned for its iconic red sole, imagined by Mr. Christian Louboutin himself, a year after the creation of the brand. The brand has more than 160 Boutiques in 38 countries featuring the signature shoes such as the iconic pumps, sneakers and loafers alongside the seasonal collections for women, men and accessories. Christian Louboutin imagines collections through a large spectrum of inspirations emanating from his love of Paris, his travels, and his passion for art and craftmanship. 2014 welcomed the launch of Christian Louboutin Beauté with the iconic Rouge Louboutin nail and lip colour. _

**_Our people are at the heart of our brand _**
- We celebrate individuality and allow the freedom to have responsibility, autonomy and creativity within your role. Our colleagues have in common the passion and dedication to our Brand, and its continued success. _

**_We live by our values _**
- We are down to earth - we stand with authenticity, integrity and respect. We have passion - we drive our business with agility, commitment and care. We have happiness in all that we do - we collaborate with positivity, open-mindedness and fun. We work with inspiration - we envision the future with confidence, creativity and freedom.”- The Maison Christian Louboutin is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to recruitment practices that do not discriminate against any job applicant because of their race, color, gender, age, nationality, culture(s), religion, sex, physical or mental disability, or age. We believe that a culture of diversity and individuality fosters our core values we listed above. So, if you also share this mindset and these values and you dream of coloring your soles red as part of the Louboutin adventure, please join us**Job overview**
- Report to MD Oceanis & SEA, with responsibility to define and lead the strategic merchandise assortment for the assigned category.
- To maximize growth and profitability to meet planned financial goals.
- To partner with internal departments in creating effective business strategies.

**1. **Merchandising & Buying**
- Develop seasonal merchandising and buying strategies that are market specific, with the ability to identify key items and exclusive product requests to fully optimize on the business potentials.
- Communicate closely with headquarter to ensure assortments reflect the brand vision and seasonal story, while optimizing local needs and regional opportunities.
- On a seasonal basis, review the consumer needs, market trends and competitive environment to identify and explore opportunities.
- Monitor merchandise performance and rebalancing plan, and corrective action plans to maximize sell through.
- Work in collaboration with BD’s in retail pricing and markdown strategies; conduct seasonal price benchmarks, competition survey, price index evaluation for management approval.

**2. **Financial Planning**
- Work closely with Financial Controller and Merchandise Planner to formulate on the seasonal sales and OTB projections for Management review.
- Partner with Merchandiser Planner and Retail to lay out action plans for risks and opportunities identified
- Monitor and control expenditure to ensure operational effectiveness in line to the set financial parameters of the budget.

**3. **Business Analysis**
- To conduct in depth analysis of the business and product performance to evaluate productivity level and identify areas for fine tuning and opportunities for growth. Sharing the findings with other functional teams to form collective ideas.
- Establish effective formats of reporting and channels of communicating business updates.

**4. **Team Leadership and Retail Network Support**
- Work closely with Retail to strive towards the common goal of achieving the set business objectives.
- Devise detailed product training programs to educate the sales team on brand, products, trends, markets.
- Regularly visit stores to track product performance and collect product feedback from retail and clients
- Constantly check on competition products offer and price range; develop market insight of competition to update management
- Lead and direct the team in the