Merchandising Manager Women’s Bags EMEA

Founded in Spain in 1846, LOEWE is the second-oldest luxury fashion house in the world. Since 2025, the House is under the creative direction of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, guided by a rich artistic sensibility and an imaginative exploration of craft. This new chapter builds on core sensibilities of LOEWE: an intellectual and playful approach to fashion, the vibrant spirit of Spanish lifestyle, and unmatched leather expertise.

At LOEWE we are committed to a culture that welcomes all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background and abilities, including people with disabilities of all types. Our aim is for everyone to feel valued, included, and empowered to contribute their best.

Being part of LOEWE gives you the opportunity of learning new things every day and working with people passionate about what they do, in a fast moving and ambitious company.

As Merchandising Manager Women's Bags EMEA, you will support the Head of Merchandising to develop, review and deliver the merchandising strategy and successfully build the assortment by store, meeting company targets in terms of net sales and Sell-through for your owned category. You will contribute to developing the merchandising function both strategically and operationally, developing and implementing the right processes and tools and working closely with all teams to further drive growth of the LOEWE business in the region.

• Responsible for defining optimal seasonal buys for the stores in your scope within the limits of the OTB provided and ST% targets. Including Pre-co, Fashion Show and Capsules.
• Act as key point of contact for all info related to Product and Merchandising in the region. Together with Head of Merchandising present the buying strategy and key bets for the categories under his/her responsibility to the key stakeholders of the region to ensure the alignment towards the final sales and ST% targets.
• Responsible of the information flow to the stores regarding launching plan, ST%, sales achievements along the season, highlighting strengths and weaknesses by store and by product to improve the KPIS regarding stock, sales, ABP and UPT.
• Responsible for the weekly trade reporting & ad hoc analysis supporting the Head of Merchandising.
• Study performance and demands, gathering direct feedback from sales staff in stores, and compiling seasonal in-depth sell-in and sell-out analysis to share with management. Provide qualitative feedback to Central Merchandising.
• Define of the allocation strategy by store based on their historic performance and new opportunities & optimize stocks via monthly consolidation strategy partnering with SC team for execution.
• Work with Visual Merchandising team to ensure alignment in terms of store needs, stock availability and sales push when needed.
• Strong and effective collaboration with Store Managers:
  • Make sure Store Managers are on board with the merchandising vision for the region.
  • Define an effective communication process with the Store Managers and key stake holders.

RELEVANT KPIS:

• Net sales and growth
• Seasonal ST%