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HEAD OF MERCHANDISING

Employer
LN-CC
Location
London (Greater)
Closing date
23 Jul 2022

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Function
Merchandising & Planning
Level
Senior Manager
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

HEAD OF MERCHANDISING

The role could be based both in Milan or London. 

LN-CC is seeking a talented professional to join our fast-growing, all-star team in Milan as Head of Merchandising.

This role reports to the Top Management and works alongside the Store Management, Marketing, Operations, and/or Logistics teams. The Head of Merchandising will lead the Merchandising function, driving the business through optimizing stock and marginality.

He/she must be highly organized, technically-minded, and an excellent communicator, with an ability to transform complicated charts of online data into valuable information.

What you will do:

  • Lead, manage and develop merchandising team.
  • Establish and leverage strong partnerships with cross-functional partners.
  • Analyse selling trends and promote ST optimization through reorders and cancellations.
  • Work closely with the warehouse, back office and the digital production team to ensure the smooth flow of goods from delivery to online.
  • Proactively manage and trade stock in season to maximize commercial opportunities and minimize risks.
  • Monitor sales feedback and ensure that corrective action is taken relating to past seasons.
  • Work closely with Buying Team to build the seasonal OTB budgets in line with the LN-CC vision and strategic objectives.
  • Delivering efficient and accurate reporting to support buying preparation analysis and other departments.
  • Elaborate detailed market analysis over price positioning, competitors' activities, and collection opportunities.
  • Define and propose the carryover strategy by identifying potential bestselling items to be exploited in more collections and by maximizing the margin.

What we are looking for:

  • 7+ years’ experience working within a planning & merchandise team in the fashion industry.
  • Excellent product eye and passion for fashion industry.
  • Sharp business acumen, strategic thinking, analytical and reporting skills; proven ability to drive both brands and departmental goal.
  • Capacity to translate corporate goals into actions.
  • Adept at solving problems/removing obstacles to get work done/drive execution.
  • Excellent communication skills, ability to build relationships with internal and external teams and functions.
  • Advanced Excel knowledge is essential.
  • Fluent in Italian and English.

What we offer:

  • Competitive compensation package (compared to your professional background);
  • Benefits: monthly lunch tickets, company laptop, discounts to our owned brands and brand partners, and additional perks in the form of local discounts and offers.
  • Learning & Development Programs: continuous learning experience with TLG University;
  • Be part of the young (30 on avg.) and international (26 nationalities) #TLGpeople group and work in a dynamic and fast-moving environment.

We hire for potential, and we reward based on impact. We think big, move fast, and never stop learning. In our dynamic, fast-moving environment, opportunities for growth are limitless.​

 

Company

LN-CC is a progressive and conscious retail concept launched in 2010 inside an art-based installation in East London. Its innovative physical space continues to attract daring individuals, while the LN-CC vision has now expanded to include a highly-curated online store that brings its obsessive detail and unorthodox retail approach to a larger fashion audience. Since its beginning, LN-CC has been known as a leading destination for directional brands and hard-to-find products, attracting a devoted following of customers and fashion fans from around the world. In February 2014, LN-CC and The Level Group joined forces to further invest in developing LN-CC’s brand and retailing concept, leveraging The Level Group’s ecommerce experience, its international operating platform and its global fashion management expertise. Aiming to redefine the perception of modern retailing, LN-CC presents a novel interpretation of luxury offering a unique mix of the most exclusive brands such as Lanvin, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Marni and Rick Owens and undiscovered and uncompromising fashion for true insiders looking for a genuinely new product, designer or aesthetic. LN-CC is also proud to feature a conscious offering of brands that are advancing the importance and technology in a field of eco aware items with an expression and impact like no other. Uniquely mixing its selection of clothing alongside its informative and enlightening collectibles housed within its library, LN-CC is able to offer a perspective and narrative from within its curation. Hard to find and exclusive vinyl are shown alongside out of print and first edition rarities within its book selection whilst a selection of audio hardware from some of the most innovative brands is ever growing.
Company info
Telephone
02031742563
Location
LN-CC AC Ltd,
Ground Floor, 18-24 Shaklewell Lane
London
e8 2EZ
GB

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