EMEA Retail Merchandising Planning Senior Specialist
Pubblicato il 03-08-2026 - Lvmh Group in Milano
The Retail Merchandising Planning SR Specialist supports the EMEA Retail Merchandising Analysis & Planning Senior Manager in planning, forecasting and business analysis activities across all product categories. Working closely with Retail Merchandisers, the role contributes to sales planning, business reporting and assortment performance analysis, providing accurate data and insights to support commercial decisions.
Job responsibilities
Planning & Forecasting
- Support seasonal and monthly forecasting activities for all product offers.
- Prepare and maintain forecasting files, ensuring data accuracy and consistency across planning tools.
- Monitor forecast performance and identify variances, highlighting potential risks and opportunities.
- Support Retail Merchandisers during buying campaigns with planning data and forecasting analyses.
- Assist in maintaining assortment and planning information within merchandising systems.
Business Analysis
- Prepare weekly and monthly business reports covering sales, stock, sell-through, sell-out and product performance across all product categories.
- Monitor key merchandising KPIs and provide regular performance updates.
- Identify best sellers, slow movers and emerging product trends through data analysis.
- Support ad hoc analyses related to store performance, category productivity and assortment optimization.
- Prepare presentations for business reviews, buying sessions and management meetings.
- Collaborate with Retail, Supply Chain and HQ Merchandising teams to ensure alignment of planning data and business priorities.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting processes, planning tools and analytical methodologies.
Profile
- Min. 4 years of experience in Merchandising, Planning, Business Analysis, Buying or Retail Analysis.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with attention to detail.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with planning systems such as Anaplan is a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Interest in luxury retail and merchandising.
- Fully fluent in English.
Additional information
Originally from Trivero in northern Italy, the Loro Piana family began trading wool in the early 1800s. In 1924, Pietro Loro Piana founded Ing. Loro Piana & C., the current company. Pietro’s nephewFranco took over in 1941, and after the war the firm began to establish its reputation as a supplier of premium wool and cashmere textiles for a growing haute couture industry, both home and abroad. In the 1970s, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana took up the reins, diversifying into luxury goods and developing an international retail arm. Now the world’s foremost cashmere processor, Loro Piana prides itself on sourcing the very finest, rarest raw materials the world has to offer, including unique cashmere from baby goats in northern China and Mongolia, vicuña from the Andes,extra-fine Merino wool from Australia and New Zealandand lotus flower fiber from Myanmar. The company draws on both time-honored traditions and state of the art technology to offer its discerning customers products that are renowned for their peerless quality. All of the company’s collections of ready-to-wear garments and accessories are made in Italy to the highest standards of craftsmanship and sartorial excellence.
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