Country: Italy
City: Milan, Piazza Luigi Einaudi 4
Contract Type: Regular
Department: Merchandising EMEA
Experience Required: At least 3 years
Mode: Hybrid
Versace is one of the most recognizable names in the world. The luxury House immediately became a leader in fashion and culture following its founding in 1978.
Versace is led by Emmanuel Gintzburger as CEO and the design team is under the leadership of the Chief Creative Officer, Dario Vitale. Donatella Versace remains the Chief Brand Ambassador for Versace since April 1st, 2025.
Your Opportunity:
The Retail Merchandising Manager Men Categories EMEA will contribute to the development of the Company’s overall goals, influencing actively the strategic direction of the business.
Your Contribution:
Strategic Merchandising Leadership
- Drive the Retail Merchandising strategy for Men’s categories across the EMEA region, ensuring a profitable and well-balanced assortment aligned with the brand vision, diverse market requirements, client needs, and commercial objectives.
- Manager the full merchandising lifecycle—from strategic planning to in-season execution—ensuring tailored assortments per store profile, client demand, and market potential.
- Partner closely with Global Merchandising teams to ensure regional product needs are met, providing insights that influence global development.
- Take accountability for the EMEA Retail Merchandising budget, ensuring performance against sales, margin, and inventory KPIs.
Buying & Planning
- Contribute to the execution of the Versace Buying Strategy during seasonal buying campaigns, providing strategic input and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.
- Travels throughout the year to select and view the collection of merchandise as well as for trainings, new openings and key events with Country Retail Merchandisers.
- In-Season Management & Operations
- Oversee in-season stock management, including strategic transfers and replenishment, ensuring optimal stock levels and category coverage to achieve sell-through targets.
- Ensure on-time delivery flow and effective stock distribution from the central warehouse, including the management of special orders.
Business & Market Analysis
- Analyze trends and review existing merchandise to ensure products remain competitive, must have knowledge of market trends and ability to react to changes in demand.
- Prepare selling reports to evaluate business performance and deliver qualitative feedback to the Regional and Corporate team.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Retail Directors and Store Managers, gathering qualitative and quantitative feedback to continuously enhance the product strategy and identify growth opportunities.
- Build strong partnerships with Visual Merchandising team ensuring the global guidelines reflecting brand image are implemented and that they are adapted to the market needs.
- Collaborate closely with PR and Marketing teams to ensure the effective implementation of brand initiatives, product launches, and seasonal campaigns.
Retail Engagement & Field Presence
- Design and deliver impactful product training and seasonal strategy presentations to Retail Teams, ensuring alignment and engagement at field level.
Your Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Studies or Economics
- Must have at least 3 years of managerial experience in a similar role;
- Passion for commerce/product
- Demonstrates commercial instinct
- Strong Analytical skills
- Retail maths skills
- Advanced skills in Excel
- Fluent in English and Italian
Diversity and inclusion are integral to Versace's DNA. We promote an inclusive environment where employees and customers from diverse backgrounds are welcomed, valued, and celebrated. We take pride in our commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and will continue to uphold these principles wherever we do business. Our doors are open to all.
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At Capri, we are all responsible for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We try to inspire change and growth within each other and believe success is a result that comes from our differences. Capri is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusivity regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. M/D/F/V
