Retail Merchandiser - Zimmermann
INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.
Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.
Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM.
Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.
What you'll be doing
Responsible to help tailor the buying approach to the local markets and optimize sales locally.
Local Market expertise
· Knowledge of clients’ specificities at store level, both international and locals
· Regular feedback on local market needs and trends
· Price and competitor analysis to share with HO team
Buying
· Based on AU buying team recommendations and guidelines, give feedback on local needs and adapt the buy
· Propose depth and size grid that matches the needs of the markets and clients
· Propose assortment store by store to answer the need of differentiation
· Review and carry over sales plan / recut requests when relevant
Stock deliveries and allocations
· Close follow-up of the deliveries
· Work with allocator to ensure timely allocations
· Monitor of the stock levels of the region to request stock
Sales optimization
· Analyze the performance of all products at the region and store level
· Derive action plan to push and optimize Sell through working closely with all support teams
· Work with allocator on consolidation, or recalls
Network animation
· Training of local teams on products (at the beginning and throughout the season)
· Discussion with the sales team on Sale through, sales performance
· Based on sales analysis, propose local actions (incentives, training, VM pushes.) to optimize Sell through
What you’ll need to succeed
· Over 5 years’ experience in Retail merchandising or collection merchandising in a fashion brand.
· RTW experience preferred.
· Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with various stakeholders.
· Strong attention to detail.
· High level of organizational and time management skills.
· Good computer skills in Microsoft office including excel and PowerPoint.
What we can offer you
With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.
We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.
Using GenAI in Your Application Process
To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.
We Invite All Applicants to Apply
It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.
We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.
- Locations
- Dubai
Dubai
DIVERSITY
With our people at heart, we believe in building a diverse work environment that nurtures and celebrates people’s differences, offers equal opportunities to all and ensures that our team members have a sense of belonging.