Merchandising Manager, Fine Jewelry & Timepieces

Position: Manager, Merchandising, Fine Jewelry & Timepieces (Core Business) Reports To: Senior Director, Merchandising, Fine Jewelry & Timepieces Job Purpose The Manager, Merchandising, Fine Jewelry & Timepieces is responsible for supporting the development and execution of merchandising strategies that drive sales, optimize inventory, and enhance boutique performance across the network. This role serves as a key liaison between Boutique teams, local partners, and Paris counterparts, ensuring strong communication, operational excellence, and effective follow‑through across product assortment, inventory management, reporting, and business analysis. Responsibilities Maintain frequent communication with Boutique teams to share sales performance updates, identify opportunities, and support business‑driving actions to maximize sales. Regularly perform strategic analysis of stock performance and network strategy to propose action plans to improve sales performance. Lead the local event (caravan) program, coordinating with FJ&T Regional teams to establish an annual rotation calendar, determine localized assortments, ensure timely product dispatch and receipt between boutiques, and manage comprehensive sales tracking for each event. Manage day‑to‑day product and inventory support for boutiques, including responding to product inquiries, stock requests, and other retail needs in a timely and professional manner. Conduct weekly stock rebalancing across boutiques to maximize sales opportunities while maintaining appropriate inventory levels by location. Manage client orders from initiation through completion, ensuring accurate and timely execution of confirmed sales, buybacks, special orders, and final delivery. Support assortment and inventory planning for caravans, events, and new store openings, ensuring operational readiness and product availability. Assist in defining and maintaining store assortments by collection and by store cluster to support business strategy, client demand, and commercial objectives. Prepare product launch tools, including launch packs, product mappings, and selling materials, to support successful product launches in boutiques. Participate in local FJ&T events as needed, including event preparation, inventory coordination, and onsite support for selling teams. Manage the corporate and retail consignment program, ensuring proper tracking, coordination, and execution, while partnering closely with HR to maintain accurate documentation, support retrieval of pieces, and allocate consignment items based on employee movements and business needs. Maintain strong communication and collaboration with Boutique teams, local partners, and Paris counterparts to ensure alignment and smooth execution of priorities. Provide guidance and day‑to‑day support to the trainee through a transversal management approach, ensuring clear prioritization, effective coordination across stakeholders, and ongoing professional development. Reporting & Analysis Prepare, review, and complete weekly sales reports, including Excel‑based store recaps, business performance summaries, and tracking against sales targets and key objectives. Monitor business performance and provide regular insights on sales trends, product performance, and commercial opportunities. Participate in monthly forecasting meetings and provide detailed business analysis to support planning and decision‑making, including evaluation of performance drivers such as top‑performing styles, assortment gaps, historical trends, event cadence, product availability, and other market or operational factors impacting monthly results. Skills and Competencies Maintains a positive, energetic, and solutions‑oriented attitude while building strong working relationships across the broader corporate FJ&T team, including FJ&T Regional teams, Training, VM, and the High End Merchandising Manager, to foster collaboration, alignment, and success in a fast‑paced environment. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver accurately under tight deadlines in a fast‑paced environment. Strong attention to detail, excellent follow‑through, and highly effective organizational and time management skills. Professional and effective communicator, able to build strong relationships with Boutique teams, local partners, and Paris counterparts. Trustworthy, proactive, and results‑driven self‑starter with strong problem‑solving skills and the flexibility to adapt quickly to changing business needs. Analytical, collaborative, and technically capable, with the ability to work cross‑functionally and manage merchandising systems and retail programs effectively. Requirements Full‑time; must be available Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with Friday designated as a work‑from‑home day. Minimum of 5 years of prior merchandising and/or buying experience; Fine Jewelry & Timepieces experience mandatory. Experience Preferred Advanced Excel skills and strong knowledge of all other Microsoft Office programs, with strength in PowerPoint. Compensation and Benefits The selected candidate will be offered a salary within the range of $110,000 - $125,000 annually, plus bonus eligibility. The salary offered will be dependent upon the candidate’s relevant skills and experience. Christian Dior Inc. offers comprehensive benefit plans such as medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, and short and long‑term disability. Additional employee perks include employee discount program, various paid time off, volunteer time off, holidays, mental health and wellbeing support, family friendly benefits, reproductive health care, child and elder care services, commuter benefits, 401k plans with an employer contributions matching plan, employee referral program, and more. Christian Dior Couture provides equal employment opportunities to all employees as part of the LVMH Group, which attaches great importance to ensuring that its Maisons and their partners share a set of common rules, practices, and principles with respect to ethics, social responsibility, and protection of the environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr