Women Retail Merchandising & Buying Intern

This internship starts in January 2025

Our business and our Values:

Christian Louboutin opened his first boutique in Paris in 1992. An artist and craftsman with a true passion for shoes, his designs are unique and instantly recognizable, thanks in part to their signature and now trademarked red lacquered soles. The collections for both men and women combine wit, glamour, elegance and technical proficiency like no other. 2014 welcomed the launched of Christian Louboutin Beaute with its first nail colour, Rouge Louboutin. The collection has continued to diversify since then with the launch of lip in 2015, fragrance in 2016 and more recently a wonderful eye collection in 2017. With an extensive range of collections, Christian Louboutin now counts more than 160 boutiques globally.

Our people are at the heart of our brand.

We celebrate individuality and allow the freedom to have responsibility, autonomy and creativity within your role. Our colleagues have in common the passion and dedication to our Brand, and its continued success.

We live by our values:

We are down to earth – we stand with authenticity, integrity and respect. We have passion – we drive our business with agility, commitment and care. We have happiness in all that we do – we collaborate with positivity, open-mindedness and fun. We work with inspiration – we envision the future with confidence, creativity and freedom.

If the shoe fits, walk with us…

Overview and purpose of role:

As a Retail Merchandising Intern at Christian Louboutin, you will be part of the Merchandising & Buying team and will have a various range of tasks. Your role is a key support function to the team, managing daily tasks as well as larger cross functional projects, working hand in hand with other departments and the stores.

Your 3 mains missions will be:

• To follow and analyse the business to suggest actions
• Manage the stores requests (transfers, stock consolidation…)
• Participate actively in the buying session

Key Responsibilities of the role:

Women Buying for EMEI

• Support the Buyers with the Weekly & Monthly Reports and provide analysis on business performance to inform on actions to take
• Assist the Buyers during the buying session: analysis pre-market, creation of buying packs, mappings…
• In charge of entering / cancelling orders and reorders, sizing, market split

Merchandising responsibilities

• Manage the stores requests (transfers...)
• Reallocation of the stock between the stores to optimize sales and sell through, thanks to weekly stock consolidation
• Carry out a consistent competitive analysis (trends, product offer, price positioning) and create the best format to share it
• Support the business for example during sample sale, in store sales, events and store opening

Analytics & Reportings for EMEI

• Assist the Buying and Merchandising team product sales analysis for the EMEI region
• In charge of consolidation of the buying reports
• Support the Merchandising department with ad hoc analysis and requests

Skills and Requirements:

In order to deliver the main responsibilities of the role, you will need the following skills:

Technical:

• BAC +5, business school or engineer school, a first experience is retail or merchandising is a plus
• Strong Excel skills and analytical mindset
• Fluent in French and English

Soft skills:

• Adaptable and flexible. Must be comfortable with change and willing to adapt as required to the needs of the business
• Effective time management skills. Must be punctual and reliable, able to perform tasks within the required timeframes.
• Passionate about the brand, with a strong sense of fashion
• Strong communication skills, able to clearly explain their findings and pose relevant questions
• Motivated and committed with a ‘can do’ positive attitude. Able to meet the demands with high energy levels.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team and willing to perform varied tasks depending on the needs of the business. Proactive, dynamic and have a willingness to learn and develop.
• Open-minded to diversity internally and externally – ready to work with different people and to serve different types of customers with respect and without bias
• Passionate about his/her own career development and self-awareness of areas of improvement.

How will success be measured?

You will have objectives and we expect you to be curious, to stick to company processes and culture and to achieve on time and efficiently your goals.

We expect you to anticipate and rise any difficulty you could have before it starts to be a problem

Your manager will be expected to provide you with ongoing appropriate feedback to support your improvement where necessary and appropriate as required.