What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jewelry Merchandising Specialist position at Bvlgari?
Position
The Jewelry Merchandising Specialist will play a key role in driving the commercial performance and strategic development of the North American jewelry business. This role combines strong analytical capabilities with a deep understanding of product, client behavior, and market dynamics to optimize assortment, inventory, and sales performance across both retail and e-commerce channels. The ideal candidate will take ownership of key business KPIs and act as a cross-functional partner to ensure alignment and execution excellence. They will work cross functionally with local teams, Merchandising, Customer Service, Inventory Control and Operations, and Wholesale to facilitate movements to support a growing area of the business. This role requires demonstration of professional judgment, communicating effectively across all levels of management throughout various departments with excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills.
Job responsibilities
PERFORMANCE & REPORTING
The Jewelry Merchandising Specialist will play a key role in driving the commercial performance and strategic development of the North American jewelry business. This role combines strong analytical capabilities with a deep understanding of product, client behavior, and market dynamics to optimize assortment, inventory, and sales performance across both retail and e-commerce channels. The ideal candidate will take ownership of key business KPIs and act as a cross-functional partner to ensure alignment and execution excellence. They will work cross functionally with local teams, Merchandising, Customer Service, Inventory Control and Operations, and Wholesale to facilitate movements to support a growing area of the business. This role requires demonstration of professional judgment, communicating effectively across all levels of management throughout various departments with excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills.
Job responsibilities
PERFORMANCE & REPORTING
- Weekly analysis/reporting highlighting the jewelry business for North America Retail network
- Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, Assortment Revision
- Ad-hoc business reviews as needed
- Qualitative and quantitative competition & report on the overall jewelry market
- Translate data into actionable insights to support decision-making and strategic planning
- Share valuable information about coverage rates for key products to Manager and VP of Merchandising
- E-Commerce Merchandising Partnership – With Merchandising Manager, develop and execute strategies and plans to manage and oversee the E-com assortment and communicate opportunities through tools like Notify Me PRODUCT MOVEMENTS
- Monitor inventory in Travel Kit and rebalance weekly to DOS Network
- Rebalance non TSL products across the network to support the sales trend
- Execute ad-hoc rebalances for events with Manager guidance
- Discontinued Product Cleanup (Quarterly) WHOLESALE
- Manage DOS Spot Orders and inventory tracker
- Liaise with Central Merchandising for S5/S6 requests that require approval
- Assist with product management for BP events throughout the year and track sales to create in depth reporting FILE AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT
- Create and manage line sheets and other useful documents that clearly share the full active assortment and all pertinent information to be shared with key stakeholders
- Utilize Excel and BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) to analyze data, build dashboards, and drive insights
- Create and distribute Newsletters introducing novelty products to the DOS & BP markets
- Create & update Merchandising Calendar with Novelty launch dates and product information
- With Manager, create and manage Informational and Process and Procedure files to be shared with key stakeholders
- Special Orders, Transfer Policy, Sizing, Classifications, etc
- Become an expert in active core products to be able to answer questions from retail and BP networks SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
- Executing special projects and reporting assigned by VP of Merchandising and manager as needed to support the development of the North American jewelry business
- Full calendar awareness of all special events related to both DOS & BP activations Profile
- High Level Excel Skills & IT Applications (SAP, BW, and Power BI)
- Strong retail math skills
- Luxury industry experience, demonstrated understanding of high-end retail
- Able to accurately analyze historical data and forecast emerging trends
- Strong sense of accountability, self-drive, and the ability to function independently
- You have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy being innovative and resourceful
- Ability to work in a demanding, fast paced environment and manage multiple priorities
- Effective at time management and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with timeliness and acute attention to detail
- Highly organized and possess proven critical thinking skills