Buyer, Footwear and Leather Goods

At the crossroads of fashion and sport,Lacoste creates and liberates movement. Both universal and timeless, the brand transcends cultures and generations, elevating the crocodile as a rally sign.

An iconic French brand present in nearly 100countries, Lacoste stand out for its unique know-how in each of its areas of expertise, from garment factory to omnichannel distribution.

At Lacoste, elegance goes beyond style. This elegance guides all of its actions and its social and environmental commitments.

Working at Lacoste is belonging to acommunity of 8,500 employees on the move to build the future.

Committed tomaking equal opportunities a reality and to revealing potential, the company brings together talents from all walks of life, embracing their differences.

Lacoste is one of the inspiring brands drivenby passionate people within the MF Brands Group, alongside Aigle, Gant and Tecnifibre ().

This position is responsible for leading the buying and merchandising function for Lacoste product for the Footwear and Leather Goods department for first choice retail and Ecomm. This individual will partner with the Director of Buying and Merchandising, to identify market trends and set the buy strategy. In conjunction with this, they will be working with the wholesale team to ensure their product needs are being met.

The Buyerwill be responsible for developing and driving appropriate assortments for our Lacoste Boutiques and Ecommerce, ensuring brand goals and objectives are met through historical analysis, trends, and the specific needs of our Boutique and Ecommerce customers.

• In partnership with the Director of Buying and Merchandising, set buying strategy for ourfull price retail Boutiques and Ecommerce channels to realize brand goalsand objectives.
• All retailbuying accountability for the categories of Footwear and Leather Good’sbusiness for Boutique and Ecommerce.
• All productaccountability for the categories of Footwear and Leather Goods for thewholesale channel.
• Work in close partnership with planning, visual merchandising, and retail team to managein-season business performance, as well as coordinate in advance for eachseasonal delivery.
• Focus on futureof business by identifying market trends, assortment opportunities, and understanding the Lacoste customer.
• Partner withthe planning team regarding buying strategy and ensuring financialviability and excellence in execution.
• Complete thebuy during market; product selection and assortment, while managing thesku and merchandise plan and meeting financial objectives.
• Manage thesystem creation and pricing control for all channels for NORCAM(US/Canada/Mexico).
• Strategize keyitems, promotions and mark downs with pricing manager and commercialleads.
• Partner with Merchandising teams in France regarding the construction of the seasonalline, addressing business needs defined by historical sales, productivityanalysis, and the understanding of market trends that apply to the dna ofthe brand.
• Liaise withsupply chain, as well as planning and allocation to ensure availability and the timely delivery of merchandise.
• Communicate with visual team to optimize product investments on store sales floor.
• Partner withteam to run analysis and prepare selling hindsight’s on weekly, monthly,quarterly, seasonal basis in order to help identify opportunities in theassortment.
• Collaborate with store team to refine knowledge of customer needs.