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Marc Schmitt

Merchandising Director
Previous Brands
The Bicester Collection
Harrods
Dunhill
PVH Corp.
Hugo Boss
Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf
SV Bayer Wuppertal
Work Experience
Merchandising Director
Oct ‘23 - Sep ‘24
The Bicester Collection

Menswear Buying Manager
Dec ‘20 - Oct ‘23
Harrods

Buying Manager, Contemporary, Outdoor, Sports, Essentials, Shoes, Accessories, International Designer, Superbrands Responsibilities: • Plan and select brands and product according to customer demand, trends, budget and strategy • Drive gross Sales and net contribution • Maximize brand investment through negotiation • Work with the Head of Buying on setting budgets • Work with the Buyers to develop commercial acumen, market knowledge, range planning skills

Menswear Buyer
Sep ‘17 - Dec ‘20
Harrods

Men's Contemporary - buying of full range brands and building growth strategies - research of new brands and market trends - negotiations with brands - team management - budget management - stock management - Optimizing KPI figures

Global Wholesale Merchandise Manager, Wholesale Manager EMEA
Sep ‘15 - Sep ‘17
Dunhill

Wholesale: • Responsible for merchandising and planning across all Dunhill categories • Creating assortments for each region worldwide to specify all different end consumers • Working closely with the design team to makes sure to cover all needs of the different regions • Manage OTB based on sales actuals, forecasts and stock holding targets • Work closely with production to monitor inbound product flow to ensure key lifestyle launch dates are met • Organising the Buying campaign • Managing all accounts across the EMEA region • Developing new strategy for future growth business • Organising store training to ensure highest quality of product knowledge • Ensuring the Sales targets are met Online: • Responsible for buying, merchandising and operations across all categories for dunhill.com • Involved in Visual Merchandising online and building content • Analysing performance on a daily basis to ensure consistent growth • Work closely with marketing team to build and support e-marketing calendar

Sales & Merchandise Manager MEA+ Calvin Klein
Oct ‘14 - Apr ‘15
PVH Corp.

• Responsible for buying, merchandising and planning across all divisions for Calvin Klein Retail stores and Wholesale partner stores • Ensure consistent, profitable growth in sales revenues through positive merchandise planning • Continually identify business objectives, strategies and develop action plans to improve short and long term sales and earnings • Regularly analyse market needs, opportunities and potential areas of growth across the different distribution channels • Analyse store performance on a daily and weekly basis • Educate local sales team in Retail and Wholesale stores, by establishing clearly developed and targeted programs and seminars • Close collaboration with design team to develop the collection for specific countries, ensuring all partners needs are met • Initiate and develop strategies with Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Customer Service teams to develop partner needs

Sales and Merchandise Manager R.E.M Tommy Hilfiger
Apr ‘13 - Oct ‘14
PVH Corp.

• Responsible for buying, merchandising and planning for the Hilfiger Denim division for Retail stores and Wholesale partner stores • Create and manage assortment planning for all stores • Develop pricing strategies for different markets • Close collaboration with design team to develop the collection for specific countries, ensuring all partners needs are met • Detailed budget planning • Regular analysis of profitability of Retail and Wholesale stores, development of strategies to develop further

Sales Manager International Markets
Sep ‘11 - Dec ‘12
Hugo Boss

• Responsible for order intake, including placing pre orders and stock orders • Responsible for buying, merchandising and planning across all divisions for Hugo Boss Retail stores and Wholesale partner stores • Daily/ weekly sales analysis, focusing on KPI’s, sell through figures and internal analysis • Developing partner needs by creating strategies for store renovation, adding new lines, guidance for opening new POS (including stores and shop-in-shops) • Ownership of key Customer Service areas, including creating shipment plans, monitoring delivery processes, maintaining and developing new payment plans • Responsible for training of Retail and Wholesale staff across all countries

Assistant Floor Manager
Feb ‘07 - Jul ‘08
Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf

Professional Athlete
Jun ‘03 - Jan ‘05
SV Bayer Wuppertal

Languages
English - Fluent
German - Native
French - Basic
Education & Training
BZE Springe
‘05 - ‘08
Trading Manager
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
London, UK