Milano, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Paola is available for work
I'm a Merchandising & Buying Director with a solid international professional experience (in Italy, in Paris, France and in New York, US), with a specific knowledge of foreign markets and with also a background in product development, which I gained working for important brands in the "Luxury" and "Alternative to Luxury" segments. For over 20 years I've been supporting Multinationals, SMEs and Start Ups in the Fashion and Luxury goods sector for the development of corporate business, overseeing Collection & Retail Merchandising/Buying and Brand management. I have a strategic vision aimed at optimizing costs, profitability, and image consistency, therefore: • I implement and optimize Merchandising processes, as well as operational and strategic ones. • I rationalize the collection structure, ensuring the maximum efficiency. • I optimize the Buying team, as well as purchasing strategies and processes. • I cooperate with several corporate functions to optimize commercial strategies (Design, Communication, Visual, Operations). • I optimize the sales team performances with an accurate training on the product.
Open to relocation
Open to Full-time work
Temporary Management
ANEST COLLECTIVE
Jan 2022 - Present
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Merchandising & Buying Director
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Head of Buying & Retail Merchandising
Etro
Apr 2012 - Mar 2018
I was contacted for teh position of Head of Buiyng to organize a more rational, managerial buying process withing the company
The result has been a notable improvement in the sales.
Fashion Buying
(Advanced)
Trend Forecasting
(Advanced)
Merchandise
(Advanced)
Budget Analysis
(Advanced)
Fashion Consulting
(Advanced)
Merchandising Strategies
(Advanced)
French
Work Proficiency
English
Fluent
Spanish
Basic
Italian
Native
Not specified.
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