Profile
Retail & Wholesale Merchandising Professional with international experience across luxury and premium fashion brands. Expertise in product performance analysis, assortment forecasting, and performance reporting for both regional and global markets.
My experience merges strong analytical capabilities, refined product sensibility for luxury fashion, and sharp commercial acumen. This enables me to thoroughly evaluate product performance, inform strategic assortment decisions, and develop commercially viable assortments that successfully balance creative vision with profitability across global sales networks.
Career
Triumph Group
Southern Europe Wholesale Channel — collaborated on local assortment definition and forecasts, competitors & trends analysis by country, sales performance analysis across the region, collection performance in terms of margins, price positioning and product mix across four channels, and stock rebalancing activities.
Christian Dior Couture
Central Retail Merchandising — RTW Men. Weekly and monthly Board & Regions reporting, ad-hoc analysis with actual and forecasted data, pre-buying textiles sessions, end-of-season analysis, assortment by cluster, Plenary documents and Post-Buying Debrief.
Balmain
Central Retail Merchandising — all categories. Weekly sales reports, KPI monitoring by region and boutique, reallocation proposals, Pre/Post-Showroom documents, Core Offer and Buying Guidelines development, buying sessions, and contribution to the Balmain 360° strategy.
Versace — Wholesale Division
Product performance analysis across markets and channels, weekly sales database creation and management for department stores, participation in editing meetings during sales campaigns, and collection feedback consolidation.
UBS — French Market
Relationship management with Financial Intermediaries and Transfer Agents for the French market, product database management, and Project Management team collaboration to automate cross-functional tasks at EMEA level.
Academic
Grenoble Ecole de Management
Valedictorian — Highest Academic Rank of Class 2025
Dissertation: Made in Italy: Perception and Attitudes of International Consumers in Luxury Fashion
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
110/110 cum Laude
Dissertation: Opportunities and Challenges of ESG Ratings — A Case Study on Fashion Industry (Moncler & Kering)
Research & Publications
How emotions and experiences are reshaping luxury industry consumption — a deep dive into the shift from product ownership to experiential value.
Perception and attitudes of international consumers in luxury fashion — research on brand awareness and purchase intention.
Analysis of brand identity and DNA of the Milanese concept store L'Arabesque — retail experience and positioning.
Exploration of the meaningful interaction between luxury brands and places — how location shapes brand perception and value.
Expertise
Get In Touch
Open to luxury buying, merchandising, and strategic retail opportunities.
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