About The Job

Within the Accessories Industrial Division in Milan, Italy, the Buyer Textile reports directly to the Purchasing Manager of the Textile Pole (printed silk, hats, socks, jacquard etc).

The role is responsible for the operational and strategic management of the assigned supplier portfolio for the textile accessories and hats category mainly focused on the novelties, ensuring the optimal balance between cost, quality, service, and industrial capacity both at the individual collection level and from a medium-to-long-term strategic sourcing perspective.

This role ensures a smooth exchange and collaboration of information with the Product Development, Industrialization, and Marketing teams to ensure that collection objectives are met within the purchasing budget and industrialization timeline. Additionally, overseas the category’s most strategic components: supplier compliance, long-term partnerships, and supply risk mitigation.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Supplier Management and Negotiation:

• Partecipate to selection, qualification,



and development of the supplier panel for the relevant category.
• Commercial negotiation (prices, contractual terms, payment conditions).
• Building and maintaining long-term partnership relationships with strategic suppliers.
• Strong focus on supplier compliance, in alignment with policies and the ethical, social, and environmental standards required by the Maison.
• Negotiation and monitoring of raw material trends, including market trend analysis and their impact on product costs.

Data Entry and Sensitive Data Management:

• Responsibility for the accurate entry and maintenance of sensitive data in company systems, such as price lists, preferential origins, and supplier onboarding procedures.
• Accuracy and confidentiality in managing this information, in compliance with internal procedures.

Costing and Economic Analysis:

• Preparation and validation of product cost sheets (cost breakdown by materi

📌 BUYER TEXTILE (Milano)
🏢 Louis Vuitton
📍 Milano