Intern E-com Buying in Amsterdam

KARL LAGERFELD COMPANY PROFILE

At Karl Lagerfeld, we are driven by Karl’s mantra: “Embrace the present and invent the future”

The House of KARL LAGERFELD shares the creative vision and design aesthetic of its iconic founder, Karl Lagerfeld. Always contemporary and forward-looking. We are the only fashion house that carries Karl’s name at its doorbell and we’re thriving to live up to this responsibility in everything we do, every day with lots of joy and passion.

Our headquarters in Paris and in Amsterdam are home to a very diverse and driven Karl family from more than 25 countries creating meaningful stories and product concepts that connect to Karl’s world and iconic attributes.
Women’s ready to wear, bags, small leather goods and underwear are managed directly from our Amsterdam HQ other categories including men’s wear, footwear, fragrances, eyewear and more are developed together with best in class license partners.

We connect with our consumers at multiple levels – online and offline hand in hand. We thrive to maximize consumer engagement via more than 200 KL stores worldwide, our premium wholesale partners and our strong digital footprint, spearheaded by our KARL.COM flagship store which reaches 96 countries. With digital channels representing already more than 30% of our overall full price business.

We are a dynamic, fast growing and inclusive company built on professionalism and strong values. Across all areas of our business, at KARL LAGERFELD we commit working toward highest standards of sustainability and integrity. In 2019, KARL LAGERFELD joined as a founding member the Fashion Pact, a global sustainability initiative seeking to transform the fashion industry through objectives in three areas: climate, biodiversity, and ocean protection.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Buying team in all aspects of planning, buying, in-season sales and stock management
• Support the allocator on initial stock and replenishment order
• Analysis and communication of sales, stock and sell through performance
• Work with cross-functional teams to support collection launches monitoring the product lifestyle from launch to sale
• Ad hoc administration tasks

MAIN RELATIONSHIPS:

• Retail Operations, Ecommerce and Digital teams, Product Divisions

SKILLS EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Fashion, retail or business-related studies
• Language: fluent in English, both verbal and written
• Numerical skills
• An eye for details and consistency 
• Familiar with MS Office, especially XLS and PPT

PROFILE

• Able to work independently as well as in a team
• Interest & passion for the fashion industry
• Flexibility, adaptability, and a positive "can-do" attitude are a must
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Available for a minimum of 6 months 

Start Date: March 1

It is a requirement that you are enrolled in a university or school program, are available for a period of 6 months.

If your application is successful we will contact you within three weeks.