Global Luxury Fashion Authentication & Pricing Specialist

Department: Luxury Fashion / Merchandising / Authentication

Location: South Delhi / Onsite

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3–7+ years in luxury fashion, resale, authentication, appraisal, merchandising, or related fields

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly knowledgeable and detail-oriented Global Luxury Fashion Authentication & Pricing Specialist to lead the authentication, valuation, and pricing of luxury fashion products across international markets.

The role will combine deep expertise in luxury brands with strong commercial understanding of global resale markets. The successful candidate will assess authenticity, condition, rarity, desirability, market demand, and historical/current pricing to establish accurate and commercially appropriate product valuations.

The specialist will work across categories including handbags, apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, watches, and other luxury goods, while continuously monitoring global trends, brand developments, counterfeit techniques, and resale-market movements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Luxury Authentication

- Authenticate luxury products using brand-specific authentication methodologies and internal standards.
- Examine materials, stitching, hardware, engravings, date/serial codes, holograms, labels, hallmarks, packaging, construction, and other brand identifiers.
- Identify counterfeit, altered, refurbished, or misrepresented products.
- Research vintage and discontinued products where authentication requires historical brand knowledge.
- Maintain detailed authentication records and document findings clearly.
- Escalate high-risk or inconclusive products for secondary/expert review.
- Stay current with emerging counterfeit techniques and changes in brand production standards.

Authentication teams in the industry commonly combine brand-specific expertise, physical inspection, technology-based methods, and rigorous training. 2. Global Luxury Pricing & Valuation

- Establish recommended resale prices for luxury products across international markets.
- Analyze:
- Brand equity and desirability
- Product/model
- Season and year
- Condition
- Rarity and scarcity
- Color/material
- Original retail price
- Historical resale performance
- Current demand
- Regional market differences
- Sell-through velocity
- Monitor primary and secondary-market pricing across the US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
- Maintain and continuously update internal pricing databases and pricing matrices.
- Recommend initial listing prices, markdowns, repricing, and promotional strategies.
- Identify products with strong appreciation, stable value,



or declining resale demand.
- Support pricing decisions for new, vintage, rare, and limited-edition products.

Pricing roles in luxury resale commonly combine brand knowledge, condition, market trends, demand, and historical sales data to determine valuation. 3. Market Intelligence

- Track global luxury fashion trends and resale-market movements.
- Monitor brand launches, discontinued styles, price increases, collaborations, celebrity/influencer demand, and changing consumer preferences.
- Benchmark competitors and international resale platforms.
- Identify regional differences in demand and achievable resale prices.
- Produce regular market intelligence reports for merchandising, buying, and commercial teams.

4. Product & Brand Expertise

- Develop deep knowledge of major luxury houses including, but not limited to:
- Hermès
- Chanel
- Louis Vuitton
- Gucci
- Dior
- Prada
- Saint Laurent
- Bottega Veneta
- Celine
- Fendi
- Balenciaga
- Rolex and other luxury watch brands
- Maintain knowledge of historical collections, model references, materials, construction techniques, logos, hardware, and brand-specific authentication indicators.
- Build brand and category reference guides for internal teams.

5. Commercial & Cross-Functional Support

- Partner with Buying, Merchandising, Operations, Sales, Customer Service, and Marketing teams.
- Provide expert guidance on high-value and high-risk products.
- Support acquisition and consignment decisions.
- Advise teams on pricing, authenticity, product positioning, and marketability.
- Train junior authenticators and pricing specialists.
- Contribute to SOP development and continuous improvement of authentication and pricing processes.

6. Data & Reporting

- Maintain accurate product, authentication, valuation, and pricing records.
- Analyze sell-through, inventory aging, pricing accuracy, and margin performance.
- Identify discrepancies between recommended and realized market prices.
- Develop dashboards/reports covering:
- Average resale price
- Sell-through rate
- Price realization
- Inventory aging
- Markdown effectiveness
- Authentication rejection rate
- Brand/category performance

Required Qualifications

- 3–7+ years of experience in luxury fashion, luxury resale, authentication, appraisal, merchandising, buying,



or valuation.
- Robust knowledge of international luxury fashion brands.
- Demonstrated expertise in authenticating luxury products.
- Strong understanding of global luxury resale pricing.
- Excellent knowledge of materials, craftsmanship, construction, and brand-specific identifiers.
- Strong analytical and research capabilities.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to make well-supported pricing and authentication judgments independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong Excel/Google Sheets and data-analysis skills.
- Ability to work with confidential commercial and customer information.
- Ability to operate effectively in a high-volume environment.

Industry postings similarly emphasize detailed authentication, brand research, pricing knowledge, market trends, documentation, and accuracy under volume.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with pre-owned luxury or luxury consignment.
- Experience with international resale platforms or auction houses.
- Expertise in multiple luxury categories.
- Experience with vintage luxury products.
- Experience working with high-net-worth clients or collectors.
- Familiarity with authentication technologies and digital databases.
- Fashion, textile, merchandising, or luxury-business education.
- Additional language skills, particularly Japanese, Mandarin, French, Italian, Arabic, or other major luxury-market languages.

Key Competencies Luxury Brand Expertise | Authentication | Valuation | Global Pricing | Market Research | Fashion Intelligence | Product Knowledge | Commercial Analysis | Attention to Detail | Risk Assessment | Negotiation | Communication | Data Analysis | Team Leadership

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Authentication accuracy
- Authentication turnaround time
- Pricing accuracy
- Price realization vs. recommendation
- Sell-through rate
- Inventory aging
- Gross margin / contribution margin
- Repricing effectiveness
- Counterfeit detection rate
- Quality-control error rate
- Brand/category pricing coverage
- Training and process-improvement outcomes

Success Profile The ideal candidate combines the eye of a luxury authenticator, the analytical mindset of a pricing specialist, and the commercial judgment of a luxury merchandiser. They should be able to answer two critical questions for every product:

“Is it authentic?”

and

“What is its realistic value in today's global resale market?”

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹90,000.00 per month

Experience

- luxury fashion authentication buying, or valuation.: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Global Luxury Fashion Authentication & Pricing Specialist (Delhi)
🏢 Reen and Raiya
📍 Delhi