Position

Liaise between Ny and Paris Hq in the planning and technical execution of all beauty counters across all our points of sale for North America. The specific focus is to enhance the quality of execution and function, leveraging all needed actors for a “best-in-class” adaptation of the concepts from Central to local market needs and criteria.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Train, develop, and source local suppliers in Usa and Canada to meet international standards of execution, meeting approved budgets and supporting in the adaptation of designs when needed in tandem with the Store Design Sr. Managers. Ensure that the Service Level Agreements developed by Lvmh Legal and the Operations Director are being matched. Exchange with all teams in the search for materials to respect budget and expectations.
• In partnership with cross functional Na teams, lead design solution and ideation specific to the needs of our region. Propose solutions and help influence Central colleagues by way of concepts, renderings, proposals, in order to maintain innovation. Strong relationship with Vm critical.
• Train local teams in Usa and Canada, helping them obtain proper information for a better execution of details and finishes. Collect and organize data and criteria needed for development of designs with Dior, retailers, and supplier teams.
• Review the designs and exchange with the Visual Merchandising teams in the search for the best design solutions to match Central and local expectations.
• Provide constant feedback and evaluation of suppliers and executions in store to both local and global teams.
• Keep track of the work developed in a structured manner, allowing the work to be shared with other members of the team and kept as a database for future developments.
• Support Store Design and Visual Merchandising teams in the execution of the punch list once the store is installed, ensuring that the team has enough data to produce an “as-built” set of information to be recorded and archived in the offices for permanent sharing throughout the whole life of the store.
• Conduct all other job-related activities.

Supervision Received

Creative Director

Supervision Exercised

Future scope to include management and supervision of Senior Managers of Store Design. (2x)

Profile

• 8+ years of experience in store design in beauty or related industry, with architecture/construction experience preferred
• Self-entrepreneurship, self-motivation
• Enhanced communication skills
• Enhanced organization skills
• Ability to work and feel comfortable with ambiguity
• Well-developed emotional intelligence and common sense
• Must be a creative and strategic thinker, an “influencer,” a consensus- builder, and an excellent team player
• Fluency or working knowledge of French is preferred
• Travel required based on needs of the business
• Deals with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment