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A great concept is worthless if it cannot be perfectly executed. This is precisely where I bring value.
With over 10 years of experience in the luxury industry at Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Christian Dior Couture, I have developed a hybrid expertise at the intersection of visual merchandising, interior architecture, strategic purchasing, and complex project management.
I work on projects where the challenge is to transform a creative vision into a concrete, coherent, and premium realization.
My role is to create alignment between three essential dimensions:
✨ Creative Ambition
⚙️ Technical Feasibility
📈 Business Performance
I thus ensure the link between artistic directors, marketing and retail teams, supplier partners, and operational constraints, with a constant focus on three pillars: quality, costs, and deadlines.
Key references:
• Launch of Louis Vuitton Beauty POS in 98 stores
• Management of a POS budget of €1.5 million
• Coordination of 7 international suppliers
• Management of portfolios of 40 to 45 suppliers
I primarily support projects related to retail, visual merchandising, boutiques and pop-up stores, scenography, as well as design-to-delivery project management.
🎯 My goal: to bring ambitious projects to life by ensuring smooth, demanding execution that remains faithful to the initial vision.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent
Can work on-site
Cannes (up to 20km), Paris (up to 20km), Cannes (up to 20km), Monaco (up to 20km), Nice (up to 20km)
Experience
- R HOUSE DESIGNINTERIOR ARCHITECTLUXURY GOODSMarch 2026 - May 2026 (2 months)Mougins, France
- Analysis of client needs and technical and regulatory feasibility study for high-end projects
- Measurement surveys, development of existing plans, and definition of project issues
- Design and 2D/3D modeling of interior spaces and custom furniture
- Development of concept boards and mood boards for client presentations
- Selection of materials, equipment, fittings, and finishes consistent with the project's identity
- Preparation of technical and tender documents
- Site supervision and coordination of stakeholders until project completion
- LOUIS VUITTONSENIOR GLOBAL VISUAL MERCHANDISING BUYER & DEVELOPERLUXURY GOODSMarch 2023 - August 2025 (2 years and 5 months)Paris, France
Key achievement => Launch of Beauty POS (August 2025) in 98 stores - Budget €1.5 million - 7 international suppliers
Development:
- Assessment of technical feasibility for new briefs from Image and/or various internal clients & proposal of solutions with an eco-responsible approach
- Writing of consultation specifications & supplier briefs according to the activity strategy and CSR objectives set by the House
- Production of prototypes
- Material watch and search for new sourcing
- Compilation of technical files ensuring product traceability
- Development of technical guidelines for Markets for local productions
- Definition of homologation tests, quality panels, validation of final approvals ensuring compliance with standards and regulations to guarantee final quality
Purchasing:
- Definition of necessary capacities to meet market needs
- Cost analysis and negotiation
Coordination:
- Definition of schedules and coordination of development steps to meet the launch/transformation objective
- Management of new product implementation in the network in coordination with Supply Chain teams
- Management of new item referencing, ensuring availability of product, purchasing & logistics data.
- Consolidation of feedback on new VM tools developed
- Synthetic reporting on projects to provide visibility to internal clients
- CHANELGLOBAL VISUAL MERCHANDISING BUYER & DEVELOPER FOR VM PROPS (Fashion Division)LUXURY GOODSJune 2022 - February 2023 (8 months)Paris, France
- Management of the global and permanent POS offer: Needs identification, dynamism
- Design & production of new VM tools in collaboration with the Artistic Direction & in accordance with the business and cultural specificities of each market
- Transformation of the offer in compliance with the CSR strategy
- Development of functional & technical specifications for suppliers
- Sourcing of new innovative partners with eco-responsible values
- Schedule management
- Supplier relations & tenders
- Purchasing recommendations & budget management
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Education
- Interior Architect DiplomaStudio des Arts Déco2025Activité commerciale / Agencement / ArchiCAD / AutoCAD / Photoshop / Indesign / SketchUP / V-Ray / Concept / Concept décoratif / Couleurs / DCE / Eclairage / Matériaux écologiques / ERP & Accessibilité / Etat des lieux / Home Staging / Marketing Retail / Mobilier & Accessoires / Perspective / Règlementation / Stratégie Merchandising / Tendances / Textiles
- MASTER II - LUXURY MANAGEMENT / Option: Design ManagementPARIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS2016Droit de la propriété intellectuelle Intercultural Management Management de la force de vente Marketing du luxe Analyse financière comparée des grands groupes de luxe Élaborer et négocier un budget Techniques quantitatives Luxe et marchés émergents Activités sectorielles : joaillerie, œnologie, marché des gemmes Techniques d'achat dans le luxe Merchandising de la mode, cours dispensés par Ateliers Chardon Savard Merchandising de la joaillerie, cours dispensés par une Experte Certifiée en Joaillerie E-commerce & Luxury Gestion de la qualité des produits de luxe Brand Management Luxury Companies Strategies
Certifications
- INSIDE LVMH Certificate - Creation & Branding, Retail & Customer ExperienceLVMH2025
- Operations Academy - Enhanced Purchasing Performance [Diamond]LVMH2024