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Collection Manager & Product Development – Fashion (M/F) | 15 years of experience

I support fashion brands — emerging or established — in building coherent, profitable collections adapted to their market.

From strategy to execution, I intervene at every stage with an approach that is both creative and business-oriented.

Specifically, I help you to:

Clarify your positioning (market, competition, target)

Build a structured collection (collection plan, SKUs, color ranges)

Define a coherent pricing strategy (B2B / B2C)

Secure your margins from the design stage

Develop your products (material selection, suppliers, quality level)

Identify and manage production partners

Optimize your purchasing

Objective: accurate, desirable, and commercially successful collections.

PLM Consultant – Fashion | Structuring & optimizing product workflows

I support fashion brands in structuring and optimizing their PLM to ensure product data reliability and streamline inter-team communication.

My goal: increase efficiency, reduce errors, and secure collection development.

My interventions:

Audit of existing workflows (PLM / Excel / internal processes)

Product data structuring (templates, nomenclatures, libraries)

Implementation of clear standards and processes

Improvement of collaboration between Design, Pattern Making, and Production

Training and team support

Result: aligned teams, reliable data, and faster, controlled product development.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

FREE LANCE
Collection Direction and PLM Consultant
FASHION AND COSMETICS
November 2025 - Today (7 months)
Collection Director & Brand Strategy
- Conception and structuring of Brand Books: DNA, expression territory, stylistic codes, offer architecture
- Construction of the collection plan aligned with the brand platform (segmentation, pricing, margins)
- Strategic translation into operational tools for product & communication teams

PLM Consultant (CDESIGN)
- Implementation of tailor-made workflows
- Change management and user training
- Advanced configurations (templates, BOM, nomenclatures, libraries)
PLM Collection Plan Collection Creation
LEE COOPER,
Collection Director
FASHION AND COSMETICS
January 2023 - January 2025 (2 years)
Paris, France
- Major project: implementation of the C-Design PLM, full configuration, construction of material/trim libraries, structuring product sheets, definition of workflows, team training (Design / Pattern Making / Production), product data reliability and compliance
- Collection plan management: assortment definition, sales analysis, pricing construction and margin optimization
- Coordination of design, product, and production teams (10 people)
- Supplier base management: negotiation of prices, deadlines, MOQ, disputes
- Definition of product positioning, margin targets, and volumes
- Monitoring of the complete development process: pre-production, prototypes, SMS, production
- Elaboration and monitoring of timelines, control of key milestones
CHLOÉ STORA
Collection Manager
FASHION AND COSMETICS
January 2013 - January 2023 (10 years)
Paris, France
- Construction and management of collections: collection plan, volumes, prices, margins
- Competitive analysis, identification of market opportunities
- Management of the design team (4 people) and technical coordination
- Selection of materials & prints, prototype approval, fitting and adjustments, sourcing management (Europe & Asia), quality monitoring
- Budget monitoring and offer balancing by category
- Management of capsule projects & collaborations (Monoprix, La Redoute, CSAO)

Stylist and Product Manager 2013-2018
- Competitive analysis
- Identification of growth opportunities
- Creation of mood boards according to the market
- Selection of materials and prints
- Creation of technical files, spec sheets, measurements, gradings

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