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Véronique C.VC

Véronique C.

Collection Direction - Collection Merchandising

€800/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Véronique

+16 years of international experience - Luxury, Fashion, Accessories, Jewelry, Home and Lifestyle.
I am a specialist in product strategy, purchasing, collection direction and coordination.
I offer a 360° strategic and operational vision of the business: from defining the offer structure, design, development, sourcing, purchasing, budget management, operations, organization and coordination of launches, team support, to managing cross-functional projects with a constant focus on balancing brand image, market trends, and profitability.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 15km), Lyon (up to 15km)

Experience

  • Self-Employed
    Fashion, Accessories & Jewellery Consultant
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    November 2020 - Today (5 years and 7 months)
    Paris, France
    Supporting fashion brands, manufacturers, and young entrepreneurs in creating, developing, and producing profitable and trendy collections of accessories, fashion, and jewelry.
    - Competitive intelligence, market analysis, positioning clarification, offer definition, collection design.
    - Collection audit and coaching on product strategy, collection plan, collection planning, sourcing, design, purchasing, price negotiation, prototype launch and validation, style and production approval, fittings, quality, up to delivery.
  • Asia today Limited
    Head of Buying & Product Management | Fashion Jewellery, Accessories and Home
    June 2018 - June 2020 (2 years)
    Hong Kong
    Responsible for building the assortment strategy and buying, defining collection structure and leading design and product development with full responsibility of supply-chain in order to achieve sales and profits objectives.
    • Ensuring to have the right products for the right price at the best margin and in the right time
    • Developing collection from initial concept to the finished product by managing full product development process Skills: product strategy - offer direction - design management - price strategy - product development - negotiation - production - CSR - performance analysis - intercultural team management
  • Shanghai Tang, ready-to-wear and lifestyle luxury brand
    Senior Product Development Manager | Woman Ready-to-wear, Jewellery & Accessories
    July 2016 - September 2017 (1 year and 2 months)
    Hong Kong
    Take on full ownership for the brand customer offer from assortment strategy to end products by setting directions, managing, coaching design, sourcing, and buying team in line with company strategy, goals and image positioning.
    • Coordinate product development process with design and sourcing team, and ensure the right products and margins are delivered
    • Manage and monitor product life cycle (pricing, margin, stock turn), review and analyze products performance including sales, sell-through
    • Capture and analyze products trends and customers needs so as to strategically develop an optimal product assortment and pricing strategy
    • Define collection strategy, structure of products offer, price positioning
    • Schedule, manage, supervise products assortments for retail product mix and allocation Skills: collection & retail merchandising - assortment strategy - budget management - price strategy - sales optimization - showroom organization - intercultural team management

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Education

  • DESS - Post graduate diploma in fashion, Marketing, communication, brand strategy in fashion
    Université Lumière Lyon 2
    2001
    DESS - Post graduate diploma in fashion, Marketing, communication, brand strategy in fashion
  • Master's degree in textile product management, Buying, textile technology (weaving, chemistry, knitting...), marketing, global management
    ISTA - Institut Supérieur Textile d'Alsace
    Master's degree in textile product management, Buying, textile technology (weaving, chemistry, knitting...), marketing, global management

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