Christian Dior Senior Visual Merchandising Budget Manager

About Christian Dior

Christian Dior, founded in Paris in 1946, stands as one of the world’s most influential maisons, uniting haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, fragrance, beauty, and exceptional retail experiences. As an employer, Dior offers a culture shaped by artistic audacity, meticulous craftsmanship, and the pursuit of excellence, where heritage and innovation continually enrich one another. Its teams collaborate across ateliers, studios, boutiques, and corporate functions within an international environment that values elegance, precision, inclusivity, and entrepreneurial spirit. Working at Dior means contributing to a legacy of timeless style while helping define the future of luxury with creativity, discipline, and purpose.

Role & Responsibilities

• Collect, consolidate and validate budget data submitted by the regions.
• Support the preparation of budget campaigns and revisions, including Budget, R1 and R2.
• Check submitted information against budget guidelines, activation plans and changes to the store network.
• Consolidate Visual Merchandising costs globally and update summary materials.
• Prepare presentations for senior management, bringing together key data and indicators.
• Lead financial analyses of the business, including actual-versus-budget variances and key performance indicators.
• Check Anaplan data for consistency against M-1, N-1 or other requested periods.
• Monitor the headquarters Visual Merchandising budget in coordination with business teams, including window creation, pop-up design, image and coordination teams; gather their needs and consolidate data.
• Update budget tables and contribute to forecast preparation.
• Track committed expenditure and actual costs, raising alerts about variances or anomalies.
• Prepare regular reports for operational teams and Visual Merchandising management.
• Monitor budgets and analyse costs for special projects led by the Visual Merchandising department.
• Support financial tracking for pop-up stores, concept stores, showrooms and events; validate committed expenditure and actual costs, consolidate project budget data and prepare related reports.
• Identify budget variances, alert relevant stakeholders and contribute to corrective-action follow-up where needed.
• Support configuration and updates to Anaplan during budget cycles.
• Contribute to access management, project-code creation and maintenance of the reference data required for the tool.
• Identify user-reported issues or needs and help resolve them with the relevant teams.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of budgeting tools and reporting to strengthen data reliability and streamline processes.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification (Bac +4/5) in finance, management or an equivalent university programme.
• At least 7 years of experience in management control, financial analysis, budget management or a similar role, ideally in an international environment.
• Excellent understanding of financial and budget data, with the ability to propose improvements and creative solutions.
• Ability to interpret and present figures effectively in writing, orally and in presentations to different audiences.
• Rigorous, organised and reliable, with the ability to manage several topics simultaneously in a demanding environment.
• Responsive, curious and flexible.
• Strong interpersonal skills and enjoyment of teamwork and interaction with varied stakeholders in an international context.
• Travel is required at key times of the year.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Anaplan and SAP is an advantage.
• Fluent French and English.

Skills

Experience

At least 7 years in management control, financial analysis, budget management or a similar role; the role profile also states a minimum of 10 years.

Education

Bac +4/5 degree in finance or management, or equivalent university education.

Culture

Christian Dior fosters a culture of refined creativity, exceptional craftsmanship, and continuous innovation, where teams are encouraged to uphold the Maison’s heritage while shaping the future of luxury. As an employer, it offers a dynamic and exacting environment that values collaboration, excellence, and the development of talent across artistic, retail, and corporate disciplines.

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