Christian Dior Women's Leather Goods Collection Manager
Christian Dior Couture — Paris: Women's Leather Goods Collection Manager to lead product development, team management and launches (hybrid).
Overview
Christian Dior Couture is an iconic maison within the LVMH group renowned for couture-led creativity, savoir-faire and uncompromising craftsmanship. The brand combines heritage-driven design with global luxury retail and an international organisation that values artistic vision, cross‑disciplinary collaboration and talent development.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Nouveautés leather goods product team (product managers and assistant) — direct line management for a team of approximately four.
- Define and drive the development of four core collections per year plus special launches, ensuring alignment with the Maison's artistic vision and commercial objectives.
- Produce comprehensive collection briefs for the Studio: trend analysis, market opportunities, strategic orientations and target collection plan.
- Oversee collection planning, budget tracking and timeline management from concept through showroom, including editing the collection and building the modelario (collection dashboard and buy tool).
- Collaborate with industrial development and quality teams on technical development, validation of prototypes and adherence to functionality and aesthetic standards.
- Coordinate pricing strategy with industrial and pricing teams: initial pricing, repricing actions and margin control.
- Validate model filings and naming in coordination with Legal; ensure data quality and correct codifications across the product database.
- Organise and run four showrooms per year (prototypes, photo shoots) and prepare post-showroom synthesis and launch packs for press, training, retail and wholesale teams.
- Manage 360° commercialization coordination — product presentations and launch strategy to press, digital, VIP/VIC, training and merchandising stakeholders.
- Perform competitive studies and price mapping; present project reporting to category direction and conduct ad hoc travel to suppliers in Italy (approximately 3–4 times per year).
Qualifications
- Degree from a business school or equivalent in Business, Marketing, Fashion or Product Management.
- Minimum 5–6 years' experience in luxury fashion product/collection management, ideally within women's leather goods.
- Proven people management experience, with prior responsibility for product managers and assistants.
- Fluent in French, Italian and English (written and spoken).
- Strong commercial acumen and experience in pricing strategy, margin control and collection-level P&L considerations.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 5–6 years in luxury fashion, with demonstrable experience managing product teams and delivering seasonal women's leather goods collections in close collaboration with Style, industrial development and commercial teams.
Education
Business school degree or equivalent in Business, Marketing, Fashion or Product Management.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Culture
The Maison emphasises a culture of creativity, excellence and craftsmanship rooted in its couture heritage while operating within the LVMH group framework. The workplace values cross‑disciplinary collaboration, rigorous attention to detail and personal development, and maintains an explicit commitment to diversity and inclusion — including initiatives supporting employment of people with disabilities.
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