- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Industry
- High Jewelry
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
About Louis Vuitton
Founded in Paris in 1854, Louis Vuitton stands among the world’s most emblematic luxury maisons, renowned for exceptional craftsmanship, innovation, and the art of travel. As an employer, the Maison offers a distinctive environment where heritage and modernity meet, inviting talents to contribute to a global culture of excellence across retail, design, craftsmanship, client experience, operations, and corporate functions. Louis Vuitton values curiosity, precision, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit, supporting employees through international opportunities, learning pathways, and a strong commitment to savoir-faire. Its teams are united by a shared ambition to craft enduring desirability and deliver exceptional experiences worldwide.
Louis Vuitton is hiring a High Jewelry Workshop Manager for a permanent, full-time, on-site role in Paris. The role leads workshop teams and oversees High Jewelry development and production, ensuring technical excellence, operational performance, traceability, compliance and safety.
Role & Responsibilities
- Oversee the proper execution of High Jewelry development and manufacturing, ensuring compliance with the Maison’s quality, cost, timing, compliance and safety requirements.
- Manage the workshop’s overall activity and directly supervise jewelers, setters and polishers, coordinating closely with internal partners—including production coordination, after-sales service, quality, development, supply and stones—and external partners such as model makers, setters and casters.
- Coordinate daily workshop activity, align teams around the Maison’s objectives, support the production coordinator in operational management and actively participate in recruiting new talent.
- Serve as a key contact for project managers and the studio during creative reviews; oversee development, design and production, flag deviations, propose technical solutions, assess feasibility and internal and external capacity, allocate workload, and ensure critical milestones are met from brief through finished-product delivery.
- Ensure systematic handover of technical files, including approved assembly and setting plans.
- Prepare quotations, break down and analyze allocated working times, and monitor target times by team and jeweler to support workshop profitability and efficiency.
- Balance workload and capacity by anticipating constraints and proposing solutions to eliminate waiting time and meet budget objectives.
- Ensure traceability and compliance of physical and digital flows for precious metals, stones, components and work in progress, and supervise inventories.
- Maintain rigorous control of consumables and small tools stock.
- Uphold the Maison’s aesthetic and technical standards and ensure strict application of safety, environmental and compliance standards, including RJC requirements.
- Verify compliance with specifications at every stage and safeguard employee health and safety, including the use of personal protective equipment.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency, meet delivery deadlines and ensure smooth operations.
Qualifications
- At least 15 years of experience as a High Jewelry Workshop Manager, including management of a team of around ten employees.
- Thorough command of complex jewelry-making techniques.
- Strong awareness of time constraints and the agility to support workshop growth while remaining available to the team.
- Recognized leadership, with the ability to unite a team and develop employees’ skills.
- Organized, flexible, rigorous and autonomous.
Skills
Experience
At least 15 years as a High Jewelry Workshop Manager, including management of a team of around ten employees.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
Louis Vuitton fosters a culture rooted in heritage, craftsmanship, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, where employees contribute to one of the world’s most iconic luxury maisons. Its workplace environment combines creativity, precision, and international collaboration, offering teams the opportunity to grow within a brand that values innovation, client experience, and long-term savoir-faire.
About Cerulean
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Frequently Asked Questions
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