Retail Marketing Project Manager — Fashion Accessories & Haute Parfumerie

Overview

Parfums Christian Dior is the fragrance and cosmetics arm of Maison Dior, operating within the wider LVMH luxury group. The Maison blends haute parfumerie savoir-faire with couture sensibilities, sustaining a global retail ecosystem and close collaboration between fragrance and fashion divisions.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead category management for Fashion Accessories: define assortments, set cluster-level buy strategies (permanent and seasonal), manage product lifecycle from launch to end-of-life and contribute to Couture showrooms preparation.
• Drive distribution and deployment: identify new distribution opportunities, prepare packaging forecasts, ensure product referencing in internal systems (SAP) and produce detailed product catalogues for markets and central teams.
• Manage Beauty Product responsibilities for Dior Couture: share launch plans, validate sales potential and forecasts, secure product availability relative to launch calendars and maintain price information with Pricing team.
• Monitor commercial performance: deliver monthly POS performance tracking, develop reporting tools and launch reports, and propose actionable plans to achieve sales targets.
• Coordinate 360° operational roll-out: collaborate with Retail Education, VM, CRM, quality and supply chain teams to produce training content, VM guidelines, clienteling assets and ensure flawless in-store execution.
• Support cross-functional governance: prepare and contribute to Retail Workshops, WWM, Comité Couture and other strategic Retail Marketing meetings; produce and circulate monthly central-market reporting (modelario, sales reports, GEL FM).
• Perform market intelligence: conduct competitive watches, field visits and market studies to inform assortment, pricing and merchandising decisions.
• Ensure effective PCD x CDC coordination: act as a central marketing operations interlocutor between Parfums Christian Dior, Dior Couture, markets and support functions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in retail merchandising (fashion) or operational beauty marketing with international exposure.
• Degree from a Grande École de Commerce or equivalent; specialization in Luxury/Fashion preferred.
• Fluent in French and English (written and spoken).
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills in a matrix organisation.
• Strong analytical rigour, attention to detail and experience building/using commercial reports and forecasts.
• Creativity, commercial sensitivity to fashion cycles, diplomacy, curiosity and a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.
• Autonomous, structured, adaptable and able to prioritise in a fast-paced, transversal environment.

Skills

Experience

At least three years of relevant professional experience in retail merchandising for fashion or in operational marketing within beauty/haute parfumerie, ideally with international project scope and cross-functional exposure.

Education

Degree from a Grande École de Commerce or equivalent; a specialization in Luxury or Fashion is a strong advantage.

Culture

Parfums Christian Dior cultivates a Maison culture that blends couture heritage with modern creativity, valuing excellence, passion and inclusivity. The environment emphasises cross-disciplinary collaboration between fragrance and fashion teams and seeks candidates who embody discretion, craftsmanship and a commitment to the Maison’s high standards.