Cartier Head of Store Design & Planning

MAIN PURPOSE

At Cartier Japan Store Design and Planning, we are building a team that is instrumental to accelerate our network transformation. We are seeking highly collaborative and experienced Head who has a strong leadership and shares an interest in design, construction, and innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Scope

• Japan Region
• Current scope: Retail and Wholesale projects management (new openings & renovation), BOH and maintenance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) management
• Additional & future scope : + Network Planning, , Real Estate and lease management
• Possible additional scope:  Visual Merchandising

Current Roles & Responsibilities

• Manages a team of project managers, cost control manager, coordinators.
• Lead, nurture, recruit and retain the talents
• Be an ambassador of the Maisons’ values and embodies the excellence of our design
• Defines with the team the brief of the boutiques and the technical feasibility
• Supervises the project managers whose scope is to deliver Point of Sales with flawless quality, in budget and in time (design development, tender and construction phases)
• Ensure a perfect maintenance of the network and optimize costs’ implications
• Create capital plan:  own construction and related budgets
• Establish short and long term strategies, develop processes (budget, procurement, planning…), strive for constant quality improvement
• Nurture vendors’ network and ensure full compliance
• Apply CSR strategy and develop local approach
• Communicate and report to partners and top management

Interaction Model

• Local internal: Commercial department (including BTQs and Travel Retail), Marketing & Communication, Finance + Richemont support functions (HR, security, accounting, procurement, IT, etc.)
• Local External: Architects & Designers, Engineers, Design consultants, Contractors, suppliers, etc.
• HQ: Commercial, SDP, VM, Retail experience, Client Department, etc.

PROFILE

• Experienced in luxury store design & planning
• Technical background in construction & maintenance’s field required
• People management experience is required
• Fluency in English and Japanese. French is a plus
• Able to handle legal & procurement in Japanese
• Strong experience in project management (quality, budget & planning)
• Experiences in communicating and negotiating with HQ or global stakeholders
• Leadership, proactivity, communicative, multicultural, strategize, deliver, exemplarity, thoroughness
• Architecture or engineering educational background
• Experience at least 15 years
• Industry: Open for inhouse and agency