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Franca Nozzoli

Director / Consultant
About

I am a seasoned retail professional with deep expertise in luxury fashion and wholesale development along with sales and showroom organisation. Fluent in Italian, English and French, I excel in adapting to diverse retail environments and schedules, ensuring exceptional client relations and successful sales campaigns.

Previous Brands
Christian Dior Couture
GUCCIO GUCCI Spa
Institute of Italian Studies
Paris
Regione Toscana, dept of Education
Work Experience
INTERNATIONAL WHOLESALE DIRECTOR
Jan ‘22 - Now
Self employed

Wholesale brands development (womenswear, menswear, accessories, jewellery), market analysis, strategy and implementation, product offer, customer profiling, showroom scouting, showroom organization and sales campaigns.

WHOLESALE DIRECTOR
Jan ‘04 - Jan ‘20
Christian Dior Couture

Report to Head of Men's' Department, direct management of teams (4 permanent people plus 20 sales staff during sales campaigns). • Management of up to 270 points of sale worldwide, with Europe/ Middle East representing 70% of the business. • Management and coordination of wholesale distribution worldwide: existing accounts, searches of new accounts, relocations, closures, franchise and shop in shop / corners agreements and negotiation. • Development of strategic plans, monthly and yearly budgets and targets. New strategies and implementation to develop the wholesale business. • Managing four showrooms per year: clients invitations, business meetings, scheduling appointments, presenting the collection to clients. Recruitment of sales staff, collection trainings. • Worked with merchandising to edit collections, price analysis. Worked with production teams for improve product quality and communicate commercial needs. • Ensure sales and brand development objectives are met across the network: negotiate budgets with clients • Fashion shows: invitations to clients, seating, participation in events.

WHOLESALE MANAGER
Jan ‘02 - Jan ‘04
Christian Dior Couture

Reporting to the Commercial Men's Director on a worldwide basis, with the US and Asia accounting for 50% of business. 150 points of sale worldwide. • Follow up of commercial activities, with a focus on customer relations and development. • Liaise with customer service for deliveries, re-assorts, stock. Daily office activity. Visiting existing and new customers.

AND MARKETING MANAGER
Jan ‘96 - Jan ‘04
GUCCIO GUCCI Spa

Report to Visual Director Europe. Context: following the re-launch of the brand by investcorp and the arrivalof the new management (Domenico De Sole and Tom Ford), the creation of a new visual display organization. • Within the Visual European team coordination of the team in Europe, 10 persons. • Planning of store visits, visual display guidelines, creation of new visual tools. • Planning of direct marketing activities, responsible for visual display and direct marketing budgets. Previous experience

teacher
Jan ‘95 - Jan ‘96
Regione Toscana, dept of Education

Assistant Dean, Counselor
Jan ‘92 - Jan ‘95
Institute of Italian Studies

Languages
Italian - Native
English - Fluent
French - Fluent
German - Work Proficiency
Recommendations
Bruno Perl
Senior colleague - Head of Watches and Jewelry France, Paris
Jan 2022 -

Franca est une leader bienveillante aux valeurs humaines fortes. Elle sait embarquer et animer des équipes pour atteindre des objectifs ambitieux. Elle a un excellent relationnel avec les clients tout comme avec les collaborateurs. Elle est à la fois analytique et pragmatique, elle est fiable.

Education & Training
Scuola Superiore per Interpreti, Florence, Italy
Unknown - ‘95
University Degree in Languages
Languages
Institute of Italian Studies
Unknown - ‘93
Art
History of art
Paris, France