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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
Gucci
Work Experience
International Wholesale Director
Jan ‘04 - Jan ‘20
Christian Dior Couture

Report to the Head of Men’s’ Department, direct management of a team of 4 people and of 20 sales staff during sales campaigns. Average of 200 points of sale worldwide, with Europe/ Middle East representing 70% of the business. - Management and coordination of wholesale distribution worldwide - Development of strategic plans, monthly and annual budgets and targets. - Managing four showrooms per year. - Budget negotiation with clients. - Monitoring of performance: sell-in, sell-out, deliveries, stock levels. - Visits to accounts. - In-store events. Seasonal training for store staff. - implementation of visual standards. - Monitoring of appropriate online behaviour and ompliance with brand policy both on and offline. - Selective distribution contracts. - 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 the 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-sorts, stock. Daily office duties.

Visual Display and Marketing Manager
Jan ‘96 - Jan ‘02
Gucci

Report to Visual Director Europe Context: following the relaunch of the brand by Investcorp and the arrival of new management (Domenico De Sole and Tom Ford), the creation of a new organisation - Coordination of the visual display team in Europe, 10 persons. - Planning of visits to stores, visual display directives, creation of new visual tools. Planning of direct marketing acitivies, responsible for visual display and direct marketing budgets.

Languages
Italian - Native
English - Fluent
French - Fluent
German - Work Proficiency
Recommendations
Bruno Perl
Senior colleague - Head of Watches and Jewelry France, Paris
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024

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