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Hervé Lavenant

Head of Visual Merchandising /Global Head of Visual Merchandising
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About

I have been working in the world of retail and luxury for more than 15 years with Visual Merchandising as my guiding principle. Within different brands, international Houses such as HUGO BOSS, JM WESTON or DELVAUX, I strengthen the image, the customer experience in retail. I create, develop and implement product presentation concepts. My role is to develop and deploy a global VM strategy that I implement in physical stores and digital. Collaborating with several internal functions as well as with external service providers on projects with very high global visibility reveals my ability to manage international cross-functional projects. In particular, I managed all the VM actions concerning the renovation and the worldwide launch of the new HUGO BOSS concept store on its flagship Champs Élysées Paris. Managing teams of 4 to 8 creative, graphic and operational people allows me to build, adapt and deploy in an optimal way the artistic and commercial strategy of a House. I have worked on brands whose identity and age were very different. I have developed Visual Merchandising concepts on 3 linear meters in Duty Free as well as on 2000m² surfaces for some flagships stores. I am proud to have contributed to the launch of the e-commerce site of the Delvaux House whose creation goes back to 1829. Until then, it had never been expressed in any other way than in stores. I exercise my skills both within the subsidiaries of these global Houses and in their international headquarters. I develop projects in close collaboration with the subsidiaries of these companies in Asia, Europe and America. They gave me the opportunity to adapt the global Visual Merchandising strategy to local issues.

Previous Brands
Delvaux-Leather Goods
Hugo Boss-Fashion, Accessories
Hugo Boss France
J.M. Weston-Shoes and Accessories
Marithe&francois Girbaud, G-Star
Ralph Lauren-Marithé François Girbaud-G Star
Rtwmen Hermes, Ralph Lauren
Work Experience
Head of Visual Merchandising
Jan ‘20 - May ‘22
Delvaux-Leather Goods

My role is to lead a team of 4 collaborators in order to design and deploy the visual identity for the Maison's global network. 53 stores : Europe, APAC, Japon and US. Define and make creative briefs. Develop VM presentation concepts and tools. Support the digitalization of the house : brand content e-shop.

Head of Visual Merchandising
Jan ‘14 - Jan ‘20
J.M. Weston-Shoes and Accessories

My mission is to define and implement the visual merchandising policy for the global network. 39 stores : Europe, China, Japan and US. Creation of the Bible Merchandising. Deployment of the VM strategy: retail design, window , pop-up. Sound design conception.

Head of Visual Merchandising France
Jan ‘05 - Jan ‘14
Hugo Boss-Fashion, Accessories

My objective is to lead a team of 8 people to adapt and implement HUGO BOSS AG's strategy for the French market. 116 POS retail and 15 POS wholesale. Creation of the VM department : structure, recruitment. Management of transversal projects: windows, pop-up, launches, openings. Training conception and implementation: content, presentation. KPI's management : VM action according to commercial performance.

Visual Merchandiser
Jul ‘98 - Jan ‘05
Hugo Boss France

-Shopwindows/Eventmerchandising -Collectionpresentationto sales team

Assistant store manager
Jan ‘96 - Jan ‘98
Marithe&francois Girbaud, G-Star

Store Manager Assistant
Jan ‘96 - Jan ‘98
Ralph Lauren-Marithé François Girbaud-G Star

Sales, visual merchandising, team management.

SalesAssociate
Jan ‘95 - Jan ‘96
Rtwmen Hermes, Ralph Lauren

Languages
French - Native
English - Fluent
Education & Training
Institut Français de la Mode
‘09 - ‘09
Visual Merchandising continuing education
Visual Merchandising
Lookadoc
‘07 - ‘07
Management training certification
Management
G.Pompidou museum
‘02 - ‘02
Art History continuing education
Art History
University François Rabelais
‘92 - ‘95
Bachelor of English,Communication & Media
English Communication & Media
Paris, France