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Cedric LaforgeCL

Cedric Laforge

International Marketing Operations Manager

€550/day
Genève, CH
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Cedric

Expert en marketing de luxe depuis plus de 15 ans j'accompagne mes clients à 360° pour une expérience client et une efficacité marketing reconnue avec un efficacité budget résultats forte. Je suis disponible pour discuter de votre projet très rapidement.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Italian

    Fluent

  • German

    Fluent

  • Japanese

    Basic

  • Chinese

    Basic

Can work on-site
Genève (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Vacheron Constantin
    International Marketing Operations Manager
    LUXURY GOODS
    May 2021 - Today (5 years and 1 month)
    Geneva, Switzerland
    • • Drove cohesiveness of Maison strategy in communication and marketing activities across markets, collections, touch and key sales period
    • • Owned and prepared the annual Maison Marketing Communication strategic plan and implementation
    • • Led marketing plans implantation across key markets – team management deployment and budget management to executions
    • • Planned A&P annual allocation, monthly consolidations with markets
    • • Defined strategi c marketing roles to maximize sales and operational results
    • • Aligned marketing strategies and drive recommendations with the Executive Committee
    • • Was the driving force of simplification within the marketing operations team
    ◦ - processes
    • • Prepared supporting material and reports to the Richemont group
    • • Collaborated in the development and implementation of toolboxes and best practices (toolboxes distribution and explanations)
    • • Was the voice of markets in continuous toolbox improvement
    • • Consolidated best practices and toolboxes implementation follow up
    • • Team management of 2 direct reports and 57 operational reports
    • • Provided on-going support to local teams from strategy definition to execution Successes at Vacheron Constantin:
    • • Helped all global marketing activations on all markets of the Maison with significant increase in China, Middle East,SEA, France and UK
    • • Strongly contributed to the awareness of the Maison Budget accuracy of less than 0,5% two years in a row – 160-Million budget management
    Marketing Branding Evénementiel Stratégie de communication Communication digitale
  • Chopard
    International Product Manager – Men's Watches
    LUXURY GOODS
    July 2018 - April 2021 (2 years and 9 months)
    Geneva, Switzerland
    • • Managed 360° product strategy on all men's and Haute Horlogerie watches collections over mid and long term
    • • Managed 7 Collections: L.U.C, Alpine Eagle, Classic Racing (4 lines), Classic
    • • Managed novelties sales forecast and profitability
    • • Established pricing definition and growth projections
    • • Created local strategies with subsidiaries or wholesale account to increase sales as well as the exposure of my collections
    • • Tracked competition new launches and pricing
    • • Presented novelties during fairs and events to journalists and wholesale partners
    • • Managed the legal aspects of products development with the legal department
    • • Managed cross function projects and reports in cooperation with all departments
    • • Managed all content creation with Image department
    • • Managed the collections website pages and social media calendar
    2014
    • • Trained HQ sales and marketing teams on new products
    • • Managed team – between 5 and 7 people
    Product management Développement produit Marketing du luxe Luxe
  • Chopard
    International Public Relation manager
    February 2014 - June 2018 (4 years and 4 months)
    Geneva, Switzerland
    • • Directed PR relationships and events for key Chopard' s markets: USA, Japan, Spain/Portugal, Ital y, CIS countries, Northern Europ e and North Afri ca – CEO Interviews, articles ideas
    • • Followed Men collections development and suggested communication activities, exhibitions, celebrity dressing
    • • Managed all men events (Baselworld, Mille Miglia, Porsche Races…)
    • • Negociated contracts for Porsche Partnership, Mille Miglia race partnership and ambassadors
    • • Managed production of communication material (Pictur es , videos, press releases - managed budget and teams)
    • • Managed PR with watchmaking specialists (online/offline)
    • • Directed the communication and events for Ferdinand Berthoud brand Successes at Chopard:
    • • Managed to increase the exposure of the men's collections in client mind in the company, in the Chopard boutiques and Chopard partners assortment.
    • • Contributed to men's watch sales increase from 11 % to 35 % of the global turnover
    • • Crafted over 10 000 pictures and 100 videos

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Education

  • Jewellery Consultant Diploma
    HRD Antwerp
    2020
    Jewellery Consultant Diploma
  • MBA
    Coventry University
    2024
    MBA

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