Business Development Assistant Manager

Job description

  

Richemont owns some of the world’s leading luxury goods Maisons, with particular strengths in jewellery, fine watches and premium accessories. Each Maison represents a proud tradition of style, quality and craftsmanship and Richemont seeks to preserve the heritage and identity of each of its Maisons. At the same time, we are committed to innovation and designing new products which are in keeping with our Maisons’ values, through a process of continuous creativity.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT MANAGER - NEW YORK

 

 

OVERVIEW
The Business Development Assistant Manager, reporting directly to the Vice President of Business Development, has a key role in the Richemont organization in North America. The roles and responsibilities of this position are diverse, and as such, require a highly resourceful individual with strong leadership, self-motivation, and analytical skills. He/She is responsible for successfully leading regional projects that will be assigned by the Vice President of Business Development. He/She is also responsible for conducting research and creating reports to address economic issues related to the distribution of Maisons products in North America. He/She will support the Vice President of Business Development in the preparation of reports, studies, analysis, presentations, and ad hoc tasks. 

 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Economic research and analysis: 

·  Analyzing consumer behavior and its effect on supply and demand of Maisons products 
·  Conducting research and creating reports on economic issues in the U.S. and Canada primarily 
·  Conducting research and creating reports on economic issues in some key markets, and forecasting how this may affect foreign travel and consumption in the luxury retail industry 
·  Presenting reports to key stakeholders and executive management 
·  Analyzing monthly sales data, and forecasting how economic factors may affect future sales 

 

Projects:

·  Leading and overseeing key regional projects to: 
·  Address business needs (i.e. developing necessary tools and systems) 
·  Grow the business 
·  Ensuring alignment among the internal and/or external stakeholders 
·  Gathering market intelligence, establishing business cases and project work plans 
·  Structuring and building quantitative and qualitative/conceptual analyses 
·  Building a financial budget for each project, and presenting it to senior executives 
·  Preparing regular communications to key stakeholders and executive management on project progress, status and challenges 
·  Leading and coordinating cross-functional teams for assigned initiatives 
·  Ensuring all critical issues are addressed properly, efficiently and judiciously 
·  Using economic research and analysis, where applicable, to contribute to projects 

 

Reports, studies, analysis and presentations: 

·  Preparing standard and adhoc reports, studies, analysis and presentations 
·  Aligning with regional stakeholders and Group stakeholders on content and format 
·  Presenting materials to senior executives 
·  Compiling and reporting the monthly dashboard for Group, including sales data and functions updates 

 

 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Essential Skills:

·  Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, or finance from a leading university 
·  Strong quantitative skills; economic, accounting and statistics knowledge required 
·  Strong analytical skills 
·  Ability to think critically to weigh the pros and cons of different solutions to a problem 
·  Strong leadership and interpersonal skills 
·  Robust organizational skills 
·  Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across departments and all levels of management 
·  Ability to work cross-culturally 
·  Excellent written and oral communication skills 
·  Experience in project management 
·  Experience in the luxury industry is a plus 
·  Proficiency in French a big plus 

 

Personal Qualities:

·  High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation 
·  Flexibility to adapt quickly to changing circumstances; able to proactively question and challenge to prioritize and identify solutions in timely manner 
·  Curious in nature and always looking to question, learn, and look for better ways to do things 
·  Personable, fun, team oriented 

 

 

Travel RNA is based in Manhattan with offices in Midtown. Some functional team members are based in Shelton, CT. The RNA distribution centre, customer service center and client relationship center are located in Dallas, TX. Periodic travel to and between these locations will be required. Occasional travel to Richemont’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, will also be required. 

Nota Bene:  RNA Job Descriptions are not intended to be a complete detailed account of all expected/anticipated activities. We operate in a fast-moving and competitive global environment and therefore need employees to be flexible