Director of Luxury Brand Partnerships

Lens International (HK) Limited

Paris

On-site

EUR 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Lens International (HK) Limited seeks an experienced Business Development Manager to develop new business opportunities with leading French and European luxury, beauty, fashion, lifestyle and premium consumer brands.

The role acts as the key commercial interface between European customers and Lens Technology’s global engineering and manufacturing organization, promoting capabilities in precision components, modules, materials, and ODM/JDM solutions to convert concepts into development and

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or above.
5–10+ years of business development, sales, sourcing, product development or account-management experience.
Native-level or professional fluency in French & English.
Based in France, preferably Paris or the Paris region.
Proven experience working with French or European premium / luxury brands.
Strong relationship-building and new-account development capability.
Ability to communicate effectively with both commercial and technical organizations.
Comfortable working with international engineering and manufacturing teams.
Able to travel regularly within France and Europe, and occasionally to Asia.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage relationships with leading luxury and premium brands in France and Europe.
Identify new opportunities within luxury beauty, fragrance, fashion accessories, jewelry, watches, smart accessories and premium lifestyle products.
Build relationships across customer organizations, including Innovation, Product Development, Packaging Development, Engineering, Industrialization, Procurement / Purchasing, Supply Chain, Design and R&D teams.
Develop account maps and identify key decision makers, technical influencers and purchasing stakeholders.
Build and continuously manage a sustainable pipeline of new customer projects.
Translate Lens Technology’s consumer-electronics manufacturing expertise into solutions suitable for the luxury industry, where premium appearance, tactile experience, craftsmanship, material innovation, quality consistency and manufacturability are equally important.
Understand customer product concepts, design intentions, user experience requirements and technical specifications.
Coordinate with Lens engineering, R&D, manufacturing and program-management teams to develop technical proposals.
Support customer RFIs, RFQs, concept evaluations and supplier qualification activities.
Coordinate prototype development, sample delivery, technical workshops and design-for-manufacturing reviews.
Support customer factory visits, technical reviews and executive meetings.
Follow opportunities from early concept through design development, prototype, validation, industrialization, RFQ, supplier nomination and mass production.
Monitor trends in luxury hardware, smart accessories, beauty devices, premium packaging and connected products.
Identify opportunities where traditional luxury craftsmanship can be combined with advanced materials, modules and manufacturing technologies.
Provide regular intelligence on new product programs, customer organization changes, competitors, technology trends, supplier landscape and upcoming RFQs / sourcing activities.
Recommend strategic accounts and technology investment priorities to Lens management.