Position
Christian Dior Couture offers more than a beautiful brand to our clients; we invite them to be part of the heritage, to share our passion for luxury and to be part of the Dior family. We look for the same desire in our employees, to have enthusiasm and passion about being part of the House of Dior.
DIOR VM UK is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Operations intern to join the team on a 6 months' Internship to support the day to day running of the department.
The Intern will be supporting the VM team in all the activities linked to VM project management and to the drawing up of corporate documents. In particular, the intern will be involved in the following activities:
- Support the development of corporate presentations.
- Support the development and constant update of the VM calendars.
- Graphic development of creative projects guidelines (shop windows, pop-in, internal takeovers).
- Support the management of Visual Tools prototypes and production.
- Support the organization of VM project approval meetings and generally support in all the project planning activities.
- Manage the data entry of new suppliers via dedicated portals.
Profile
- IT abilities and excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office (in particular, Excel and PowerPoint), previous knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator is considered a plus.
- Problem solver
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills – liaising with suppliers, Paris HQ, stores, and higher management
- Excellent organisation skills
- Proactive & independent
- Good analytical, planning and deadlines monitoring skills with the ability to manage multiple projects.
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
- Strong passion for the luxury world.
Additional information
Day to day activities would include:
- Support the planning of seasonal window décor for all categories, liaising with Paris-based design team and localsuppliers.
- Update the VM tool database regularly, tracking deliveries, transfers, and storage costs.
- Organise the manufacture of VM tools wherever required, overseeing all logistics details.
- Liaise with contractors and local suppliers on all upcoming projects and installations.
- Ensure all po’s are raised and invoices saved.
- VM costs reviewed weekly, making sure each spend is recorded and data shared with Paris and finance monthly.
- All VM assets saved in the internal share drives, updating and archiving where necessary.
- Photographs of all stores saved after each rotation and shared internally.
- Support the VM team to implement visual directives issued by Paris in the UK boutiques and department store concessions.
- Participate in the organisation and set up of all in-store events when necessary.
- Regular communication and feedback with the regional stores.
- Carry out any additional duties as directed by the UK VM team.
Must be able to work full-time (40 hours per week).
