Charles De Montalivet
About
Charles De Montalivet is from London, England, United Kingdom. Charles works in the following industries: "Personal Care Product Manufacturing". Charles is currently Non Executive Board Member at The Fragrance Foundation UK. Charles also works as Country Managing Director - UK&Ireland at Shiseido, a job Charles has held since May 2019. In Charles's previous role as a General Manager EMEA - L'Oréal Professionnel / Kerastase / Shu Uemura at L'Oréal, Charles worked in Paris Area, France until Apr 2019. Prior to joining L'Oréal, Charles was a General Manager - Giorgio Armani & Designer Brands- UK & Ireland at L'Oréal and held the position of General Manager - Giorgio Armani & Designer Brands- UK & Ireland at London, United Kingdom. Prior to that, Charles was a General Manager EMEA - Giorgio Armani & Designer Brands at L'Oréal, based in Paris from Feb 2009 to Aug 2011. Charles started working as Division Manager - Travel Retail EMEA at L'Oréal Luxe in Paris Area, France in Mar 2006. From Apr 2003 to Feb 2006, Charles was Area Manager - Northern Europe - Travel Retail at L'Oréal Luxe, based in Paris. Prior to that, Charles was a Department Manager at ALTRAN Group, based in Brussels Area, Belgium from Sep 1999 to Oct 2001. Charles started working as Business Development Manager at Altran in Paris Area, France in Jan 1997.
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Charles De Montalivet's current jobs
Managing Director for Shiseido Group Sales >£250m - Team 1400 people Brands include Shiseido, NARS, Bare Minerals, Laura Mercier, Drunk Elephant, Clé de Peau Beauté, Dolce&Gabbana, Issey Myake, Narciso Rodriguez, Serge Lutens
Charles De Montalivet's past jobs
Oversee the 2 largest business-units of L'Oréal Professional Division in Western Europe: >750m€ sales, 15 countries, Mission: define vision and objectives, grow brands' equity, pioneer new business models across B2B & B2C channels (Hair&Beauty Salons, E-commerce, Dept Stores, Wholesale), reinvent consumer experience, develop retail culture, accelerate digital transformation, build talents locally. P&L responsibility.
Full P&L responsibility for Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Viktor&Rolf, Maison Margiela, Cacharel brands in UK&I (>140M€ revenues, 180 employees) ----- Mission: Turnaround growth of L'Oréal Luxe Uk Nr1 business unit after 2 yrs of eroding market-share. 4 priorities: •Reposition each brand's role in portfolio,business drivers and P&L contribution. Signing singer Ella Eyre as new face for Emporio Armani •Recreate magic at POS thru unique consumer experience (personalization, luxury service, events) •Reignited relationships with top-end Department Stores around a "new deal" leading to 40 new flagship corners on Giorgio Armani and Viktor&Rolf. •Championed e-commerce acceleration (D2C website, E-retail) and data acquisition (CRM) ---- Results: 4 yrs of continuous market-share gains, Giorgio Armani from #6=>#2 brand behind Chanel
Leading 26 countries in Europe (incl. Russia) and 8 Fragrance brands (>500M€) in the period of 2009/11 economic downturn. . - Set-up global strategy for Europe Zone, setting retail & sales targets for each country - Defined Europe needs in terms of retail, specific assortment and new products, advertising & media, merchandising & education through monthly meetings with Luxe Division’s MD and designer brands' teams. - Pioneered a new business model for L'Oreal Luxe to accelerate growth and reduce dependancy on launches. Shared with L'Oreal CEO, the « Magics » strategy has been rolled out worldwide and is now the norm. - Initiated a mega O2O multi-brands digital campaign with Youtube in 2010 in 13 countries : this campaign was highly commented in media as a first of its kind. - Created a true sense of belonging across Europe GMs thanks to inspirational leadership and unique think-tanks mentality.
- Full P&L responsibility of a portfolio of world class brands for aiports & airlines in 76 countries. - Tasked to accelerate expansion in Middle-East and negotiate best positions in Gulf countries for L'Oreal Luxe brands while building sustainable trade relationships with local operators. - In Europe, I led the whole negotiation with newly formed WDF/Aldeasa and Nuance groups around margins, in-store locations, trade activities and Capex. - Proven leader of a large multicultural team of Area managers, marketing, merchandising and finance + 200 beauty consultants.
Altran is a global leader in innovation and high-tech consulting - 1.6bn€ sales - 21.000 employees In charge first of a small division, I rapidly transformed the portfolio of clients, bringing new accounts in high- technologies of Image & Language recognition also building internally a pool of expert specialists in this field. I ended up leading a team of 25 with full P&L responbility.