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Product Design Manager
Francis Jacquerye
Landskrona, Sweden
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About
With 17 years under the belt and a previous position as Head Of Design at Longines Watch Co., I experienced up close four different managing strategies from international companies (Swatch Ltd., The Longines Watch Co., Movado Group Inc. and Fossil Group Inc.).
I was part of the relaunch of the Sector Group before and after its acquisition by Morellato S.p.A. and the ascension of the Longines Watch Co. to the industry's top 5 list in volume and value. More recently, I was instrumental in the market launch of Kronaby watches and their acquisition by the Festina Group.
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Education
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Certificate Project ManagementAltran Education Services2012 - 2012
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Certificate Practical WatchmakingCFTP watchmaking school Geneva2012 - 2012
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Certificate Practical Watchmaking!fage2011 - 2011
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Certificate GoldsmithingScuola Orafa ambrosiana2006 - 2007
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Master's Degree Industrial and Product DesignUniversity of Kent1998 - 1999
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Bachelor's Degree Industrial and Product DesignÉcole Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc - Liège1994 - 1998
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Experience
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Co-OwnerDammhagen, SwedenApr 2016 - Present (10 years 2 months)• Consulting in operations management for horological small and medium enterprises.
• Planning of design, procurement, manufacturing, warehousing and fulfillment.
• Business case, trademark protection strategy, pricing structure and Bill of Materials.
• Small production of high end watches in Sweden for direct to consumer sales. -
Interim AdvisorFestina GroupMar 2019 - Apr 2019 (1 month)Reporting to Executive Vice President and Accounting Manager. Interim advisory role pertaining to the absorption of previous company IP assets and retainment of software development staff.
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Subject Matter ExpertSwedenNov 2015 - Feb 2019 (3 years 3 months)Reporting to VP Products & Portfolio, working in conjunction with Head of Strategic Sourcing and Partner Business Management, product management and mechanical engineering. Leading role in adapting the development process to labour intensive manufacturing.
• Supplier scouting and supplier selection for procurement of up to € 4 million in semi-finished components.
• Suggestions for design optimization leading to cost reduction of semi-finished components by 45%.
• Initiative in identifying step motor suppliers and initiating partnership talks.
• Qualitative and quantitative competitive research, field research and visit of manufacturing plants. -
Co-OwnerGrandson, SwitzerlandOct 2014 - Apr 2016 (1 year 6 months)• Business plan, Trademark protection strategy and Pricing structure.
• Development of cost-optimized design for procurement up to € 0.5 million.
• Distribution, account management and fulfillment of 12,500 articles to 80 outlets across 10 countries.
• Development of Industrial Design and UX Design on timepieces with programmable quartz mechanism.
• Supplier scouting and visit of manufacturing plants.
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Product Design ManagerSaint-Imier, SwitzerlandApr 2011 - Nov 2013 (2 years 7 months)Reporting to CEO and working in conjunction with product managers and technical office. Responsibilities include: trends research, design concept, drawings submission and components review. Visit of manufacturing plants.
• Patents for mechanical construction (USPTO D676338, D679200, D679201, D695637).
• Development of method for producing old designs without original tooling.
• Design of all new product lines, contributing to a growth in yearly sales from 1 million to 1,5 million articles.
• Trends monitoring and redaction of yearly insight report for internal use. -
Industrial designerSaint-Imier, SwitzerlandOct 2007 - Mar 2011 (3 years 5 months)Reporting to VP Marketing and Product, working in conjunction with product managers and technical office. Responsibilities include: trends research, design concept, drawings submission and components review. Visit of manufacturing plants.
• Development of 1:1 scale designing process, shortening variations and colour palette iteration time by 50%.
• Creation of 4 best-selling collections, contributing to a growth in yearly sales from 0.75 million to 1 million articles. -
Industrial designerMilano, ItalyApr 2003 - Sep 2007 (4 years 5 months)Reporting to VP Marketing & Art Director, working in conjunction with product managers. Responsibilities in producing designs and submitting drawings. Fields research in colour, materials, finish.
• Patent for mechanical design EUIPO ITMI20070972A1, HK IPD HK1078415A2.
• Product positioning and industrial design across 8 brand licenses, contributing to generate a compound profit of € 45 million.
• Trends monitoring and redaction of seasonal insight report for internal use -
Software Product ManagerHomegate SrlMilano, ItalyNov 2001 - Mar 2003 (1 year 4 months)• Development of Content Management Software (LAMP, PHP, MySQL, ASP.NET, Microsoft Access)
• Account management for small and medium enterprises. -
Web designerGiallo 108Milano, ItalyNov 2000 - Oct 2001 (11 months)Design and deployment of three corporate Web sites.
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Technical DraftsmanWavre, BelgiumNov 1999 - Oct 2000 (11 months)* Responsible for shortening the design process from one week to two days
* Deployment to hotel resorts.
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Awards
2001 Shonan World Design Award, First Prize
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