Giovanna Gavosto

WORK EXPERIENCE *From February 2016 up to now at SALVATORE FERRAGAMO S.p.A as RTW Division Director: - Full responsibility on profit and loss of the division - 42 people and seven managers. Both men and women development programs - Working from design to production and deliveries of the goods- full cycle of life of the products * From April 2014 up to February 2016, at Loewe, Paris as Studio and RTW director. Completing, together with HR, recruitment of the designers, finding a way of working with the new creative director, according to retro planning and goals of the different categories. Give consistency to the different categories of product in term of brand codes , workmanship, color palette, choice of organic materials. The startup of the Lvmh support sarl , going through all the fields, negotiating and reworking all supply contracts. The last tackle has been building RTW department and moving the last portion of responsibility from Madrid to Paris, production and merchandising. We have been able to find new vendors and new quality standards for both men and women RTW collections, keeping the integrity of the creativity * From October 2006 to April 2014 at Versace S.p.A as Product Director. First as product director of the first women’s RTW line to which was added accessories, Shoes, Versus, Beachwear, Underwear and Couture. My skills range from the reading of the drawings, working very close to the designer, to the supplier research in outsourcing, to the execution of the collections in global, fabrics, prints, patterns, prototypes, and also in terms of cost and market positioning, to the presentation to buyers and press , and as last step, workshop and training to sellers and visual of the showroom. I coordinate twenty-eight persons including six team leaders. * From 2002-2006 I decided to tackle a different experience in retail: First in La Rinascente S.p.A and in Coin S.p.A after. I moved to Venice appointed General Merchandising manager of all categories from accessories, men, women and children. I drove a group of five categories of 33 buyers. To which were added in a second phase visual graphics and architects and the marketing of Coin. Involving the definition of the business plan and all actions to support the creation of brands stores opening. * From 1990 to 2002, within the GFT Group, I have been moved to take care of the business of Valentino S.p.A, which was licensee by GFT. Thus begins a journey in the house of Mr. Valentino, to trade on a brand of international significance.