Luxury eyewear design and distribution across 15 premium brands
Kering Eyewear manages a portfolio of 15 luxury eyewear brands—from Gucci and Cartier to Maui Jim and proprietary labels—across a 1,000+ person operation headquartered in Padova. The tech stack reflects a traditional luxury manufacturing footprint (SAP, SQL Server, AutoCAD, Creo for design) rather than a digital-native vendor, yet hiring velocity is accelerating with a marketing and sales focus (28 of 73 roles), signaling a pivot toward direct-to-consumer and regional market expansion.
Kering Eyewear is the eyewear division of the Kering luxury conglomerate, responsible for designing, developing, and distributing eyewear across a carefully curated portfolio. The company operates across manufacturing, design, wholesale distribution, and retail operations, with a significant presence in Italy and expanding hiring across 15 countries including the US, UK, China, Singapore, and across Europe. Current initiatives span new product launches (luxury smart glasses), in-store marketing, window display strategy, and trade marketing programs, alongside internal infrastructure upgrades in reporting systems, demand planning IT, and HR systems.
Kering Eyewear manages 15 brands: Gucci, Cartier, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Chloé, Alaïa, Montblanc, Dunhill, Puma, LINDBERG, Maui Jim, and Zeal Optics.
Core systems include SAP (enterprise resource planning), SQL Server (data), AutoCAD and Creo (design), Adobe Creative Suite, and VMware infrastructure. Current projects include reporting system implementation and IT solutions for demand planning.
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