Franck Galibert

Experienced Design and Product development executive with demonstrated track record in home and lifestyle brands. Strategic and Creative leader with end-to-end experience, from trends and design development through sourcing, product development, and production overseeing a global vendor matrix. Personal design background and strengths in tableware, home products & accessories, furniture and hard home products.

Strong product management professional skilled in Product design, brand development and global sourcing. Self-motivated and active leader at aligning the creative process with the strategic business vision.

FREE-LANCER at STUDIO SOURCE(S) (2023-01 – Present)

Creative direction, design, purchase and product management for wholesalers and overseas brands. Management of design, customization, sourcing and suppliers for clients in France, Belgium, India and China.

EVP COLLECTION & CREATIVE DIRECTOR at HABITAT DESIGN INTERNATIONAL (2018-05 – 2022-09)

Hired to reconnect with the founder's vision and values, Sir Terence Conran. Reinstated the importance of the meeting between designers and craftsmen. Created functional objects, affordable and respectful of know-how. Leading designers and product development through creative brief to commercialization. Assembling and globalizing permanent and seasonal collections, collaborating and editing external designers.

• Unified the Studio Design Studio and Purchasing teams, designing new processes and efficient ways of working together with shared briefings and Collection guidelines.
• Strategized on permanent and seasonal collections, setting themes and mood-boards, insights, and colorama with a Trend agency. Defined core colors of the brands, style and design specifications for the brand.
• Led the Design Studio to ensure brand consistency across collections, and enlarge creative footprint with external brands and designers: Christian Ghion, Frederic Sofia, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrence, Constance Frapolli, Joachim Jirou-Najou, Pierre Charié, Ferréol Babin and Elling Ekornes et Trine Haddal Hovet, Claire Norcross, David Irwin, Aaron Probyn or Sir Terence Conran Ltd.
• Overseen collections strategy and product offer for all categories, from editing the design and collections briefs to leading purchasing team to ensure robust forecasts, reverse scheduling and merchandising.
• Acted as key cross-functional partner for the collections rollout and commercial success through all touchpoints: Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Store Design, Retail teams and Communications.

EVP CREATIVE DIRECTOR at POMAX NV (2015-09 – 2018-04)

Successfully transitioned to a creative direction role based on proven abilities to deliver creative ideas and new best sellers driving the brand switch into a modern and actual lifestyle.

• Devised permanent and seasonal collections setting themes and mood-boards, insights, and colorama with a Trend agency.
• Led creative and merchandising teams, supply chain and visual merchandising to ensure wholesale activity across collections, fairs and chain stores (Galeries Lafayette)

PRODUCT MANAGER at POMAX NV (2013-01 – 2015-09)

Creative and purchase lead for tableware, glassware, Christmas collections, lanterns, decor accessories & textile: concept and design, negotiations, budget, purchase and merchandising.

ASIST. CREATIVE DIRECTOR at POMAX NV (2012-01 – 2013-01)

Transcribed the Creative Director's vision into end-to-end collection and products plans: trend and design, development through sourcing and production, overseeing a global vendor matrix.

SHOP MANAGER at LE FAUBOURG (2007-03 – 2012-01)

Demonstrated skill to be a positive, proactive, solution-oriented and client centric manager. Ability to coordinate and lead team. Buyer & merchandiser for group's shops (Aix en Provence, Avignon, Cannes)

ART DIRECTOR / ADMINISTRATOR at L'ENFANT DEMAIN (NGO) (2000-02 – 2012-01)

Creation of art workshops for abused, disabled children, and children from families in difficulty.

MBA in Art market and cultural engineering – INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'ART

Business Degree in Marketing / Business Management – BUSINESS SCHOOL