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Richemont

Luxury-goods holding company acquiring maisons

High End VIP Manager

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of professional experience; experience with luxury brands is desirable.
  • Practical client relationship management experience; experience with luxury or high-end brands is advantageous.
  • Experience serving VIP customers and a track record of meeting sales targets are advantageous.
  • Ability to create memorable, individualized customer experiences.
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to manage customer information, track contact history, and ensure accurate and timely follow-up.
  • Ability to articulate a brand’s unique selling points and effectively communicate its value to customers.
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills to earn VIP customers’ trust, understand their needs, and establish long-term relationships.
  • Fluency in Japanese and English at business level or higher.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to planning and executing Japan’s VIP customer strategy in coordination with the Senior Manager, VIP Relations.
  • Lead overseas VIP tours and domestic dinners in collaboration with the Event Sales Promotion team, providing high-quality, distinctive brand experiences that deepen engagement.
  • Work with the Senior Manager, High-End Business Development to maximize the VIP customer team’s A&P investment.
  • Contribute to developing high-end talent through coaching, focusing on high-end sales, strengthening the high-end and VIP customer base, and developing the high-end community.
  • Work with boutique management and the Learning and Development team to improve boutique members’ customer relationship-building skills through coaching, and expand networks with business partners and prominent figures.
  • Lead the improvement of customer experiences and relationships by designing and optimizing processes and creating experiences to retain, upgrade, and recruit VIP customers, in collaboration with senior VIP relations and high-end commercial managers.
  • Support boutiques end to end in making VIP customer information visible, planning investment according to sales results and customer potential, executing investment plans, and evaluating their effectiveness.
  • Strengthen customer relationship-building over the medium and long term to support sustainable growth of the high-end business.
  • Contribute to achieving high-end sales targets and execute VIP tours from customer selection and planning through on-site support.
  • Expand the number of VVIP and VIP customers through the VIP project database and customer-segment upgrade initiatives.
  • Build external networks, including intermediaries, to identify and develop new customers.
  • Make ROI-informed decisions when planning, executing, and prioritizing VIP customer initiatives, and maximize the cost effectiveness of the VIP customer budget.
  • Resolve project and operational issues promptly, minimize their impact, and address complex problems while consulting with the manager as needed.
  • Strengthen relationships between boutiques and the high-end team and deepen understanding of VIP customers’ lifestyles and mindsets.
  • Contribute to identifying and developing high-end talent, especially among international and local high-end community members, through coaching.
  • Coordinate communications with the Hong Kong regional office and headquarters for international programs.
  • Research and analyze customer treatment and VIP retention practices at luxury brands, in hospitality, and in other regions, and use findings to inform strategy.
  • Develop, propose, and implement new ideas and processes to achieve objectives.
  • Promote a mindset among boutique members of designing customer journeys for individual customers and lead efforts to strengthen relationships with VIP customers.
  • Lead planning and support for personalized one-to-one treatment of VIP customers at selected boutiques.
  • Support targeting and individualized customer treatment with boutique staff for VIP attraction events centered on VIP tours and HJ events, with the aim of improving customer satisfaction and achieving targets.
  • Serve as the customer-related liaison with the headquarters high-end team.
  • Work with Strategic Planning and boutique management to make VIP customer lists visible, including operating the TOP150 project.
  • Collaborate with sales, marketing, and client teams to develop and expand the high-end business and contribute to sales targets.
  • Plan and deliver annual customer events and dinners with Event Sales Promotion, and follow up with boutiques after events.
  • Lead planning and content support for gala and company dinners, coordinate invited customers, and prepare seating plans.

Desired Qualifications

  • Actively identify new VIP customers and build and develop relationships with high-potential prospects.
  • Experience using a customer relationship management system or similar tools.
  • Knowledge of additional languages, such as Chinese or Korean.

About the Company

Richemont

Luxury-goods holding company acquiring maisons

Richemont is a Swiss-based holding company that owns a collection of luxury brands, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and IWC Schaffhausen. It operates by acquiring and nurturing iconic luxury maisons with rich histories, then leveraging their heritage to create premium jewelry, watches, and accessories sold worldwide through its brands and retail networks. Unlike diversified conglomerates that mix many non-luxury businesses, Richemont focuses exclusively on high-end goods and has deliberately shifted away from other interests (like tobacco) to sharpen its luxury focus. Its goal is to build a global luxury powerhouse by growing its brands, expanding across geographies, and maintaining control over premium product sourcing, design, and distribution.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bellevue, Switzerland
Founded
1988

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