Damien Chataigner
Development Manager, MITRE SPORT INTERNATIONAL / PROSTAR (Pentland Group England
- Management of the Design and Development process
- Management of the Critical Path
- Team management, coaching designers
- Creation concept orientation, range building and pricing strategy
- Product management Footwear and Equipment range
- International Licensee Range management and development
- Pricing negotiation, sourcing and development at supplier source
- Management of the Footwear, Gloves, Guards, Training tools, Bags and Rugby Equipment collections
- Elaboration range based on market and concurrence analysis
- Creation concepts orientations, elaboration timing development steps. Coaching designers and relational development with suppliers, marketing and sales forces.
- Presentation collection at international level (Launch collection and Key account distribution).
- Pricing negotiation, sourcing and product development at supplier source
- Product design interventions
2004 - 2007- Product management of the sandals categories (pool and beach), bags, Aqua-gym and Kids Learn to swim equipment (around 70 products references).
- Elaboration range collection based on market and concurrence analysis
- Creation concepts orientations, elaboration timing development steps. Coaching designers and relational development with suppliers at supplier source, marketing and sales forces.
- Presentation collection at international level (Launch collection and Key account distribution).
- Product design interventions and development on racing goggles, swimming accessories, sandals and bags.
2004 - 2004Creation design agency - Product design free-lance
Interventions / Clients:
- Sport product design (Trekking shoes, Kite Boat, Kite Kart)
- Phone equipment design.
- Graphic design
2001 - 2003- Organization of the design department
- Design intervention on technical bags and technical equipments for sales forces.
- Technical bags range for fireman’s
- Follow up of the development
1999 - 2001- Trends research
- Bags Design (Trekking and School Bags)
- Shoes design (Trekking shoes)
- Divers:
o Graphics and Logos
o P.O.S for trade show