CDI – Governance Manager – (M/F/X)

Fashion Division headquarters in Paris, 1st arrondissement. Starting in ASAP.

FAHION DIVISION

Fashion is the Brand's original activity. Two Haute Couture collections, six seasonal Ready-to-Wear and accessories collections and two sportswear and lifestyle-inspired capsule collections

• Coco Beach and Coco Neige - offer a style that captures the spirit of the times and is part of women's everyday lives. A silhouette in motion and accessories are an essential part of the CHANEL allure and the Brand's timeless codes, immediately identifiable, imagined by Gabrielle Chanel.

what impact you create at chanel

At the intersection of all departments, the Image Projects and Fashion Collections department leads projects from their framing to execution, animating each contribution and driving their governance. It ensures the best possible contribution from each partner team by defining the framework, providing a cross-functional perspective, and promoting dialogue and co-construction. The department encourages synergies and identifies decisions that enhance the coherence of the plan, its impact, and excellence in execution, right down to the markets, within the allocated timeframes and resources.

Specific to this role, it covers projects for:

• Orchestration of collection launch and product campaigns (including Handbags and Eyewear)

• Boutiques: (re)openings and image projects

including strategy and planning of events in support to the markets.

The department is also the entry point for all requests related to the Image Creation and Production Studio, to best support partner teams’ briefs, ensure prioritization and anticipation of projects, and monitor their progress in accordance with creation timelines and production realities.

YOUR ROLE:

With the Project Director of Fashion Collections & Boutique Projects,

Governance Project Manager’s main mission is:

1. Transversal support to team project management
   to build the 360 vision of the team's activities, identifying synergies between projects, managing prioritisation and bringing transversal support in terms of strategy, structure (tools, processes, planning..) and project management

A key mission of this role will be to define processes and planning that drives consistency and efficiency to the team in the way projects are approached and developed.
From the approach to briefs, to the feedback and results monitoring, he/she plays an important role in the evolution and the piloting of framing and sharing of these projects.

1. Governance building and piloting
   to define, implement and lead the governance within the team and with key partner teams, ensuring communication channels across projects, alignments and validation are well integrated within fashion leadership instances and are smoothly and timely managed

She/He will define, implement and lead the governance across projects for the team – structure the sharing of information across transversal projects within the team, manage its macro governance instances, prepare cross-functional presentations, and support/activate cross-functional projects with Project Leads.

3.Cross-Functional Projects lead
to lead topics that require synergies within the team, and key expertise outside of the team. This includes the governance, framing, sharing and piloting the effective implementation of these projects across the year.

Examples of cross-functional projects:

• End of Year Orchestration
• Cross Divisional activity within Fashion network
• Internal Communication

4.Market gouvernance animation
To support the animation of the gouvernance with markets by coordinating the scheduling and preparation of multi-project instances and main yearly committees.
This mission goes beyond the collection launches/product campaigns and boutiques projects scope and is transversal to the overall Image and collection project team, in direct report to its director whenever relevant.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

As a Governance and Project Manager with at least five to eight years of experience, you will have worked for a brand or agency in luxury/fashion/retail/related industries in a governance / strategic role. You will have a broad understanding of the different expertise whose work combine to the development and roll-out of multi-faceted project orchestrations.

You have strong project management expertise and like to optimise methodology and processes at the service of efficiency and collaboration between teams

You have a perfect command of French and English, both written and spoken.

You have strong organisational and communication skills, and you know how to present your ideas clearly and effectively and construct a narrative.

Fast paced environments invigorate you, and you thrive in approaching familiar topics anew.

WHAT ENERGIZE YOU & WHAT CHANEL CAN OFFER:

• The 360 vision across an array of topics, central to CHANEL Fashion activities, in collaboration with different expertise
• The balance between strategic thinking and operational implementation
• The dynamism of an environment that cultivates excellence while promoting the fulfilment of all
• Opportunities for development, growth and multiple career paths in a House that values the uniqueness of each individual.
• The uniqueness of each individual is what makes our teams so rich. CHANEL values diversity in all its forms and is committed to treating every application fairly
• During your first interview, we will inform you of the steps in the process.

The richness of our teams comes from the uniqueness of everyone. CHANEL values diversity in all its forms and is committed to treating every application fairly.

At your first interview, we will inform you of the stages in the process that will punctuate your recruitment.

CHANEL HOUSE

Founded by Gabrielle Chanel at the beginning of the last century, CHANEL offers a wide range of high-end creations, including Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear, leather goods, accessories, eyewear, perfumes, cosmetics, skincare, jewelry, and watches. CHANEL is also renowned for having acquired many specialist suppliers, factories, and Métiers d'art, eleven of which are based at 19M, between Paris and Aubervilliers. Dedicated to the ultimate in luxury, CHANEL strives to offer exceptional craftsmanship. Historically, the Brand has placed Creation at the heart of its fundamental values.