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Chanel

Designs, sells luxury fashion and cosmetics

Solutions Architect Collections Development

Enterprise ApplicationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in solution architecture, application architecture, or information-system design.
  • Good knowledge of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions; knowledge of Centric PLM and experience in fashion, luxury, or retail are ideal.
  • Proficiency in application-architecture principles, integration, flow modeling, information-system architecture, and architecture documentation.
  • Ability to translate complex functional requirements into structured, scalable solutions and remain focused on business needs.
  • Comfort working in project environments using both Agile and waterfall (V-cycle) methods, and with multidisciplinary internal and external teams.
  • Ability to explain technical topics to business stakeholders and communicate effectively with IT teams, architects, integrators, and software vendors.
  • A rigorous, structured, curious, and pragmatic approach; service orientation, strong analytical ability, and capacity to propose durable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design and document the functional, application, and technical architectures for collection development and industrialization solutions.
  • Ensure architecture choices align with the Solutions Manager’s strategy, Chanel Fashion IT standards, and business objectives.
  • Analyze functional and technical needs, propose solution scenarios, and assess their impact on the existing information system.
  • Work with enterprise architects to define integration principles between domain solutions and other information-system components, including ERP, product information management, digital asset management, data repositories, and industrial tools.
  • Support run, project, integration, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams in implementing changes.
  • Contribute to the security, performance, maintainability, and scalability of solutions, especially Centric PLM and its ecosystem.
  • Participate in project scoping, architecture reviews, and technical decisions with business stakeholders, IT, and external partners.
  • Produce and maintain architecture deliverables, data-flow diagrams, integration principles, and related documentation with enterprise architects in the Tech Engineering domain.
  • Monitor solutions, technologies, and best practices that could support continuous improvement in the domain.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Centric PLM is ideal.
  • Experience in fashion, luxury, or retail is ideal.

About the Company

Chanel

Designs, sells luxury fashion and cosmetics

1) What does Chanel do? Chanel is a luxury fashion house that offers a range of high-end products including fashion, accessories, fragrances, skincare, makeup, jewelry, and watches, targeting affluent customers worldwide. 2) How does its product work? It designs and sells premium, timeless items through owned boutiques, official online channels, and authorized retailers, supported by strong marketing, fashion shows, and brand storytelling to maintain desirability and loyalty. 3) How is Chanel different from competitors? It combines a storied brand heritage with exclusive, premium products and strict distribution control, creating a sense of rarity and prestige that appeals to luxury buyers. 4) What is Chanel's goal? To preserve its elite brand status while growing a loyal, affluent customer base by delivering consistently refined, timeless designs and a premium consumer experience.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$770M
Headquarters
Argueil, France
Founded
1883

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