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Chanel

Designs, sells luxury fashion and cosmetics

Materials and Trims Development Manager, Ready-to-Wear

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10–15 years of product-development experience, ideally within a luxury house or the fashion industry.
  • Significant experience in a managerial role involving leadership, coordination, facilitation, and skills development.
  • Strong ability to facilitate cross-functional work.
  • In-depth technical understanding of ready-to-wear products.
  • Knowledge of product-development issues in a demanding environment.
  • Ability to propose and structure processes and manage key performance indicators.
  • Ability to analyze and synthesize information, responsiveness, and rigor.
  • Strong communication and proposal skills.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills, anticipation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Proficiency with computer tools, especially Excel, product lifecycle management systems, and Power BI.
  • Fluency in spoken and written French and English.
  • Higher education, such as an engineering school or business school qualification.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage development teams across the yarn, materials, metal, textile trims, and embroidery categories, including directly managing coordinators, supporting team development, and facilitating technical and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Establish effective information flows within the materials, trims, and embroidery division and with ready-to-wear and potentially accessories product divisions.
  • Harmonize processes and share best practices across the yarn, materials, metal, textile trims, and embroidery product categories.
  • Coordinate with Studio teams and product-development teams across divisions by defining and monitoring multi-collection calendars.
  • Define the supplier-panel development strategy with division leadership, Collection Purchasing Managers, and Production.
  • Oversee development allocations, propose sourcing options, and align them with the defined strategy.
  • Support partners in developing their technical, quality, transformation, and pricing capabilities.
  • Establish and monitor supplier-panel performance using key performance indicators shared with Production.
  • Lead the global industrialization portfolio within collection schedules and drive achievement of objectives.
  • Make necessary decisions in collaboration with the relevant coordinators and product divisions.
  • Coordinate the overall view of collection costs related to developments with the Collection Purchasing and Press Manager, and manage industrialization costs.
  • Respond to Studio requests and provide expertise and visibility.
  • Coordinate deployment of the responsible-transformation strategy for materials and trims with the Transformation team and relevant development teams.
  • Structure and manage the corresponding key performance indicators and monitor achievement of objectives.

Desired Qualifications

  • Italian language skills are an advantage.
  • Experience in product development within a luxury house or the fashion industry 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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