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Chanel

Designs, sells luxury fashion and cosmetics

Directeur Opérations Sûreté Sécurité et HSE Activités Mode

Environmental Health & SafetyPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • More than 20 years of experience in security, safety, operations, risk management, or oversight of complex activities, ideally in demanding, multi-site, exposed, service-oriented, international environments.
  • Expertise in security and safety systems for demanding, sensitive, multi-site environments.
  • Experience across several site types, such as headquarters, offices, industrial sites, retail locations, heritage sites, or public venues, in France and internationally.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary teams, including managers, and oversee external service providers across broad scopes.
  • Ability to manage budgets, performance, contractual commitments, and continuous improvement.
  • Exposure to executive leadership, governance bodies, institutional stakeholders, or public authorities is a differentiating qualification.
  • Experience in luxury, premium, international retail, sensitive events, or high-visibility environments is a differentiating qualification.
  • Ability to support transformation projects, organizational change, or the security of new sites is a differentiating qualification.
  • Understanding of HSE, business continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience is a differentiating qualification.
  • Ability to lead operations, make considered decisions, and engage teams in a demanding framework.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, advise, and influence senior, business, and expert stakeholders.
  • Ability to structure an activity, set priorities, establish clear governance, and oversee execution.
  • Expertise in incident and crisis management, continuity plans, and escalation mechanisms.
  • Service orientation, discretion, confidentiality, and ability to preserve the expected quality of experience.
  • Fluent French and English, both written and spoken; Italian is an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Translate strategic directions into operational action plans for security and safety across the Fashion Activities scope.
  • Ensure Maison standards are applied and consistent service levels are maintained across all sites and activities.
  • Lead HSE policy for the Fashion Activities scope, ensuring regulatory compliance, occupational risk prevention, and consistent application of Maison standards.
  • Coordinate HSE action plans, audits, and performance indicators with business teams and relevant partners as part of continuous improvement.
  • Establish and lead the operational governance of security and safety, including the necessary forums, indicators, and escalation mechanisms.
  • Align internal and external areas of expertise and ensure they operate effectively together.
  • Build partnerships with business leaders by understanding their needs and promoting a demanding, facilitative, solution-oriented security approach.
  • Represent the Maison and maintain relationships with relevant official bodies.
  • Lead a team of about ten employees and support managers in taking on greater responsibility.
  • Supervise external providers and manage the scope's budget, service quality, operational performance, contractual commitments, and costs.
  • Represent security and safety needs in major property projects, anticipate operational impacts, secure transition phases, and support integration into new environments.
  • Coordinate business needs, technical solutions, and prevention standards to improve the performance, reliability, and consistency of security tools, technologies, and systems.
  • Coordinate projects and facilitate collaboration among stakeholders.
  • Organize and lead a 24/7 operational incident-response capability where required.
  • Maintain crisis-management and business-continuity arrangements for the Fashion Activities scope in alignment with the security director's governance and strategic direction.
  • Develop, update, and test response procedures and continuity plans through regular exercises.
  • Coordinate internal stakeholders, operational teams, providers, and, when needed, authorities or external partners to deliver a rapid, controlled, proportionate response.
  • Use lessons learned to identify vulnerabilities and lead action plans that improve the resilience of sites, activities, and teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • Italian language proficiency.

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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