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Chanel

Designs, sells luxury fashion and cosmetics

Product Development Project Management Lead, Makeup - Fragrance & Beauty

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNeuilly-sur-Seine, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education qualification at Bac +5 in engineering, business school, university or equivalent.
  • Confirmed 2–3 years of project-management experience, as a Product Development Project Manager or in technical formulation, packaging, industrial, or supply-chain roles.
  • Strong analytical and synthesis capabilities.
  • Ability to implement action plans proactively and solve problems collectively.
  • Interest in coordinating projects in complex environments, facilitating multidisciplinary teams, and providing transversal leadership.
  • Emotional intelligence, relationship skills, agility, persuasive and challenging communication, stress management, and a positive, constructive mindset.
  • Interest in cosmetic products and product development.
  • Interest in project-management tools and applying artificial intelligence to simplify low-value tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Manage new developments for the Fragrance & Beauty Division in makeup as cross-functional projects, in line with three-year marketing plans, coordinating teams across International Marketing, Research and Development, Purchasing, packaging, and industrial functions from the marketing brief through the first industrial production to deliver products to defined quality, cost, and timing criteria.
  • Build feasibility studies and risk analyses with the project group to ensure alignment among the brief, functional solutions, timeline, and costs, and guide product design as needed.
  • Report risks and alerts to executive-level committees, providing the appropriate information to support decisions.
  • Manage project schedules and ensure key milestones are met, including feasibility, design review, and industrialization review.
  • Challenge functions to find the right balance among project objectives, allocated resources, risk analyses, and potential solutions.
  • Manage products’ unit cost and the project budget.
  • Ensure compliance with Chanel development processes and train new project-group members.
  • Propose cross-functional continuous-improvement projects.

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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