Chanel Indirect Procurement Manager

About Chanel

Chanel is one of the world’s most revered luxury houses, founded by Gabrielle Chanel and distinguished by an enduring vision of elegance, freedom, and modernity. As an employer, the House brings together métiers ranging from haute couture, fashion and leather goods to fragrance, beauty, watches, and fine jewelry, offering employees the opportunity to contribute to a legacy defined by exceptional craftsmanship and creative audacity. Chanel values excellence, discretion, collaboration, and long-term development, fostering an environment where talent is nurtured and heritage is continually reinterpreted for contemporary clients. Its teams are united by a commitment to quality, innovation, and the timeless spirit of the brand.

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned goods and services categories, including OPEX and CAPEX spend.
• Analyze spend, markets, suppliers, and opportunities to identify value-creation opportunities and define category strategies.
• Lead end-to-end competitive sourcing processes, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, bid analysis, supplier selection, and award recommendations.
• Lead commercial and contractual negotiations, balancing total cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability, and risk.
• Deliver and track validated financial and non-financial value, including savings, process improvement, risk reduction, and sustainability outcomes.
• Manage sourcing projects through clear scope, milestones, stakeholder alignment, issue resolution, risk management, and timely escalation.
• Develop and maintain sourcing, supplier, and performance KPIs to support continuous improvement and value visibility.
• Build trusted partnerships with local Business Units and cross-functional stakeholders, providing clear, practical, responsive procurement support.
• Engage stakeholders early to clarify business requirements, demand plans, timelines, and sourcing opportunities.
• Influence sourcing, supplier, and contracting decisions through commercial analysis, options, risks, and recommendations.
• Balance business urgency with procurement governance, compliance, brand protection, and risk-management requirements.
• Gather stakeholder feedback and identify opportunities to improve service quality, process efficiency, and user experience.
• Establish and maintain supplier segmentation, performance evaluation, and relationship-management mechanisms for assigned categories.
• Identify contractual, commercial, operational, and supplier-risk issues; recommend and implement mitigation actions.
• Improve contractual terms and conditions, service levels, KPIs, and commercial arrangements through renewals and renegotiations.
• Conduct supplier due diligence in line with CHANEL requirements, including supplier-risk assessment, insurance, data privacy, IT security, compliance, and other relevant controls.
• Reinforce adoption of and compliance with S2C and P2P processes across the Korea market.
• Serve as a local S2C/Coupa subject-matter resource, providing training, coaching, guidance, and change-management support to new and existing users.
• Identify local Business Unit needs and improve the self-service procurement experience through guidance, tools, templates, and process improvements.
• Provide feedback to APAC and Global process owners to support the ongoing development and maturity of Coupa and related procurement tools.
• Integrate ESG, sustainability, and responsible-procurement requirements into sourcing strategies, supplier selection, contracting, and supplier management.
• Support CHANEL Sustainability initiatives and ESG objectives through sourcing and supplier actions.
• Use applicable supplier-risk tools and roadmaps to ensure Korea-based suppliers are assessed and appropriately qualified.
• Support CSR audits, ESG due diligence, and corrective-action follow-up, collaborating with Sustainability, Legal, Risk, and Business Units.

Skills

Culture

Chanel fosters a culture of timeless creativity, exacting craftsmanship, and quiet excellence, where employees are encouraged to uphold the house’s heritage while contributing to its continued innovation. The workplace environment is refined, collaborative, and deeply committed to quality, offering professionals the opportunity to grow within a globally respected maison that values discretion, artistry, and long-term vision.

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