Chanel Indirect Procurement Professional

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

• Independently manage end-to-end sourcing for assigned recurring, operational, and low-to-medium complexity goods and services.
• Support the Indirect Procurement Manager on strategic, high-value, complex, or sensitive sourcing initiatives, including RFx preparation, supplier analysis, commercial comparisons, and negotiation preparation.
• Clarify stakeholder requirements and prepare procurement documentation, including scopes of work, specifications, service levels, evaluation criteria, and timelines.
• Prepare RFx materials, bid-comparison analyses, award documentation, and contract-request packages.
• Conduct initial commercial and supplier analyses, identify variances and risks, and escalate issues for the Indirect Procurement Manager’s review.
• Track value, including savings, cost control, compliance, and process-improvement benefits.
• Serve as a responsive procurement contact for assigned stakeholders and categories, providing practical guidance on sourcing, contracting, policy, and process.
• Encourage early Indirect Procurement involvement and identify opportunities to consolidate demand, improve specifications, and plan renewals more effectively.
• Explain procurement processes and requirements clearly and practically, balancing business needs with governance requirements.
• Escalate stakeholder conflicts, sourcing-route disagreements, late engagement, and non-compliance risks to the Indirect Procurement Manager as appropriate.
• Collect user feedback and identify recurring pain points addressable through templates, training, automation, or process improvements.
• Conduct and maintain supplier due diligence and risk assessments using relevant tools, including BvD, in accordance with CHANEL requirements.
• Maintain a supplier-risk tracker for Indirect Procurement-managed suppliers, including assessment status, risk ratings, mitigation actions, reassessment dates, and outstanding documentation.
• Regularly monitor supplier risk and promptly escalate material financial, legal, reputational, operational, compliance, or sustainability concerns.
• Prepare risk summaries and procurement input for Risk Committee discussions; attend as the Indirect Procurement representative when requested by the Indirect Procurement Manager.
• Coordinate and track cross-functional assessments and approvals, including Information Security, data privacy, Health & Safety, Insurance, Legal, Compliance, Sustainability, and ICRM.
• Support supplier onboarding, periodic reassessment, performance-review preparation, corrective-action follow-up, renewal controls, and supplier offboarding.
• Act as the local operational owner and subject-matter resource for Korea’s Source-to-Pay Policy and Processes.
• Deliver policy and process training with the relevant teams for new and existing end users.
• Develop and maintain user guides, templates, checklists, FAQs, and training materials that support compliant purchasing.
• Monitor procurement KPIs and dashboards, following up with stakeholders on KPI gaps, incomplete documentation, overdue actions, and policy exceptions.
• Ensure procurement records, supplier data, sourcing documentation, and system data are complete, accurate, and up to date.
• Identify recurring process failures and propose automation, workflow, dashboard, AI, or system-enhancement opportunities to the Indirect Procurement Manager and APAC or Global teams.
• Integrate ESG, sustainability, and responsible-procurement requirements into RFx documents, supplier selection, contracting, and supplier reviews.
• Coordinate onboarding and engagement of in-scope suppliers in sustainability initiatives, including supplier communication, status tracking, and follow-up.
• Support CSR audits, ESG due diligence, and corrective-action follow-up where relevant, in collaboration with Sustainability, Legal, Risk, and Business Units.
• Promote responsible-procurement awareness among stakeholders and suppliers through practical guidance and sourcing documentation.

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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