Chanel Wholesale Image Project Coordinator

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

• Coordinate store openings, closures, and renovations across the wholesale network with an apprentice, following Chanel’s permanent merchandising guidelines for planning, concepts, installations, and decorator follow-up.
• Coordinate operational interventions with internal commercial, field, and European teams and external retailers and service providers.
• Oversee furniture maintenance and review decorator interventions to ensure executional excellence, including handling requests through Yoobic, organizing interventions, monitoring quality, and communicating with teams.
• Serve as the merchandising contact for retail partners, defining customer journeys, adapting concepts for stores, and validating shelf space and locations.
• Analyze field feedback and propose visibility improvements.
• Participate in negotiations with retail partners to secure optimal brand presence.
• Support the national rollout of new merchandising concepts by selecting priority points of sale based on business needs, coordinating logistics, monitoring installation, and reporting.
• Place and track orders for furniture and merchandising materials in coordination with Supply teams, ensuring availability and on-time delivery.
• Manage project communications with retail partners and commercial and field teams.
• Coordinate with the Campaign Merchandising team to update and deploy prints for the three Beauty categories throughout the wholesale network.
• Maintain the reliability and optimization of the network’s print database, updating it as stores open, are renovated, or close.
• Manage prints through ADOP and brief and monitor service providers handling printing, distribution, and in-store installation.
• Contribute to improvements to tools used to manage the network.
• Use digital tools to manage projects, track field requests, and maintain reliable wholesale network data.
• Help deploy new operational processes and tools with Wholesale Operations and Development teams.
• Track merchandising project budgets, including forecasts, commitments, and expenses.
• Conduct regular field visits and competitor analyses to inform strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Higher education qualification at Bac +5 level.
• Strong interest in operational projects involving direct contact with field teams and retail partners.
• Previous exposure to project management.
• Initial experience in marketing, merchandising, trade marketing, or sales; knowledge of the beauty industry is an advantage.
• Rigorous, autonomous, and organized, with agility and adaptability to changing contexts.
• Solution-oriented and proactive, with the ability to make suggestions.
• Strong interpersonal skills for teamwork and communication with internal and external contacts.
• Proficiency in the Office Suite.

Skills

Experience

Previous exposure to project management and initial experience in marketing, merchandising, trade marketing, or sales.

Education

Higher education qualification at Bac +5 level.

Benefits

An onboarding programme that includes training in the history and products of the House.

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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