- Location
- Orléans Centre-Val de Loire France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
About Christian Dior
Christian Dior, founded in Paris in 1946, stands as one of the world’s most influential maisons, uniting haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, fragrance, beauty, and exceptional retail experiences. As an employer, Dior offers a culture shaped by artistic audacity, meticulous craftsmanship, and the pursuit of excellence, where heritage and innovation continually enrich one another. Its teams collaborate across ateliers, studios, boutiques, and corporate functions within an international environment that values elegance, precision, inclusivity, and entrepreneurial spirit. Working at Dior means contributing to a legacy of timeless style while helping define the future of luxury with creativity, discipline, and purpose.
Parfums Christian Dior is hiring a full-time Production Manager on a permanent contract at an on-site production unit in Orléans. The role leads a production or packaging sector, overseeing team development, safety, quality, efficiency and service, while coordinating cross-functional planning and continuous improvement.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the daily routines of a team comprising two or three team leaders and support them in managing team changes.
- Manage and develop the teams, coaching team leaders to strengthen their management capabilities and foster greater team autonomy.
- Provide hands-on leadership to cultivate a positive, stable working climate; support team leaders on the shop floor, resolve operational issues, and promote inclusion and employee well-being.
- Support the production schedule and all activities across the sector, including equipment care and standards, and conduct regular audits to the required level.
- Make safety a priority in daily actions and decisions, and help strengthen the department’s safety culture.
- Own overall sector performance and embody the Maison’s LEAN culture.
- Ensure coherent planning and coordinate the stakeholders across the sector, providing the necessary leadership to Industrial Supply, scheduling, methods, engineering, safety, quality, management control, industrialization, HR, R&I and Marketing.
- Anticipate new product launches and coordinate sensitive production campaigns, including ramping up new products on the production line.
- Maintain and lead the SQDCME dashboard for the sector.
- Help define and implement the sector roadmap with the Continuous Improvement Manager, including reducing the scrap rate, increasing TRS and optimizing standards.
Qualifications
- General engineering, chemistry or process engineering education.
- At least five years of experience, particularly in production management, ideally in the process chemicals industry.
- Substantial project management experience.
- Team management experience is an asset.
- Demonstrated natural leadership, a proven LEAN culture, strong shop-floor orientation and results focus.
- Sound judgment and the ability to communicate positions constructively.
- Rigour, strong interest in processes and excellent organizational skills.
- Responsiveness, adaptability, and strong analytical and synthesis skills.
- Results orientation and commitment to continuous improvement.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, strong team spirit, and demonstrated ability to unite colleagues and peers.
- Strong customer orientation and service mindset.
- Proactivity and the ability to identify sources of inefficiency and propose corrective actions.
Skills
Experience
At least five years, particularly in production management and ideally in the process chemicals industry.
Education
Degree in general engineering, chemistry or process engineering.
Workplace
This position is based in Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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Culture
Christian Dior fosters a culture of refined creativity, exceptional craftsmanship, and continuous innovation, where teams are encouraged to uphold the Maison’s heritage while shaping the future of luxury. As an employer, it offers a dynamic and exacting environment that values collaboration, excellence, and the development of talent across artistic, retail, and corporate disciplines.
About Cerulean
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