Hermès Logistics Project Manager

About Hermès

Hermès is an independent Maison recognised for artisanal excellence, uncompromising quality and slow-growth strategy. As an employer, Hermès combines heritage craftsmanship with modern operational rigour, offering opportunities to contribute to product lifecycle, circularity and premium client experiences within a values-driven, inclusive workplace.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end projects for the Nouvelles Chances Produits (NCP) department, from requirements framing through go‑live and post‑launch support, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, schedule and governance.
• Co‑design and deploy the project roadmap in collaboration with the Head of the Project Unit and steer multiple concurrent initiatives across SI, logistics, operations and after‑sales.
• Capture functional needs, write expressions of requirements and specifications, manage calls for tender and evaluate vendor deliverables.
• Plan and animate workshops, COPROJ/COPIL and steering committees; produce clear, structured reporting and executive syntheses.
• Define and manage test plans, organise functional acceptance (recettes) and validate deliverables before production release.
• Anticipate and escalate risks; propose mitigation plans and maintain proactive issue management.
• Drive change management (impact analysis, communications, training and adoption) to secure team buy‑in and operational readiness at go‑live.
• Audit intralogistics flows, processes and tools to identify priorities and propose a phased optimisation roadmap (capacity, organisation, WMS/TMS and automation).
• Produce strategic recommendations and benchmark market best practices (Lean, automation, robotisation, WMS/TMS, IA/analytics).
• Coordinate the logistics site relocation project (real estate, intralogistics, processes, SI) in close collaboration with HR, After‑Sales and support functions.
• Supervise and manage external partners and consultants, ensuring deliverable quality and contractual commitments.
• Organise regular performance monitoring via KPIs and flash reports; transfer project outputs to Continuous Improvement teams for long‑term sustainment.

Qualifications

• Degree from an engineering school, university or business school.
• Minimum of approximately 3 years' proven experience in project management, ideally managing multiple parallel projects with strong exposure (in‑house or consulting).
• Demonstrated experience in cross‑functional stakeholder management and transverse team leadership.
• Proven capability to manage project risk and to propose pragmatic mitigation measures.
• Functional knowledge of one or more ERP solutions; prior exposure to warehouse operations is a strong plus.

Skills

Experience

Approximately 3 years in a similar project management role, ideally within supply chain/logistics or consulting, with demonstrated experience coordinating multi‑stakeholder programmes and delivering operational change in a warehouse or logistics environment.

Education

Degree from an engineering school, university or business school.

Workplace

Culture

Hermès blends artisanal heritage with rigorous operational practice; teams are encouraged to balance long‑term craftsmanship values with progressive transformation and circularity initiatives. The Maison emphasises ethics, inclusion and employee development while maintaining elevated standards of quality and client experience.

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