Orchestration brings intentionality, coherence and impact to Fashion's key projects, ensuring alignment across métiers, Markets and client touchpoints. By connecting strategy, governance and execution, it helps transform shared ambitions into meaningful and consistent outcomes across the Region and Markets.
As Orchestration Governance & Strategy Senior Manager for SEAA Fashion, you will play a central role in shaping the frameworks, governance and ways of working that unite our Fashion division across 360 métiers. Acting as a key link between Global, Regional and Market stakeholders, you will help translate strategic ambitions into actionable priorities, driving alignment, accountability and impactful execution across key Fashion initiatives.
Working closely with the Head of Orchestration, you will establish the standards that guide project delivery, support cross-functional initiatives and embed successful practices into the division's ongoing ways of working across SEAA.
Key missions
Shape Vision & Ambition: Contribute to the modelling of the Orchestration Team’s mission, vision and ambition, providing a clear frame to inspire collective progress and strengthen ways of working.
Structure Governance: Design and implement a robust orchestration governance cycle aligned with key business and planning milestones, ensuring clarity, cohesion and accountability across teams, enabling faster decision-making and stronger execution of Fashion priorities
Champion Collaboration: Foster an integrated, cross-functional culture by strengthening partnerships across Orchestration and key functions. Build alignment and shared ownership across stakeholders, reducing silos and ensuring key Fashion initiatives are delivered with consistency and collective commitment.
Streamline Ways of Working: Optimise workflows across all project phases – from framing to execution and measurement – enabling teams to collaborate efficiently and move seamlessly towards shared goals. Ensure clarity and collaboration on One House calendars and key projects.
Support transverse Projects: Lead and coordinate ad hoc or cross-functional initiatives by building taskforces with the right stakeholders, ensuring timely progress on key topics. Integrate successful outcomes into ongoing ways of working to drive continuous improvement and long-term impact.
Clarify Measurement & Reporting: Define success criteria and reporting principles, helping teams track progress, drive accountability and support continuous improvement.
You are energised by
Creating structure and clarity in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.
Connecting strategic ambition with practical execution across regional and local teams.
Navigating complexity, bringing stakeholders together and enabling collective decision-making.
Building efficient ways of working that help teams collaborate with purpose, discipline and agility.
What you will bring
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to bring structure, prioritisation and discipline to complex topics.
A collaborative mindset and the confidence to engage, align and influence stakeholders across functions and levels.
Strategic curiosity, with the ability to connect brand, business and operational priorities into clear actions.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and create shared understanding.
A continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on measurable outcomes, learning and long-term impact.
Experience
8–10 years of experience managing complex projects and programmes within large organisations.
Demonstrated ability to align diverse stakeholders and drive execution across functions, markets, and levels of seniority.
Experience designing governance frameworks, establishing ways of working, and embedding sustainable operating models within dynamic organisations.
Strong understanding of the Fashion business cycle, including collection milestones, commercial planning, and key moments that shape execution across markets and functions.
What Chanel can offer you
Through this role, you will deepen your understanding of both business and brand priorities within the Fashion Division, while developing your strategic thinking, governance expertise and ability to drive alignment across complex ecosystems. You will work closely with diverse metiers and stakeholders, contributing to initiatives that foster clarity, collaboration, and lasting impact across SEAA. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in collaborative, fast-paced environments, brings strong organisational skills, and is passionate about delivering clarity, enabling impact, and driving alignment across multi-disciplinary teams.
At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to Chanel.
Skills Required
- 8-10 years managing complex projects and programmes within large organisations
- Demonstrated ability to align diverse stakeholders and drive execution across functions, markets and seniority levels
- Experience designing governance frameworks, establishing ways of working, and embedding sustainable operating models
- Strong understanding of the Fashion business cycle, including collection milestones and commercial planning
- Strong organisational skills, prioritisation and discipline working on complex topics
- Collaborative mindset with confidence to engage, align and influence stakeholders across functions
- Strong communication skills with ability to simplify complexity and create shared understanding
- Strategic curiosity and ability to translate brand, business and operational priorities into actions
- Continuous improvement mindset focused on measurable outcomes and long-term impact
What We Do
CHANEL is a private company and a world leader in creating, developing, manufacturing and distributing luxury products. Founded by Gabrielle Chanel at the beginning of the last century, CHANEL offers a broad range of high-end creations, including Ready-to-Wear, Leather Goods, Fashion Accessories, Eyewear, Fragrances, Makeup, Skincare, Jewelry and Watches. CHANEL is also renowned for its Haute Couture collections, presented twice yearly in Paris, and for having acquired a large number of specialized suppliers, collectively known as the Métiers d’Art. CHANEL is dedicated to ultimate luxury and to the highest level of craftsmanship. It is a brand whose core values remain historically grounded on exceptional creation. As such, CHANEL promotes culture, art, creativity and “savoir-faire” throughout the world, and invests significantly in people, R&D and innovation. At the end of 2019, CHANEL employed more than 28,000 people across the world.
