About the role
At Chanel, we are anchored in our brand culture, codes and values with a clear vision and aligned priorities centered around being a human and purposeful employer. We are focused on supporting the needs of Chanel creation, people, and business, whilst bringing positive impact in the world and preparing the organisation for the future. We have a culture of high-performance standards of excellence with people being at their best in an environment where they feel a sense of belonging and purpose. Given the importance of people at Chanel, our People and Organisation (P&O) team is critical to the success of the brand and the company in the long term.
This role serves as the strategic HR Business Partner to the regional stakeholders, in translating the respective division mid-term plans (MTP) into a people strategy to achieve the business goals as well as driving the overall people agenda for the House. A key part of the role is to ensure the right organisation ecosystem is created for the House across SEAA (region and markets), encompassing design of organisations and jobs, capabilities and mindset, and evolution of ways of working, contributing to advancing Chanel’s ambition to be the best employer worldwide.
Impact you can create in the role
Act as a trusted advisor, thought partner and sounding board to the regional stakeholders and their teams to address challenges, both business and people:
- Translate the region’s vision and strategies into action, from conception to completion, through the people lens, incorporating innovation, agile organisation design and new ways of working.
- Drive change management in view of all strategic business and people initiatives and mobilise relevant resources and project team members to deploy appropriate action plans. Champion workforce planning and talent pipelining for both office and retail populations in strong partnership with market P&O Lead / HRBP.
- Share regular external market insights and internal people data / trends to facilitate decision making.
- Contribute actively to the global people agenda of the House, ensuring the needs of SEAA are addressed with a future and forward-thinking approach.
- Orchestrate the people agenda based on strategic priorities for the regions within the People and Organisation ecosystem of market P&O Lead/HRBP, P&O CoE and business services (HR) leads in collaboration with the business to ensure the right impact is achieved.
You are energised by
Developing strong business acumen across the region and engaging with the regional stakeholders and their teams from the building of business strategies to the formulation of the people strategies to actualise their mission.
- Building trusted partnerships and deep understanding of business challenges across the different SEAA markets and to orchestrate the people agenda with the Global team.
- People leadership – Engaging, empowering and developing the market HRBP to be at their best.
- Creating impact on the organisation ecosystems at market and regional levels, taking the overall mission of the House into account.
What you will bring
Solid organisation, culture and people leadership experience gained from sizeable multinational, matrixed companies with recognized people practices.
- Strong business acumen and sensitivity to changes in the external business, economic, people & technological environment with strong data analytics and decision-oriented mindset.
- An innovative mindset, able to demonstrate out-of-the-box thinking with the courage to experiment and test new ways of doing things.
- A seasoned driver of organisational change and business transformation in partnership with senior business leaders.
- Outstanding facilitation skills and able to lead conversations across diverse topics leading to clear actions that drive impact.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships & partnerships with people from different levels in the organisation and with different styles.
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.
