The posting
Why This Mission
Reporting to the Head of Indirect Procurement of North Asia and South-East Asia & Australia, this role acts as the regional procurement partner for boutique construction, complementing Design and Store Planning expertise with commercial intelligence, supplier market intelligence, sourcing governance, contractual protection and supplier risk management.
The role protects design intent and luxury quality standards while improving cost transparency, commercial competitiveness and supplier resilience across the region, and brings commercial insight and supplier-market expertise into projects from concept development through delivery and close-out.
Impact You Can Create In The Role
Strategic Procurement Partnership
- Act as Procurement business partner to regional Boutique Architecture, Retail Architecture and Store Planning Teams throughout the boutique project lifecycle.
- Develop sourcing approaches appropriate to new boutiques, renovations, refreshes and specialist construction packages.
- Establish early Procurement involvement during project planning and capital expenditure budgeting stage.
- Challenge commercial assumptions constructively while respecting Designer's technical and aesthetic ownership.
- Build regional category strategies covering general contractors, fit-out contractors, millwork, specialist finishes, lighting, furniture installation and relevant consulting services.
Cost Intelligence & Commercial Benchmarking
- Develop regional cost benchmarks across markets and boutique formats.
- Establish should-cost models for recurring construction packages.
- Analyse labour, material, logistics, preliminaries, contractor overhead and margin separately where commercially appropriate, on normalized like-for-like basis.
- Track historical unit rates and project cost movements.
- Identify unusual cost movements and provide fact-based commercial challenges.
- Develop cost-per-square-metre and category/unit-rate intelligence while recognising differences in specification and market conditions.
Competitive Sourcing & Supplier Selection
- Design appropriate tender and negotiation strategies with Boutique Architecture, Retail Architecture and Store Planning Teams.
- Ensure sufficient competitive tension where the supplier market permits.
- Lead the commercial component of supplier evaluation.
- Establish transparent evaluation criteria covering commercial competitiveness, capability, capacity, quality, risk and project requirements.
- Support supplier negotiations and recommendation documentation.
- Ensure single-source or nominated-supplier decisions have appropriate commercial justification and governance.
Supplier Market Development
- Continuously scan the contractor and specialist supplier market.
- Develop credible alternative suppliers before projects arise.
- Reduce dependency on a limited number of incumbent contractors.
- Identify cross-market supplier capabilities.
- Develop regional supplier panels.
- Assess supplier financial and operational resilience.
- Organise supplier capability reviews together with Design.
- Build challenger suppliers progressively through smaller projects before considering them for flagship boutiques.
Supplier Performance & Risk Management
- Establish structured performance reviews for strategic construction suppliers.
- Monitor commercial, quality, delivery, compliance and service issues.
- Lead supplier improvement plans from a procurement perspective.
- Track supplier concentration and dependency risks.
- Partner with SME Teams on responsible sourcing, ESG and supplier compliance expectations.
- Maintain regional visibility of strategic construction suppliers.
Commercial & Contract Management
- Lead commercial negotiations on pricing, payment terms, warranties, liabilities and other commercial conditions.
- Establish framework agreements with frequently used contractors and specialist suppliers.
- Negotiate regional rate cards where appropriate.
- Standardise commercial terms while allowing project-specific technical requirements.
- Partner with Legal on contracting strategy.
- Improve discipline around purchase orders, variations and final accounts.
You are energized by
- Creating value at the intersection of design excellence and commercial discipline – asking the right questions early, making trade-offs visible and helping creative teams realize ambitious concepts with greater cost and delivery certainty.
- Building trusted partnerships with Boutique Architecture, Retail Architecture, Finance and local markets, with Procurement recognized as a source of market insight, options and solutions rather than a late-stage approval gate.
- Transforming construction procurement from transactional tender support into a regional Design-to-Value capability that improves decisions, strengthens the supplier ecosystem and protects the House’s investment.
What you will bring
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of construction costing as proactive, value-creating tool.
- Proven track record in procuring construction projects including strategic sourcing, procurement processes, contract management and supplier relationship management.
- Ability to drive change initiatives with a robust governance mindset, ensuring compliance and structure throughout transformation.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity by developing solution-oriented approaches to shape the future-state organization.
- Ability to excel in fostering trusted, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders through exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, grounded on rigorous data analysis and business acumen.
- Ability to convert complex procurement metrics and cost data into compelling, actionable insights tailored for design stakeholders and suppliers.
- Demonstrate proven results in end-to-end management of large-scale change management initiatives.
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently, effectively prioritizing to deliver on agreed timelines while transparently communicating progress and milestones.
- Good command of written and spoken English in story-telling.
What CHANEL can offer you…
- Experience the deep satisfaction of being the architect and driver of tangible transformation – seeing your vision translates into streamlined processes, enhanced compliance, measurable cost savings, and ultimately, stronger marketing effectiveness across the Regions.
- Command significant influence at both regional and local levels, shaping how smart investments are made in Boutique Construction domain. Your decisions and strategies will directly impact the House's brand presence and commercial success across diverse Asia markets.
- Build trust and find common ground between passionate designers and financially-driven executives. Develop the sophisticated communication skills to make a financial case to designers and a creative case to a financier.
At Chanel, we are you 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.
