Chanel Product Manager — Fragrance
Chanel seeks a Product Manager — Fragrance (6-month contract) in Taipei City. Short-term role managing fragrance product launches and cross‑functional coordination.
Overview
Chanel is a privately held French luxury House renowned for its couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, and beauty and fragrance lines. As an employer, the brand is recognised for its uncompromising standards of craftsmanship, creative leadership and global footprint, offering roles that combine heritage-driven savoir-faire with strategic commercial rigour.
Role & Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end product lifecycle for fragrance SKUs, from concept and development through launch and post-launch performance.
- Coordinate cross-functional activity with marketing, creative, R&D/perfumery, regulatory, packaging, supply chain and retail teams to deliver launches on time and on budget.
- Develop product briefs and translate creative and olfactive direction into commercial specifications and packaging requirements.
- Conduct market, competitor and consumer trend analysis to inform assortment, positioning and pricing decisions.
- Manage launch timelines, budgets and vendor relationships; ensure compliance with local regulatory and labelling requirements.
- Monitor sales performance and inventory, generate regular reporting and propose commercial actions to optimise sell-through and margin.
- Prepare internal presentations and product training materials for retail and wholesale partners.
- Act as a key point of contact for distributors, retail teams and external suppliers during the contract term.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, cosmetic science, chemistry or related discipline.
- 2+ years’ experience in product management, brand marketing or category management within beauty, fragrance or FMCG for Assistant level; 4+ years for Product Manager roles.
- Proven experience coordinating NPD or launch projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong commercial acumen, analytical rigour and experience with forecasting and basic P&L considerations.
- Familiarity with cosmetic/fragrance regulatory requirements and packaging constraints.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills; ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
Skills
Experience
Candidate should bring 2+ years of relevant experience for an Assistant Product Manager level or 4+ years for a Product Manager role, ideally gained within fragrance, prestige beauty or consumer-packaged goods. Demonstrable experience delivering product launches and coordinating cross-functional teams is required.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, cosmetic science, chemistry or a closely related discipline.
Workplace
This position is based in Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan. Cerulean lists 78 open roles in Taipei, including 4 posted recently. The broader Taipei area accounts for 97 active listings on Cerulean, 5 of which are new. In Taiwan as a whole, Cerulean currently features 123 open positions, with 5 posted this week.
Culture
Chanel cultivates an environment that values creativity, meticulous craftsmanship and discretion, while demanding commercial excellence. The workplace blends heritage-driven aesthetics with a global, collaborative structure, offering opportunities to work alongside artisans, perfumers and senior brand teams.
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