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provide regular status updates and escalate issues requiring corrective action.\nLead coordination between internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear responsibilities, transparent communication, and timely follow-up.\nAdvise architects, designers, project managers, contractors, and suppliers on practical ways to meet sustainability objectives.\nCoordinate certification documentation, evidence collection, submissions, and communication with relevant external partners.\nEstablish and oversee the reporting of construction-site waste, including waste generation, diversion, recycling, and disposal data.\nSupport the monitoring of agreed social and labor-related aspects of contracted construction workers, in collaboration with internal teams, contractors, and specialist partners.\nWork with the Sustainability Team and external partners to calculate and track the embodied carbon emissions of selected projects.\nManage and continuously improve sustainable materials databases for Architecture, Visual Merchandising, and Events teams.\nResearch and assess new lower-carbon, circular, responsibly sourced, and innovative materials for potential use in projects.\nTranslate Chanel’s sustainability priorities into practical project requirements, guidance, and performance indicators.\nContribute to internal sustainability reporting and provide accurate project-level environmental and social data.\nRepresent the company’s sustainability requirements in negotiations with landlords, developers, property managers, and leasing partners.\nExperience and Qualifications\nDegree in architecture, interior design, building engineering, construction management, environmental engineering, or a comparable technical field.\nApproximately 8-10 years of relevant professional experience preferred, including significant project-management experience in retail, commercial interiors, architecture, construction, engineering, or a closely related environment.\nAt least three years of experience integrating sustainability-related requirements or processes into projects, including areas such as circularity, energy efficiency, materials, construction waste, embodied carbon, or carbon performance.\nDemonstrated experience delivering LEED ID+C projects, particularly luxury commercial interiors, retail interiors, tenant fit-outs, or workplace projects.\nExperience with LEED BD+C, major renovations, Core and Shell, or LEED O+M would be a strong advantage.\nLEED AP with ID+C specialty is strongly preferred. 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