Senior Manager, Planning

Senior Manager, Planning

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.

About the role:

The Senior Manager of Merchandise Planning in Fashion is a highly skilled and results driven merchandise planner with a strong analytical mindset, a keen eye for identifying business opportunities, and the ability to develop and execute business strategies.  As a key member of the Merchandise Planning team, the Senior Manager will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align sales and inventory targets with broader business objectives and optimize overall performance.  

The Senior Manager will support the Senior Group Director by acting as the owner/operator of a key category within the fashion division, contributing to the team’s objectives and driving the overall success of Merchandising. 

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

• Ensure the success of one or more categories by demonstrating full ownership of merchandise planning responsibilities, developing and executing plans/strategies to achieve revenue and inventory targets 
• Forecast monthly sales at the department and boutique level, and while identifying opportunities/risks and reconciling each session to prior versions  
• Create OTB plans for every collection that strategically maximize sale potential, inventory efficiency and facilitate buyers' assortment objectives 
• Monitor sales and inventory performance against set targets, providing regular updates to key stakeholders and adjusting strategies as needed to guarantee goals are met or exceeded 
• Contribute to inventory optimization by formulating in-season transfers, inter and intra diversions/reallocations, setting new boutique opening targets, warehouse consolidations, etc 
• Manage the end of product lifecycle planning process according to global guidelines 
• Prepare and present clear, concise reports on performance, highlighting key insights, challenges, and recommendations for future strategies, ensuring timely action is taken 
• Collaborate to complete long range planning deadlines as part of Chanel’s annual MTP process  
• Drive implementation of new technology/processes that enable efficiencies and improve forecast accuracy 
• Collaborate with Product, Visual Merchandising, Retail, Supply, Client Insights teams to substantiate forecast assumptions and drive execution of projects 
• Draw on your leadership abilities to be a champion for planning projects and actively participate on cross-functional taskforces, when applicable 
• Address impromptu requests and be a proactive, agile partner in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to drive alignment and achieve collective business objectives 

You are energized by:

• Willingness to challenge the status quo and actively look for opportunities & enterprise efficiencies 
• Achieving group goals by collaborating with different business partners 
• Applying organizational skills to help prioritize and manage multiple requests & deliverables 
• Storytelling and drawing conclusion through data and analysis 
• Managing ambiguity and problem solving through proactive, agile & resilient mindset  
• Expressing Innate curiosity, intuition, drive, & authenticity 
• Making decisions by conceptualizing future opportunities and developing strategic business initiatives 

What you will bring to the team:

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint 
• Excellent analytical skills 
• Must possess expert Retail Math skills 
• Extensive knowledge and experience in merchandise, assortment and financial planning initiatives. Demand Planning a plus 
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, both spoken and written 
• Excellent interpersonal skills 

Position Logistics:

• Minimum 7 years of Merchandise Planning experience 
• Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence at the designated location/office. 
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA a plus 
• Location requirement: NY

Compensation:

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is 87,500 through $125,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position. Other components [may/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks.

Benefits and Perks:

• Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing (Please select appropriate time off for your role: 2-week August Office Closure OR Wellbeing Days in Retail) and a Wellbeing fund 

• Family and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, MilkStork, and Care.com Membership)

• Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days 

• 401Kand other incentives 

• Robust healthcare offerings; medical, dental, vision, MDLIVE (virtual care), One Medical, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), Health Savings Account and Employee Assistance Program

• Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Advocate, International Business Travel Accident & Medical, and Commuter Transit & Parking

Additional Information:

Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in:

Diversity and Inclusion:

• At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all.  We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients. 

• We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support.

Chanel Community:

• CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities. 
• Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations. 

Sustainability:

• CHANEL Mission 1.5° is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

• Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives.

Arts and Culture:

• We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent.  US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.

Fondation Chanel:

• Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL’s mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny.  Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years. 

• For more information, please navigate to the Fondation Chanel website here

Career and Leadership Development: 

• We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees,developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People, Heart of Leadership and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills.

*Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.