Group Director, Merchandise Planning

Group Director, Merchandise 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:
CHANEL is looking for a Group Director to join our Fragrance & Beauty Merchandise Planning Team in New York, NY. You will be accountable for the entire Beauty catalog forecast and own all campaign performance and dimensioning, both retail and shipments. This role interfaces with many vital cross-functional partners across the business and is a strategic partner for developing an accurate SKU forecast, both on-going and campaign, to adhere to and impact brand financial goals and progress our brand’s leadership and future. Our ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience and a passion for data analysis, collaboration, and challenging the status quo. This role will be a driver of influence within the business and manage key business critical, cross-functional projects.
What impact you can create at CHANEL:
Owning Beauty catalog SKU forecast, while delivering on forecast accuracy goals; including base business, promotional plans, new launch volumes, and seasonality
Accountable for retail planning for all new campaigns, using benchmarks and partnering with cross-functional teams to dimension the overall volume, while mitigating E&O risk
Drive monthly forecast validation meeting with marketing, sales, and finance, providing analysis to support decision making with key stakeholders regarding yearly outlook on retail performance and gross shipments
Liaise with Sales & Marketing to ensure forecasts reflect company plans and promotional activities ensuring stellar customer service to retailers
Shape & influence the yearly budget process by helping build company targets and highlight opportunities and risks
Own and manage key cross-functional projects and processes, while being a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a specific system managed by the team
Shared accountability for achieving service level, inventory targets and excess & obsolete inventory goals in partnership with supply planners
Ad hoc analysis for management observing demand variability for base business, new launches, and retailer specific activities
You are energized by:
Working in a highly collaborative, team environment
Navigating complexity and supporting consistent transformation and change management
Leading cross-functional projects/systems by becoming a Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Continuing to strive forward and challenge inefficiencies
Facilitate transparent communication with key global partners
Creative thinking skills to develop solutions to complex problems that do not appear to have one clear answer
What you will bring to the team:
Open mindedness to learn new systems & processes, while also challenging status quo
Efficient and strong time management, multitasking and prioritization skills to work through multiple issues concurrently, independently and adhering to deadlines
Highly analytical with an aptitude for interpreting and utilizing data to improve and propose change
Must be self-motivated and self-starter, with strong analytical skill, attention to detail, and systems acumen
Fundamental knowledge of the Supply Chain including supply planning, forecasting models, inventory management, manufacturing, and distribution
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with personnel at all levels of the organization
Supply Chain/Mathematics/Planning degree preferred, but not required
High proficiency of Microsoft Excel
Data Visualization skills (Storytelling: Tables, Charts, etc)
Unique industry or internship experience, a bonus
Position Logistics:
8 years of experience (minimum)
Previous management experience strongly preferred
BA/BS Degree
Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence in the New York, NY office
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What skills you will learn? What experiences might you have?
Relationship management & cross-functional collaboration
Leading campaign tracking for responsible catalog
Opportunities for visibility to senior leadership
Contributor to key processes/systems through SME
Compensation:
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $135,000 through $155,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other components will include additional compensation, benefits, and perks.
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:
Benefits and Perks:
• Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing (Wellbeing Days in Retail) and a Wellbeing fund
• Family and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, Milk Stork, and Care.com Membership)
• Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days
• 401K and 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.
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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.

Skills
Data Analysis, Excel, Inventory Management