Chanel

Manager, Merch Execution and Logistics

New York Full time

Manager, Merchandising Execution and Logistics

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 Job:

CHANEL is looking for a Manager, Merchandising Execution and Logistics to join our Fragrance and Beauty Operational Excellence Team in New York. This dynamic position centers on cross-functional collaboration, contributing as an expert on operational efficiency and delivering seamless logistical support. You will play a vital role in coordinating divisional kitting initiatives, as well as leading various areas of merchandising execution. This multifaceted approach emphasizes adaptability, attention to detail, and proactive problem-solving to deliver high-quality retail experiences. Our ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience.

What impact you can create at CHANEL: 

  • Coordinate collateral kitting logistics for cross-functional initiatives

  • Own successful execution of merchandising updates at Ulta; partnering closely with the market team, in-store experience, production, and commercial development

  • Serve as the primary point of contact and escalation for merchandising execution needs across the market team

  • Manage resolution of image and video install concerns

  • Build relationships and continuously improve communication flow between internal teams, market, and third-party vendors 

  • Prioritize continuous process improvement by collecting feedback, tracking and documenting internal procedures, and communicating system and process changes to internal and external partners 

  • Influence internal execution strategies and decision making through store environment and logistics knowledge 

  • Bring our brand image to life at point of sale, with the help of our market team and third-party vendors  

You are energized by:

  • Workinng in a highly collaborative environment

  • Managing a variety of different projects at once

  • Creating educational materials and providing executional training to market teams

  • Navigating complexity and supporting consistent transformation and change 

  • Being curious, driven, and comfortable with ambiguity 

  • Proactive, problem-solving mindset, creating simplicity whenever possible 

What you will bring to the team:

  • Connecting the dots on problems and solving for potential roadblocks proactively

  • Communicating clearly and succinctly 

  • Adaptability to strategy shifts

  • Ability to listen to others and influence the ways we work 

  • Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects/programs simultaneously 

  • Ability to prioritize competing initiatives and make executional trade-offs

  • Operational background preferred 

  • Experience with Smartsheet preferred 

  • Retail Experience a plus 

Position Logistics: 

  • 5 years of experience 

  • Bachelor’s degree required 

  • Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence at the our New York Corporate Office.

Compensation:

  • The anticipated base salary range for this position is $ 70,200 through $110,000. 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: 2-week August Office Closure 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

  • 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.

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.