Senior Manager, Transformation Office
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 Senior Manager to join our Transformation Office in New York. This role and team sits at the intersection of foresight and strategic visioning. This individual will play a critical role on the team to synthesize research, shape strategy, and produce the high-quality communications that move the work forward. This role interfaces primarily with the Transformation Office and may partner with the Insights team, the Procurement Team, and select divisional teams. Our ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience and a passion for creative problem solving and an entrepreneurial mindset.
What impact you can create at CHANEL:
Support strategic research and roadmapping efforts, helping the team track progress and maintain clarity on longer term initiatives
Contribute to internal strategic action planning, including workstream coordination and initiative tracking across the transformation agenda.
Translate complex data, insights, and analysis into compelling narratives and visual storytelling for senior stakeholders
Build polished, executive ready presentations (ie powerpoints, white papers) with a high standard of quality
Serve as a flexible team resource, stepping in to support a range of workstreams and functional needs as priorities evolve.
You are energized by:
Working in a cross-functional environment
Navigating ambiguity to support transformation initiatives
Connecting the dots on problems, bring a keen eye for details
Enjoys collaborative brainstorming and ideation
What you will bring to the team:
Position Logistics:
Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence at the New York Corporate office.
8+ years experience
Education Requirements – college degree preferred
Travel requirements- minimal US travel (>10%)
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What skills you will learn? What experiences might you have?
Bird’s-eye view of company strategy that gives visibility to cross-divisional ambitions
Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
Cross-divisional collaboration – working fluidly across departments with different languages, priorities, and structures
Direct interaction with senior leadership, building relationships that enhance growth and exposure
Experience being a change agent: develop the ability to advocate for innovation
Compensation:
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $87,500 through $135,000. 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 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 organization 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 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.