Senior Manager, Fashion Allocations

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Senior Manager, Fashion Allocations

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’s Fashion division is seeking a Senior Manager of Allocations to lead the planning and execution for its product allocations and stock rebalancing. The individual will contribute to the achievement of our financial and inventory goals by 1. driving the in-season replenishment of the Core/Reoffered assortment to boutiques from our warehouse and 2. partnering with the Merchandise Planning team to evaluate boutique’s inventory position in comparison to sales. In addition to helping optimize our processes, the Senior Manager of Allocations will also have a key role in coordinating Warehouse related activities and the implementation of future allocations tools

This position works closely with Merchandise Planning, Buying, Supply Chain & Retail Operations.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

·  Drive allocation strategies and execute bi-weekly allocations that support the OTB & Boutique’s needs. Prioritize allotment to maximize client demand during product scarcity
·  Analyze boutique’s inventory positions and collaborate with Merchandise Planning and Buying to impact future allocations and execute transfers/stock rebalancing
·  Ensure timely delivery of product to stores, building a relationship with warehouse teams, developing and adhering to time and action calendars
·  Liaise with warehouse to coordinate all Merchandise activity & provide monthly activity forecasts for capacity planning
·  Evaluate & consider impact of store capacity, events, visual merchandising & trends to allocations
·  Lead process of developing, updating and enhancing tools that support allocation planning and hind-sighting
·  Support change management and training for developments to our Allocations process

You are energized by:

·  Working cross functionally in a collaborative environment They will collaborate closely with partners in Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Supply Chain and Store Operations
·  Managing ambiguity and problem solving through proactive, agile & resilient mindset 
·  Balancing a strategic mindset with a hands-on, operational drive
·  Connecting the dots on problems, bring a key eye for details and expert problem perception

What you will bring to the team:

·  Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
·  Experience in managing replenishment tool and strategies
·  Strong analytical prowess to reconcile data across multiple sources and to draw actionable insights
·  Capacity to organize and prioritize workload with an attention to detail
·  Demonstrate strength in communication and influencing skills
·  Experience in luxury retail business preferred

Position Logistics:

·  Minimum 7 years of Allocations and Merch Planning experience
·  Bachelor’s Degree required
·  Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three-days in-person office presence in the New York office

*Chanel, Inc. reserves the right to edit, change, or make exceptions on designations where circumstances where deemed appropriate.

Compensation:

·  The anticipated base salary range for this position is $87,500 through $130,000. 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.