Specialist, Account Planner

Job description

Account Planning Specialist

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 Specialist, to join our Account Planning team in our Fragrance & Beauty (F&B) division in New York. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Account Planning, you will play a role in supporting sell-in and sell-out strategy, account relationships, and stock optimization strategy for our wholesale accounts to meet sales & inventory plans and service level objectives. This role interfaces with multiple functions in our division and is a key partner for our Account Development, Merchandise Planning and Field teams. Our ideal candidate will have three years of experience and a passion for inventory strategy and optimization.

Key Responsibilities include:

1. Account Planning

·  Manage, communicate, and execute phase-ins, phase-outs, return of goods on discontinued and post-holiday items and track in-season compliance both internally and externally
·  Support executing retail sales & net shipment plans by month annually, given the current state as well as incorporating retailer projections and internal goals.
·  Collaborate with internal partners and retailer merchant teams on business reviews, open-to-buy management, and plan revisions to influence buying strategies in support of Chanel strategic objectives and brand philosophies.
·  Assist management in reviewing and re-projecting merchandise, inventory, and financial plans per the corporate cadence
·  Responsible for recognizing retail trends or patterns and adjusting forecasts accordingly, review replenishment by door to maximize product performance, and minimizing liabilities.
·  Partner with Senior Manager, Account Planner and internal partners to understand retail potential of planned promotional activity and local initiatives to ensure inventory is planned accordingly.
·  Drive for financial disciplines and inventory efficiency while working with the buyer and buy planner to support the execution of the merchandise strategy
·  Provide analysis and distribution of key retailer KPIs like BOM, WOS, and as it relates to last forecast.
·  Partner with Chanel Supply Chain Planning teams on OMNI inventory needs
·  Partner w/ Campaign planners to influence allocation based on market dynamic and account needs
·  Support Senior Manager in leading and supporting internal deep dives related to business performance improvement initiatives, including the evaluation of current process and effectiveness of associated control(s) and deliver recommendations to improve processes, systems, and related training.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

·  Our ideal candidate is analytical, and numbers driven, with an ability to multi-task and synthesize data to drive the performance of our wholesale business and meet our customer demands. Our ideal candidate will be able to:
·  Support a multi-faceted and evolving retail distribution network with a focus on our open-sell partners
·  Digest and execute on large sets of data supporting a high sales and SKU volume
·  Exposure and/or eagerness to learn and implement new processes that solve challenges

You are energized by:

·  Displaying agility by showing flexibility and cultivating a growth mindset through resiliency within a fast-paced environment
·  Navigating complexity and being able to work autonomously
·  Working with multiple accounts and large sets of data to tell an impactful story through the numbers
·  Working cross-functionally and cultivating impactful relationships with key stakeholders to drive the success in our wholesale network

What you will bring to the team:

·  A high comfort level and experience with a high sales volume, large sets of data, a high SKU count with heavy seasonality
·  Highly analytical with an aptitude for interpreting and utilizing data to improve and propose strategic impact
·  Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with personnel at all levels of the organization.
·  Strategic thinker/tactical executor with the ability to embrace change and foster new opportunities to grow and protect the business
·  Must be self-motivated and a self-starter, with a strong attention to detail and systems acumen.
·  Fundamental knowledge of the Supply Chain including supply planning, forecasting models, inventory management, manufacturing, and distribution
·  Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly.
·  Possess strong organizational and time management skills
·  Learning agility and ability to creatively problem-solve in a fast-paced environment; ability to balance multiple tasks

Position Logistics:

·  3 years of experience, ideally within an Operations capacity (Inventory / Account Planning, Allocation, Distribution, Supply Chain, etc.)
·  Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in a Supply Chain/Merchandising/Planning field
·  Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and retail management software
·  Good communication and teamwork abilities
·  Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills
·  Previous experience with Anaplan is a plus
·  Previous experience with open sell is a plus

*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 $61,200 through 92,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other components [may/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, 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.