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Associate Director, Product, Bal Harbour

Associate Director, Product

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:

The Associate Director, Product is a brand ambassador and business leader focused on delivering extraordinary experiences for internal team and clients. They will be responsible for driving the business of their respective product categories, coaching, and managing a team of salespeople, and equipping the Boutique Director with critical business knowledge.

What Impact You Can Create at CHANEL:

Through spending time on the selling floor, coach and inspire team to deliver an elevated client experience for all clients at all times
Foster a positive working environment and create a culture of feedback, encouraging diversity, mutual respect, and teamwork
Provide initial and frequent ongoing training and development for all team members, including Chanel savoir faire, product details and service delivery
Drive all aspects of the assigned product category, including analysis, reporting, assortment planning, and partnership with Home Office buying team
Run product category and lead team with agility and resilience, continuously improving based on key performance indicators and lessons learned
Represent Chanel in the market, developing the client base through community involvement, partnerships with local high-profile businesses, as well as social and seasonal events

You Are Energized By:

The history and heritage of The House of CHANEL
Building collaborative partnerships and relationships
Fostering a meaningful client experience centered around inclusion and connection
Being comfortable in the middle of complexity and ambiguity
Creativity and innovation by testing, learning, and taking new risks

Position Logistics:

Minimum 5 years of related experience
Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
Ability to lift 15 lbs.
A flexible schedule with the ability to work late nights, weekends, and some holidays

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.

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

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.

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.

Compensation:

Base salary, bonus potential and other forms of variable pay will be offered for this position

Benefits and Perks:

Flexibility (flexible time and hybrid work options)
Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing (2-week August Office Closure and 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, pension 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

Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.

By Chanel

Known for classic couture like "the little black dress" and famed fragrance Chanel No. 5, Chanel has been a haute name in fashion and cosmetics for decades. The company also creates watches and jewelry and has a single license -- for eyewear with ...

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FUNDING

Private

INDUSTRY

Department, Clothing & Shoe Stores

TEAM SIZE

10000+

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in London, United Kingdom

DATE POSTED

April 15, 2023