Senior Manager, F&B Strategy

Senior Manager, F&B Strategy and Performance 

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 Senior Manager of F&B Strategy and Performance plays a key role in providing Market Insights to the F&B Division.  This role is part of the Performance Management & Analysis Team which is a divisional team missioned to support the efficiency and effectiveness of achieving our overarching objectives, through its strengths in Process Performance, Financial and Data Analysis, and cross divisional connection and consolidation.  

What impact you can create at CHANEL: 

This role provides all members of the F&B Division and beyond to have available F&B Market Insights at their fingertips. Your contributions will ensure that the most important insights in the market and by channel are being discussed and that the Division is asking itself the right questions, setting the right strategies, and making the right investments.  You will be an internal consultant for the Division to deep dive into some of our biggest strategic questions. 

You are energized by: 

The fragrance and beauty business, products, trends, the retail industry & the evolution of the F&B Market. You enjoy driving collaboration, following your curiosity, challenging and re-challenging your own hypotheses, story-telling; supporting the synthesis of lots of data points, facts, and figures into a synthesized message. You are comfortable in a high paced environment, needing focus and agility.  

What you will bring to the team:

• At least 5-7 years professional experience, analytic experience required 

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint) 

• Advanced Excel and experience with data modeling and visualization  

• Advanced Powerpoint / Concise Storytelling 

• Demonstrated strength in communication and influencing skills; not only written and verbal, but also in the engagement of internal and external business partners

• Open to new ideas and actively builds networks to achieve goals

• Self-motivated, results-oriented, strategic thinker. Strong time management, prioritization skills, and ability to manage competing deadlines

• Basic understanding of database organization and data structure (data architecture, pivot tables, etc)  

• Strong blend of analytical, communication and problem-solving skills 

• Ability to glean insights/patterns from large data sets; must be analytical but also creative with an ability to tell a story from the numbers 

• Strong passion and interest for the fragrance and beauty business including products, brands, products, retailers across makeup, skincare and fragrance  

• Strong demonstrated interest, comprehension, and passion for following business news as well as social media, classic media and influencer trends across makeup, skincare and fragrance 

• Prior experience with Circana/NPD, competitive Insights data sets and programs (greatly preferred)

Position Logistics:

• Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence at the designated location/office.

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:

• 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, 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.