Group Director, F&B Strategy and Distribution

Group Director, F&B Strategy and Distribution

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 Group Director of F&B Strategy & Distribution plays a key role in developing long-term strategies for our business model as well as measuring key KPIs of current strategies. This role is part of the F&B Strategy & Business Development Team which is a divisional team missioned to provide strategic direction, structure, analysis and business insights in support of achieving our overarching objectives, through its strengths in Financial and Data Analysis, Market Insights, Governance, Account Development and cross divisional connection and consolidation.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

This role plays a critical part in developing future strategies and can have a large impact on daily leadership decision making. You will be an internal consultant for the Division to deep-dive into some of our biggest strategic questions around business models, distribution and client experience.

• Annually analyze the size of the US F&B market and project future growth using external sources and financial reporting. Analyze US market performance and outlook vs Chanel business
• Build out frameworks and models to support long-term strategic distribution related projects
• Lead the publishing of key insights and takeaways on the analysis of Chanel’s distribution performance through collaborate with Account Development, Retail Corporate teams, and Digital, supporting the publishing of key insights and takeaways 
• Stay abreast of and apply insights from key economic indicators, relevant industry news and consumer behavior trends
• Analyze external and internal business environment along with current business status to strategically identify critical issues and opportunities
• Provide actionable distribution, client, market insights alongside strategy recommendations to business partners
• Support the development of materials / presentations for key priority work and presentations (Budget Alignment, 3Yr Plan (MTP), and Country Review)
• Execute ad hoc analysis supporting key strategic questions for the Division

You are energized by…

Driving business development and connecting the dots between internal and external factors that impact growth and brand equity. You can easily navigate between details and data to very high-level visionary thinking and an aptitude in crafting the business ‘story’. You enjoy working independently but naturally drive collaboration and build relationships. You are comfortable interacting with senior leadership and functioning in a high paced environment where priorities and deadlines may change, requiring focus, agility and attention to detail.

What you will bring to the team...

• Experience in financial modeling, forecasting and sales planning
• Experience in data governance and collaborating with tech teams, to translate business needs into automated reporting
• Strong expertise in preparing reports and presentations for leadership teams
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts and data analysis clearly to diverse audiences
• Strong blend of analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to drive results and manage multiple priorities
• Proven ability to glean insights and patterns from large data sets, synthesize and story tell through visualization
• Actively solves complicated issues by analyzing situations and developing project plans that achieve goals in creative and effective ways
• Big picture thinking with an aptitude for bringing together multiple knowledge sources and a broad skill set to develop strategic objectives
• Open to new ideas and actively builds networks to achieve goal
• Independent and self-motivated working style, ability to take feedback and input from multiple leaders in a matrixed organization

Position Logistics:

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 10 years of experience. Candidates with prior retail or fragrance and beauty industry experience and/or consulting, strategic finance, investment banking preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI), Tableau experience is a plus
• Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence in our NYC office

What skills you will learn? What experiences might you have?

• Be part of the creation, measurement, and evolution of Chanel’s long term strategic planning
• Interact regularly with US and global leadership
• Ability to shape the future vision and strategy of Chanel F&B

Compensation: 

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is 133,000 through 170,000. 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.