Specialist, Account Development

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 of Account Development to join our Commercial Development Team in New York. You will contribute to driving strategic sales goals, developing partner relationships, supporting the execution of activations, and identifying new business opportunities. This role collaborates across teams and is a key contributor to the sales and marketing initiatives. Our ideal candidate will have a minimum 3 years of experience and a passion for negotiations, strategic planning, omnichannel strategies, and client engagement.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

• Recognize and support synergies among retailer account groupings.
• Collaborate with Key Account Managers (KAMs) to align with marketing and planning teams, advancing Chanel’s vision within specific retail partnerships.
• Assist in developing new business initiatives and test & learn opportunities while providing proposals and analysis for future recommendations.
  
  
  

You are energized by:

• Collaborating with passionate teammates.
• Interacting and negotiating with external partners.
• Supporting leadership and contributing to team development.
• Solving problems with attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Operating with agility and resilience in a fast-paced environment.
• Fostering a culture of feedback, teamwork, and support within internal teams.
• Retail and the distribution ecosystem.
  
  
  

What you will bring to the team:

• Strategic thinking and market analysis expertise.
• Strong partner relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Unique industry insight or experience that enhances team capabilities.
• Understanding of both the in-store and online retail landscape.
• Ability to anticipate risks and develop solutions for continued growth.
• Skills to harmonize opportunities with retailers to align efforts with marketing and planning teams.
• A systematic approach to problem-solving through analytical thinking.
• Proven ability to contribute to revenue growth and achieving sales targets.
• Resilience and adaptability.
  
  
  

Position Logistics:

• Years of Experience: Minimum 3 years in business development, sales, or a related field.
• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree required.
  
  
  

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

• Refinement of negotiation skills.
• Interactions with senior leaders.
• Exposure to strategic initiatives and collaborative projects.
• Opportunities for development and visibility within the organization.
  
  
  

Compensation

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is $60,000 through $90,000. 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 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.