Specialist, Account Planner

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.

Responsibilities

• Sell-in and sell-out strategy support
• Account relationships and stock optimization strategy
• Collaborate with internal partners and retailer merchant teams on business reviews, open-to-buy management, and plan revisions
• Support Senior Manager in leading and supporting internal deep dives related to business performance improvement initiatives
• Manage, communicate, and execute launch items set up and track for compliance with retail partners
• By door allocation breakouts for launches inclusive of retail and non-retail items
• Order uploads and PO tracking to ensure appropriate fill rates for launches
• Recognize retail trends or patterns and action reorder to support
• Communicate with market teams
• Drive for financial discipline and inventory efficiency while working with the senior manager account planning and manager inventory planning to support the execution of the merchandise strategy
• Partner with Chanel Supply Chain Planning teams on OMNI inventory needs
• Partner with Campaign planners to influence allocation based on market dynamic and account needs

Qualifications

• Three years of experience
• A passion for inventory strategy and optimization
• 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
• 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 retail management software
• Good communication and teamwork abilities
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Learning agility and ability to creatively problem-solve in a fast-paced environment; ability to balance multiple tasks