Fashion Merchandising Manager

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the planning and execution of merchandising strategies that align with our brand vision and business objectives. This is a crucial role in buying cycles, ensuring that the product assortment resonates with our target market, enhances the customer experience, and drives sales in line with top-down business priorities. The position supports the Head of Merchandising with daily business operations, stepping in as second when required, and leveraging experience and expertise to guide and develop the Merchandising Team towards greater efficiency. Additionally, this role manages a Merchandising Admin Assistant, focusing on their professional growth and ensuring all tasks are completed to the highest standard. What impact you can create at Chanel:

• Strategic Planning: Management of the Ready to Wear and SLG business with support of the Merchandising Admin Assistant, develop and implement comprehensive merchandising strategies aligning with global steering and target clients, through analysis and market trend awareness
• Financial Planning: Use knowledge of field to guide financial sales planning, guiding OTB levels during buying cycles
• Sales Analysis: Monitor and maximise sales performance to achieve target inventory levels, providing insights and recommendations to optimise business opportunities
• Inventory Management: Work with supply chain to monitor deliveries ahead of collection launches and communicate to wider Fashion division, ownership of stock movements and diversions. Manage relationship with Distribution Team
• Cross-Function Collaboration: Working closely with Retail, Training, Visual Merchandising and Marketing Teams to support and guide
• Reporting: Lead the monthly business review and guide team to complete Merchandising Reporting on a weekly, monthly and ad hoc basis (Collection Launches, Markdowns and wider business initiatives)
• Market Awareness: Stay aware of market trends, competitor activity and positioning and client behaviours
• Projects: Support Head of Merchandising on wider business projects such as Hero, Anaplan and Fashion BI Migration
• Team Support: Support the Head of Merchandising as the next point of contact, motivating the Merchandising team and fostering a collaborate and high performing culture to improving efficiencies
  
  Positivity, curiosity & ability to challenge the status quo
• Self-motivated and independent thinker with strong initiative
• Dedicated to continuous learning and improvement, with ability to inspire others in the process
• Proven experience and expertise in merchandising and product management
You are energised by:
• Working in a highly collaborative environment
• Developing and ensuring the happiness of the team
• Creatively problem solving complex issues with a wide scope
• Thoroughness and attention to detail
  
  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.
  
  Contributing in the on-going and companywide version of sustainability. Sustainability is one of CHANEL's key performance drivers, embedded into our ways of working we require continued collective action from all employees to deliver on CHANEL's House Sustainability Ambitions across our four key areas:
+ Restoring Nature and Climate + Investing in Circularity + Advancing dignity and prosperity + Promoting the autonomy of women What you will gain from this experience:
• Experience working with best-in-class fashion product and unique Chanel Savoir Faire. Freedom to build impactful and creative strategies, support and guide a Merchandising Team and collaborate with the wider Fashion business.
• The UK Region plays a pivotal role in delivering on CHANEL's House Sustainability Ambitions. Transforming our business and leaving a lasting positive impact on people and planet will require the collaborative efforts of everyone across our House. As an employee of CHANEL, you will be an important part of this journey
Benefits at CHANEL Our employee benefits have been created to support you across your professional and personal life by offering you:
• Physical Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance covering pre-existing medical conditions and ability to add family members, Online GP App with 24/7 appointments available within 24 hours and Cycle Scheme participation for a tax-exempt bike and/or accessories
• Financial Wellbeing: Pension, Life Assurance and Retail Discounts across multiple retailers including Supermarkets, Gyms, Days Out and 100's more
• Mental Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programmes and Other Support Lines
• Platforms: Multiple Platforms to support across Wellbeing
• Lifestyle: Arts & Culture Ticket Discounts across major London attractions, CHANEL Product Discounts and Employee Only Sales
• Employee Recognition: Service Awards Programme offering CHANEL Products, Retail Vouchers and Additional Holidays across milestones
• Benefits are eligibility dependant and subject to change at any time