Senior Manager, Commercial Development

Senior Manager, Commercial 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:

The Senior Manager, Commercial Development roles are responsible for providing strategic account-specific support to our Multi-Brand Retail (MBR) partners. Specifically, these roles will help lead key wholesale accounts, and play a critical role in strategically building and managing our image and business within our Retailer partner network. 

The Senior Managers will develop and lead execution of short and long-term strategic plans for specified Retailer accounts, and act as the primary interface with corporate account partners (buyers, digital merchants, visual leads). These positions include responsibilities for the CHANEL Fragrance & Beaute MBR omni-channel business, inclusive of oversight and negotiation of e-commerce and digital marketing. These roles will identify and negotiate opportunities with retailers to augment CHANEL’s market-share, retailer rank, and drive our client loyalty KPIs.  

What impact you can create at CHANEL: 

The Commercial Development Senior Managers must apply a wide range of knowledge, skills and abilities to develop and implement strategic initiatives. The roles must consider Client experience, corporate marketing initiatives, commercial negotiations, and strategic roadmaps to drive the performance of CHANEL on and offline.  

What you are energized by:

Ideal candidates have a deep understanding of cosmetics and/or fashion, luxury retail, and has a solid understanding of corporate retailer environments. These individuals must have excellent communication skills, proven effective negotiation skills, and an ability to influence both external and internal parties while championing recommendations that supports overall Brand objectives. These roles regularly interface with