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SalaryManager, Boutique Architecture
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 Job:
CHANEL is looking for a Manager, Boutique Architecture to join our Boutique Architecture Team in New York, New York. This role is part of an in-house regional team of professionals that manages the design and construction of CHANEL fashion boutiques in the US. The Manager will work closely with the Group Director of Boutique Architecture to manage the design and construction of CHANEL fashion retail stores in the US. This role interfaces with a variety of internal and external teams. Our ideal candidate will have minimum of 5 years of experience and a passion for architecture and construction.
What impact you can create at CHANEL:
- Coordinate all aspects of a project with the US corporate teams and the local boutique team:
- Supervise and coordinate all design and construction activities involved with the renovation or creation of a new store
- Collaborate and coordinate with all Corporate and Retail Departments such as IT, Real Estate, Asset Protection, Legal, Visual Merchandising, Distribution, Operations and Marketing
- Manage reporting, scheduling and project quality assessments throughout the entire process of planning and construction:
- Act as liaison with Landlord’s tenant coordinator and/or architectural team, to get location drawings, guidelines and all other necessary technical start-up information
- Assist Group Director in preparing Capex and Cost Reports and regularly update those reports during the project’s development
- Assist Group Director in preparing and delivering project presentations and updates to senior executives.
- Visit construction sites and prepare reports, from possession, at tracement, through punch list, completion and opening, to ensure quality of fit-out, identifying outstanding issues and appropriate follow-up
- Collect as-built drawings and keep a record of store opening information, finalize financial accounts and store data for inclusion in Global Database
- Manage external consultants, contractors, and direct vendors on a project:
- Organize bidding and awarding of consultants, and supervise their activities and outcomes
- Organize general contractors and millwork contractors bidding, evaluate tender documents, and offers, and coordinate works assignment
- Manage all direct vendor orders
- Review consultants’ and contractors’ drawings to ensure consistency with design concept, from preliminary submission up to shop drawings and construction
- Work collaboratively with Global Store Design and Visual Merchandising colleagues to achieve best practices and standardization across regions
- Review RFP’s, submittals and change orders for a project
- Assist in all aspects of turnover of stores in a professional and clear manner
You are energized by:
- Navigating complexity within multiple external vendors and internal stakeholders, ensuring collaboration at all times to understand and meet needs
- New architectural developments, sustainability initiatives, methods of construction, etc.
- Meeting budgets and project schedules
- Transmiting the brand vision to external contractors and vendors, with a strong aesthetic sense to protect the brand image
- An understanding and empathetic awareness about the operational challenges in the CHANEL store environment, instilling a humble approach to problem-solving that inspires trust and integrity from our internal and external partners
What you will bring to the team:
- Strong project management skills with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage and oversee multiple projects concurrently
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Advanced Proficiency in understanding and interpreting full construction drawing sets
- Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Proficiency with AutoCAD is a plus
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite a plus
- LEED Credentials a plus
- Project Estimating a plus
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
- Must be an organized team player with solid interpersonal skills
- Interest and curiosity for retail design, architecture and construction.
- Self-motivated, team player, strong at collaborative working relationships
Position Logistics:
- Position requires a minimum 5 years relevant work experience in architecture or construction management
- Experience working on multiple projects at the same time
- Architecture or Construction degrees preferred
- Based in NY with frequent travel throughout the US
- 25% Travel required
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $47,400 through $105,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other components [may/will] include additional compensation, benefits and perks.
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 websitehere
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.
Compensation:
- Base salary, bonus potential and other forms of variable pay [may/will be] offered for this position
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, pension 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
Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.
