Chanel Fashion Advisor, WFJ Specialist, San Francisco

Chanel Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing resources

Wellbeing days

Generous PTO

401K matching

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

CHANEL in San Francisco is seeking a Fashion Advisor for Watches & Fine Jewelry to provide exceptional client service and drive revenue. You will welcome clients, showcase the collection, and build lasting relationships through personalized outreach.

You will collaborate with a diverse sales team, report to boutique leadership, and support seamless end-to-end client experiences while embracing CHANEL's heritage, inclusivity, and luxury standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in luxury retail and clienteling is preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Fluency in foreign languages is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop new customers and convert walk-in traffic to clients.
• Provide prompt, professional, warm, and courteous service.
• Build genuine relationships through consistent outreach.
• Maintain service standards and exceed client expectations.
• Take in repairs and follow up with clients on alterations.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Team collaboration

Fashion knowledge

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Fashion Advisor, Watches & Fine Jewelry

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.

About the role:

We are looking for a Fashion Advisor, Watches & Fine Jewelry who will play a vital role in providing a superior level of service to clients, increase client conversion and retention, drive business revenue, and inspire brand loyalty. The Fashion Advisor, Watches & Fine Jewelry will be part of beginning to end to end client experience. The Fashion Advisor, Watches & Fine Jewelry will work along-side a diverse sales-team, and report to the Boutique's leadership.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

• Lead the development of new customers, converting walk-in traffic to clients and brand ambassadors by creating energy, excitement and desire around the product and brand
• Optimize the client experience through providing clients with prompt, professional, warm, and courteous service
• Build genuine relationships with clients through thoughtful and consistent outreach
• Demonstrate a can-do attitude in every situation to constantly raise the level of service provided and consistently exceed client expectations
• Take in repairs and maintain consistent follow up with clients regarding repairs and alterations

You are energized by:

• The history and heritage of The House of CHANEL
• Being truly service minded
• Utilizing your fashion expertise to inspire others
• Building collaborative partnerships and relationshipsin a team-focused environment
• Fostering a meaningful clientexperiencecentered around inclusion and connection
• Appreciation for art, beauty, and luxury

What you will bring to the team:

• Ability to thrive in a team environment and work collaboratively
• Understanding of, and passion for client experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Foreign language skills are preferred but not required
• Passion for the House of CHANEL, its history, product offerings, and commitment to social and cultural initiatives
• Curiosity and desire to learn and grow professionally within the world of CHANEL

Position Logistics:

• Minimum 3 years of related experience ((Watches and Jewelry knowledge preferred)
• Ability to lift 15 lbs.
• A flexible schedule with the ability to work late nights, weekends, and some holidays
• High School Degree minimum

Compensation:

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is $27.30 through $33.00. 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/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks.

Benefits and Perks:

• 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

Retail/Field/Boutique positions:

Workplace Essential:

• Boutique Management: Requires in-store presence to develop and coach teams, ensure boutique image and operational standards are upheld, and deliver elevated client service to drive business results.
• Front of House Fashion: Full-time in-store and in-person presence required to support client sales and client service deliver elevated client service to drive business results.
• Heart of House: Requires in-store presence to facilitate the opening and closing of the boutique; the receiving of inventory; shipping of product to support sales to ensure optimal client service.

• This role is considered critical in terms of skills, capabilities and preparedness needed. Hence, this is a role that has been discussed throughout regular cycles of people development and succession planning discussions. As a result, a few candidates are likely in discussions and advancing through the recruitment process.

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.