About the job
CHANEL Japan is seeking a Market Insight Specialist to collect, analyze, and synthesize luxury market and luxury consumer data into clear insights that guide action and decision-making. This role requires the ability to analyze market conditions, communicate with clarity, build trust with stakeholders, and demonstrate a strong understanding of the brand philosophy.
As a Market Insight Specialist, you will support business teams and report to the Research and Insights Manager. Your main responsibilities will include:
- Lead analysis and generate implications from luxury market, high-net-worth individual (HNWI), luxury buyer, and competitor performance intelligence in Japan.
- Conduct market landscape analysis, outlook reviews, and case studies to support business decision-making.
- Localize global studies through discussion and collaboration with global teams.
- Provide data-based recommendations for marketing, communications, and retail excellence teams across the company.
- Create and deliver market reports, fact sheets, and presentations to communicate the latest findings to stakeholders.
- Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders regarding market intelligence data.
- Partner with cross-functional corporate and business teams, as well as external agencies.
Requirements:
- 2–3 years of experience in measurement, market research, business analytics, or a related field.
- Previous experience in market intelligence within consumer goods or the luxury industry is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills, an ownership mindset, and execution capabilities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to transform complex information into actionable insights.
- Native-level Japanese and business-level English, with the ability to read, write, and present reports in both Japanese and English.
Skills Required
- 2-3 years of experience in measurement, market research, business analytics, or a related field
- Previous experience in market intelligence within consumer goods or the luxury industry
- Strong analytical skills, ownership mindset, and execution capabilities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to translate complex information into actionable insights
- Native-level Japanese and business-level English; ability to read, write, and present reports in both languages
What We Do
CHANEL is a private company and a world leader in creating, developing, manufacturing and distributing luxury products. Founded by Gabrielle Chanel at the beginning of the last century, CHANEL offers a broad range of high-end creations, including Ready-to-Wear, Leather Goods, Fashion Accessories, Eyewear, Fragrances, Makeup, Skincare, Jewelry and Watches. CHANEL is also renowned for its Haute Couture collections, presented twice yearly in Paris, and for having acquired a large number of specialized suppliers, collectively known as the Métiers d’Art. CHANEL is dedicated to ultimate luxury and to the highest level of craftsmanship. It is a brand whose core values remain historically grounded on exceptional creation. As such, CHANEL promotes culture, art, creativity and “savoir-faire” throughout the world, and invests significantly in people, R&D and innovation. At the end of 2019, CHANEL employed more than 28,000 people across the world.
