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INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing  

• Support relevant projects for the Group and business units by developing strategic recommendations in line with findings of business analysis and dynamics of the luxury market in the GCC

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, including financial modelling and forecasting to justify strategy considerations, while contributing to elements such as feasibility studies, market analysis, benchmarking, etc.

• Interpret synthesize and challenge data to identify meaningful insights and to develop recommendations that most effectively support projects

• Support presentation creation for top management audience

• Liaise and collaborate closely with Intelligence team and internal stakeholders to leverage data and insights

 

What you’ll need to succeed  

• Degree in Business Administration or any related field (e.g Management, Finance)

• Strategic thinker

• Strong analytical competencies (incl. financial modelling and forecasting skills)

• Highly organised with excellent communication and time management skills

• Energetic and sociable personality who can thrive in a team

• Strong adaptation and fast learning curve

• Strong skills in working with MS Excel and PowerPoint

• Excellent verbal and written presentation skills

• Good understanding of our luxury markets

 

What we can offer you  

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality.  We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.  

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.  To view all our perks and benefits, click here.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.