KERING Executive Business Partner/Chief of Staff

Summary

The Executive Business Partner will play a key role in supporting the President of Kering Americas in maintaining daily efficiency, ensuring key project success, and will work closely and in collaboration with the brands regional CEOs, all departmental direct reports, assistants and teams, as well as headquarters in Paris.

Job Description

KERING Executive Business Partner / Chief of Staff

Job Title: Executive Business Partner / Chief of Staff

Job Family: General Management

Location: Bleecker Street, NY

BASE SALARY: $145,000 - $165,000 per year + 15% annual bonus

Kering is a global luxury group that manages the development of a portfolio of renowned houses in fashion, leather goods and jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin and Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté. Kering places creativity at the heart of its strategy, enabling its Houses to push boundaries in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. This commitment is encapsulated in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”. In 2024, Kering had 47,000 employees and revenue of €17.2 billion.
 

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

Strategic Executive Support:

• Project Managing critical and time-sensitive business initiatives with multi-functional stakeholders
• Coordinating Executive Committee, Leadership and CEO meeting agendas and coordinating follow-up workstreams with various stakeholders.
• Conducting internal and external research on key topics, including government relations agenda-setting, key business insights.
• Preparing and editing documents, reports and PowerPoint presentations for internal and external use
• Ensure accurate, efficient and smooth administrative support (emails, mail, contacts, phone, admin, budget)
• Maintain and manage complex calendar and lead and coordinate logistics for internal and external meetings
• Work with Office Coordinator to create agendas and book all travel, domestic and international (in coordination with various stakeholders), and manage expenses
• Global and local intracompany Executive leadership coordination on behalf of President (for projects, community engagement, and executive market visits)
• Organizational savvy and diplomacy: advanced capability in navigating complex dynamics within a company, including its culture, power structures, decision-making processes, and key relationships, to effectively achieve goals and influence outcomes while maintaining ethical conduct
• Ad hoc projects assigned, aligned with the executive’s objectives applying business judgment to assess and execute on key priorities
• Exhibit discretion at its highest standard is required

Community Relations and Event Planning:

• Community relations: Organization, relationship management support and project management of the President’s community relations presence on behalf of Kering
• Support executive with by building and maintaining relationships to ensure effective communication, anticipating the needs and proactively execute on action items
• Manage community relations projects and initiatives, ensuring they are on time and on budget

WHO YOU ARE

• At least 7 years' experience as a Chief of Staff, or Executive Business Partner, or Project Manager in a multinational company
• Organizational savvy and diplomacy: advanced capability in navigating complex dynamics within a company, including its culture, power structures, decision-making processes, and key relationships, to effectively achieve goals and influence outcomes while maintaining ethical conduct
• High level of technical knowledge, computer skills, social media and administrative tools to solve problems (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, social media platforms etc.)
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; able to establish trust and respect with all levels of employees
• Must be able to take accountability for own actions and maintain complete discretion and confidentiality
• Attention to detail is required; must be extremely well organized and structured
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to multi-task, work with urgency, total accuracy and efficiency
• Ability to anticipate needs and provide the highest quality of service
• Previous Project Management experience a plus
• Fluency in French and/or Italian a plus

Job Type

Regular

Start Date

2025-07-31

Schedule

Full time

Organization

Kering Americas Inc.