Manager, Global Merchandising – Women’s Lifestyle Bottoms –

Description & Requirements

who we’re

lululemon is an progressive efficiency attire firm for yoga, operating, coaching, and different athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical materials and useful design, we create transformational merchandise and experiences that assist folks in shifting, rising, connecting, and being nicely. We owe our success to our progressive product, emphasis on shops, dedication to our folks, and the unbelievable connections we make in each group we’re in. As an organization, we deal with creating constructive change to construct a more healthy, thriving future. In explicit, that features creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused surroundings for our folks.

about this staff

The Merchandising staff creates and executes transformative world product methods that guarantee we now have the suitable assortment in the suitable place on the proper time, and on the proper value, to serve world company, develop our model and ship on our long-term enterprise targets. We possess deep consciousness and instinct of worldwide market dynamics and visitor wants and use this information to determine alternatives to maximise demand.

a day within the life

The Global Merchandise Manager is a seasoned product and market strategist who’s accountable for working with the Director of Merchandising to construct the worldwide merchandise methods and product line plan for the season. This requires that the Global Merchandise Manager drives the creation, administration, and execution of the worldwide product line plan (for his or her classes) by successfully main their groups in collaborative work and partnerships with the Regional Merchandising, Design, Brand/Marketing and Guest Experience groups.  This individual is chargeable for the event of the members of their world merchandising staff to ship product wants that mirror model consistency and regional relevance to maximise profitability and gross sales throughout product lessons, key gadgets and channels.

core obligations

• Responsible for overseeing a staff of Global Merchants who report on to the Manager. They encourage, coach and information their staff members to develop their abilities and ship on enterprise priorities. 
• The Manager helps worker growth plans and manages efficiency 
• Accountable for outlining class methods primarily based on brief vary technique (2-3 years) and gross sales plan  targets
• Creates world seasonal merchandise methods and roadmap in partnership with Merchandise Director, Cross Functional Product companions and Brand Creative staff
• Responsible for briefing uncooked supplies in partnership with Merchandise Director
• Accountable for main their staff in constructing the structure of the assortment in collaboration with Design and Product Development staff, delivering in opposition to seasonal KPI’s
• Accountable for main their staff to create content material for showbacks to Chief Product Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and Creative Director (embrace technique, innovation, directional funding stage)
• Responsible for presenting seasonal merchandise course – roadmap, storytelling/campaigns, product circulate and color to Regional Buyers and key cross-functional companions, for his or her enterprise class 
• Enroll and align on class methods with Design, Product Development and Sourcing (carryover, seasonal newness, franchise administration and slot investments 
• Build strategic imaginative and prescient for franchises and product lifecycle administration 
• Sign off on sketches, color and protos in opposition to product temporary and long run class technique 
• Leads the staff to realize in depth shopper, aggressive and market insights
• Accountable for color circulate for world assortment to make sure clear constant worthwhile storytelling
• Ensure seasonal KPIs/targets are met in partnership with Global Merchandise Planning

{qualifications}

• BA, BSc, BBA, BComm, (or equal), specialization in Retail Management an asset
• Minimum 8 years of expertise, mixture of individuals administration and Merchandising expertise
• Proven potential to teach, mentor and lead a staff
• Understanding and expertise in working for a Global Brand is required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Programs- Mastery in Excel, proficiency in Merchandising Software, most well-liked expertise in Adobe Illustrator 
• Strong analytical abilities with the flexibility to interpret a number of knowledge factors throughout quite a few channels and market segments 
• Financial acumen and understanding of Retail Math
• Ability to stability analytical and artistic duties 
• Ability to interpret and apply monetary insights on present enterprise efficiency and leverage insights to information and inform future vary plans
• Acute eye for product and color developments
• Aware of macro way of life and vogue developments and the way this pertains to the energetic and wellness business
• Strong understanding of worldwide market, main shifts in development and exercise
• Ability to use, interpret and synthesize market knowledge to create world assortment 
• Ability to enroll and clearly talk imaginative and prescient, class technique and suggestions to key companions
• Ability to guide and affect artistic companions
• Strong communication abilities each written and verbal, and demonstrative potential to current to Senior Leadership
• Ability to multitask, pivot, prioritize competing duties and function in a quick paced surroundings
• Highly organized with a eager eye for the element
• Ability to work independently to make sound enterprise selections

prerequisites

• Acknowledge the presence of selection in each second and take private accountability to your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and repeatedly innovate to attain nice outcomes. 
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the area for others to do the identical. 
• Lead with braveness, understanding the potential for greatness is larger than the concern of failure. 
• Foster connection by placing folks first and constructing trusting relationships. 
• Integrate enjoyable and pleasure as a manner of being and dealing, aka doesn’t take your self too significantly. 

further notes

Immigration assist is probably out there for this function.

compensation and advantages package deal 

lululemon’s compensation choices are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that acknowledges distinctive particular person and staff efficiency. The typical hiring vary for this place is from $140,200 – 184,000 CAD yearly; the bottom pay provided is predicated on market location and will differ relying on job-related data, abilities, expertise, and inner fairness. As a part of our complete rewards providing, everlasting workers on this place could also be eligible for our aggressive annual bonus program and topic to program eligibility necessities.  

At lululemon, investing in our folks is a prime precedence. We imagine that when life works, work works. We attempt to be the place the place inclusive leaders come to develop and allow all to be nicely. Recognizing our groups for his or her efficiency and dedication, different elements of our complete rewards choices embrace assist of profession growth, wellbeing, and private development:

• Extended well being and dental advantages, and psychological well being plans 
• Paid break day 
• Savings and retirement plan matching 
• Generous worker low cost 
• Fitness & yoga lessons 
• Parenthood top-up 
• Extensive catalog of growth course choices 
• People networks, mentorship applications, and management collection (to call a number of) 

Note: The incentive applications, advantages, and perks have sure eligibility necessities. The Company reserves the suitable to change these incentive applications, advantages, and perks in complete or partially at any time with out advance discover.

 
office association
 

Hybrid 

In-person collaboration and connection is vital to our tradition. Work is carried out onsite, minimal 4 days per week.

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