Senior Manager | Global Footwear Product Management & Merchandising (Performance)

Ubicación: United States of America

Estado/Provincia/Ciudad: Oregon

Ciudad: Portland

Sectores Empresarial: Store Support Centre (SSC)

Time Type: Full-time

Description & Requirements

who we are

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in.

 

about this team

The Global Footwear Product Management and Merchandising team creates and executes transformative global product strategies that ensure we have the right strategy and assortment to fulfill our guests’ unmet needs to deepen our guest relationships, grow our brand and deliver on our long-term enterprise goals. We possess deep awareness and intuition of the consumer, competitor, global marketplace dynamics and guest needs and use this knowledge to develop long-term product strategies and roadmaps, and manage seasonal product line plans to maximize guest demand.

 

a day in the life: 

  • Create and drive and communicate on future product roadmap and global footwear strategies
  • Develop and collaborate on seasonal briefs, to ensure product created reflects guests’ unmet needs and opportunities
  • Manage and oversee global forecasting and global pricing architecture
  • Define and communicate both short and long term product strategies and roadmaps, holding teams accountable to financial plans, GTM timelines, Be Planet metrics and various other key success metrics
  • Partner with key stakeholders across brand, channel, planning and supply chain to ensure strategy execution
  • Drive consumer insights research and implementation into creation process
  • Utilize specialized industry experience to provide innovative solutions to potential risks
  • Create key seasonal footwear stories that align with enterprise
  • Lead, develop, and inspire the regional and global merchandising teams
  • Build and maintain long-term key product franchises through lifecycle and model update strategies
  • Ability to communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with external vendors, while simultaneously establishing collaborative relationships across the business with both internal and external stakeholders

 

qualifications:

  • 10-12 years minimum industry experience is required

 

must haves

  • Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life
  • Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results
  • Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same
  • Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure
  • Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships
  • Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously

Additional Notes
 Authorization to work in the US is required for this role. 

Compensation and Benefits Package 
lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $118,400-$155,400 USD annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.   

At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:
  • Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans 
  • Paid time off 
  • Savings and retirement plan matching 
  • Generous employee discount 
  • Fitness & yoga classes 
  • Parenthood top-up 
  • Extensive catalog of development course offerings 
  • People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few) 
Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.


workplace arrangement


This role is classified as Hybrid under our SSC Workplace Policy:


Hybrid

In-person collaboration is important, and much of the role can be performed remotely. Work is performed onsite at least 4 days per week.



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lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us ataccommodations@lululemon.com. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.