Région: Canada
État/Province: British Columbia
Ville: Vancouver
Unité commerciale: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Région: Canada
État/Province: British Columbia
Ville: Vancouver
Unité commerciale: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Merchandising | Merchant
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 Merchandise team lives and breathes all things product! We collectively work together towards getting the right product for our stores and ultimately our guests.
A day in the life:
The Merchant is responsible for the creation of the product assortment and line plans that delivers on our design vision while delivering best in class sales, inventory and margin results for their assigned product categories. This person will lead effective partnerships with Design, Planning, Allocations, Sourcing, Production, Visual Merchandising, Product Development, Commercialization and their respective Operations teams to bring our design vision to life.
-Accountable for driving the successful creation and execution of a line plan for assigned product categories that contribute to the financial success of the company by meeting and exceeding sales, gross margin and inventory productivity goals through all respective channels
-Owns the pre-season planning process, breaking down roadmap stories into seasonal line plan and managing style/sku productivity
-Provides leadership for their respective pod to meet key GTM gate deliverables
-Proactively gathers, analyzes and drives insight from local market knowledge and competitive landscape across all channels
-Manage the product lifecycle for all styles in assigned product categories including introduction, build and retirement of those styles
-Leads the in-season management of your product category, through flow, product education, chase, cancellations, markdowns and exit
-Trains, supports and mentors the Merchandise Assistant and Associate Merchant teams
Qualifications:
-3-5 years of experience in a merchant/buyer role
-Vertical retail experience required
-Omni channel experience highly desirable.
-Mastery of retail mathematics and Open to Buy
-Proven ability to work with and lead a cross functional team
-Excellent communication and presentation skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
-Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
-Self-starter with an eagerness to consistently meet and exceed objectives
-Entrepreneurship – an ability to make decisions and take calculated risks
-Focus on creating an extraordinary guest experience, organizational and time management skills
-Strong knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook) and working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator
-Willingness to travel (domestic and international) and work on the retail floor
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.
Nous ne communiquerons qu’avec les candidats retenus. Nous vous remercions avec notre profonde reconnaissance pour l’intérêt que vous nous portez. lululemon souscrit au principe de l’équité en matière d’emploi. Les décisions d’embauche sont basées sur le mérite et les besoins de l’entreprise; et non sur la race, la couleur, la croyance, l’âge, le sexe, le genre, l’orientation sexuelle, l’origine nationale, la religion, l’état familial, la condition médicale, le handicap physique ou mental, le service militaire, la grossesse, l’accouchement et les conditions médicales connexes, ou tout autre motif protégé par les lois et les ordonnances fédérales, provinciales ou de l’état, et locales. Des aménagements raisonnables sont offerts aux personnes admissibles souffrant d’un handicap, sur demande. La politique d’équité en matière d’emploi s’applique à toutes les pratiques relatives au recrutement et à l’embauche, à la rémunération, aux avantages sociaux, à la discipline, aux transferts, à la cessation d’emploi et à toutes les autres modalités et conditions d’emploi. Bien que l’équipe de direction soit principalement responsable de la mise en œuvre des politiques d’équité en matière d’emploi de lululemon, vous partagez également la responsabilité de vous en assurer, que par vos actions personnelles, les politiques sont respectées.
lululemon s'engage à prendre des dispositions raisonnables pour les candidats handicapés. Si vous souhaitez qu’un membre de notre équipe communique avec vous pour un maintien personnalisé, envoyez-nous un courriel à {accommodations@lululemon.com}. Dans votre courriel, indiquez le titre du poste, le magasin du poste et la nature de votre demande.