Regione: United Kingdom
Stato/Provincia: London
Città: London
Unità Affari: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Tipo di tempo: Full-time
REGIONAL SENIOR MERCHANDISE MANAGER
Descrizione e requisiti
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 role
The Regional Senior Merchandise Manager will lead the merchandising and planning/allocations functions for our EMEA team and will report into the SVP GM, EMEA. The role requires a leader who can provide values-oriented leadership, along with coaching and development of their team to achieve goals.
a day in the life:
- Collaborate closely with merchandising to share regional insights and product needs, ensuring these are incorporated into the global line to deliver EMEA growth plans
- Harness consumer insights and market knowledge to empower strategic development and decision making
- Partner with EMEA FP&A and Global Planning to align on regional merchandise plans including sales, MMU and MD, ensuring the financial success of the region
- Analyse and reflect current trends in performance of strategy based on actual sales; feedback to relevant in-season teams proposals for review of sales and profitability and to optimise inventory management
- Partner with the regional DC to understand warehouse inventory levels, alongside optimising the delivering product to guests in all channels; provide accurate DC forecasts based on input from in-season NAE teams
- Partner with the NAE Inventory & Planning teams to ensure the right stock levels are maintained across all channels; including width, depth and sizing
- Partner with NAE Merch and Store Planning to ensure that locally relevant product is ranged to the Europe clusters
- Lead the development of inventory exit strategies that maximize GM
- Develop, inspire & coach a high-level of talent to drive and execute on company goals.
- Provide sound leadership in a fast-paced, high growth entrepreneurial environment.
- Travel domestically and internationally as necessary.
- Inform and enroll cross functional partners in Quarterly Product Strategies (Retail, E-commerce, B&C, Digital Marketing, VM)
- Control divisional operating expenses in line with budgetary expectations, managing the department P&L
- Lead regional product strategy, in line with overall EMEA and MPA functional plans
- Sit on the EMEA Leadership Team; representing function and collaborating on overall regional needs
- Create comprehensive in season merchandise and planning/allocation strategies to drive and support regional sales and profit goals
- Oversee the development of allocations principals and execution to ensure sales maximization, inventory optimization and brand enhancement
qualifications:
- Significant experience in a high growth organization with solid merchandising and planning/allocation experience. Brings a broad business orientation and key competencies including strong collaborative and coaching skills, strategic and creative vision, and analytical skills enhanced by intuitive consumer insight
- 10+ years of broad retail experience with particular emphasis on merchandising, planning/allocation, and process improvement
- Extensive retail merchandising background in a vertically integrated specialty retailer. Performance/active wear experience and knowledge of technical fabrics is highly desirable, along with multi-channel and international experience
- Excellent taste level with the ability to interpret current trends that appeal to the lululemon guest
must haves:
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity
- Proven work ethic with utmost integrity
- Desire to excel and succeed
- Actively live and breathe the lululemon culture and lifestyle
- Self-awareness, with a desire for constant self-improvement (goal-oriented)
- Entrepreneurial spirit and an egoless nature
- Self-motivated, passionate, empathetic, and approachable
- Team player and personable
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