Assistant Manager, Guest Experience | Edmonton

lululemon; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Job summary

lululemon is seeking an Assistant Manager, Guest Experience to lead from the floor, develop a diverse team, and ensure a high‑quality guest experience aligned with company values. You will support hiring, coaching, and performance management while partnering on store planning and budgeting.

The role emphasizes inclusivity, leadership, and ensuring exceptional guest connections through coaching and clear communication on daily floor operations.

Qualifications

• 1 year people management experience
• 1 year leadership experience managing business operations and administration and managing projects or processes
• Experience in retail or service environments is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop store team members to deliver superior guest experience
• Manage hiring and build a diverse, high‑performing team
• Provide coaching, feedback and performance management
• Ensure effective floor leadership and guest service on the sales floor
• Collaborate with managers on business planning, scheduling and budgeting

Skills

Leadership

People management

Guest experience

Communication

Strategic thinking

Change management

Team building

Decision making

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Who We Are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

Job Summary

The Assistant Manager, Guest Experience role is an essential part of the store leadership team, ensuring our team members and guests (i.e., customers) receive a quality experience in our stores every day. Assistant Managers, Guest Experience are responsible for leading from the floor to build, manage, and develop team members. Assistant Managers, Guest Experience create an environment and a team culture where people feel a deep sense of belonging and have the opportunity to grow. As a result, they ensure their team delivers outstanding guest experience in line with company values and directives.

Core Responsibilities Of The Job

Leadership and People Management

• Create and foster a respectful and inclusive team environment by welcoming and celebrating differences to ensure a supportive, productive, and fun experience for all team members.
• Engage team members by helping them understand how their work supports the success of the store and of lululemon overall.
• Implement the Store Manager’s People vision for the store and cascade to team members.
• Support Store Manager in hiring and building a strong and diverse team that includes team members with various experiences, backgrounds, and skillsets to drive key results and performance.
• Support ongoing learning and development of team members consistently and equitably by providing direct feedback, coaching, mentoring, and continuous development check-ins.
• Lead performance management activities, including direct feedback and continuous check-ins, facilitating team acknowledgement and rewards, managing performance documentation, and addressing performance concerns.
• Address employee concerns or issues, including knowing when to partner with internal support to take appropriate action.

Guest Experience And Community

• Lead an exceptional guest (customer) experience on the floor through assessing the level of guest connection and technical product education and supporting team members to address gaps through feedback and coaching.
• Provide retail floor leadership to team members, including making in-the-moment decisions to maintain efficiency and effectiveness of retail floor coverage and operations.
• Resolve guest feedback and address emergent issues, including guest escalations and urgent requests, helping to “make it right” for guests.

Operations, Product, and Strategy

• Partner with other managers to review business data and metrics (e.g., profit and loss [P&L] statement) to inform planning processes (e.g., quarterly business review, sales planning, and hiring strategy).
• Maintain strategic product presentation/visual merchandising by ensuring product recovery, restock (e.g., pant wall, size store), destock, or minor visual merchandizing changes are accomplished.
• Open and close the store in accordance with the opening and closing procedures.
• Understand and adhere to people safety policies and procedures to maintain a safe work environment.
• Perform work in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and laws or regulations.

Budget Responsibility

• Accountable for delegated aspects of controllable budget and labor hours

People Management

• Leadership role directly responsible for subset of store employees as delegated by Store Manager

What We Look For

• Inclusion & Diversity: Creates/supports an inclusive environment that values/celebrates differences
• Integrity: Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner
• Leadership: Is able and desires to lead and inspire others; motivates, empowers, develops, and directs people as they work
• Guest Experience: Actively creates an inclusive, high-caliber experience and connection for every guest through team members
• Team Building: Creates and develops teams that maximize accomplishments; encourages unique contributions and different perspectives
• Decision Making/Problem Solving: Uses logic and reasoning to evaluate alternatives and make effective, timely decisions
• Strategic Thinking: Sets strategies that are aligned to vision and values of the company to achieve goals/vision/further the mission; considers the 'big picture' implications of decisions
• Change Management Leadership: Leads others through change processes and uncertainty
• Interactive Communication: Conveys information effectively and understands information shared while interacting with others

Job Requirements

Eligibility

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country in which the store is located
• Must have the ability to travel to assigned store with reliable transportation methods

Schedule/Availability

• Work occurs on a variable schedule which could include early mornings, mornings, afternoons, evenings, late nights or overnights as well as weekends and holidays

Experience

• 1 year people management experience
• 1 year leadership experience, including experience managing business operations and administration and managing projects or processes

Job Assets (i.e., nice to have; not required)

• Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Experience: 1 year retail or sales specific management experience
• Experience: 1 year recruiting, hiring, or training employees

Work Context (e.g., environment, interactions, physical)

• Work occurs in an environment with bright lights and loud music
• Work is accomplished as part of a team and also independently
• Work may involve managing conflict or mediating problems between others or deescalating guest issues
• Work involves reaching out to meet and build relationships with strangers/new people, and to strengthen existing community partnerships
• Work is sometimes conducted on a computer or other technical devices, including to meet with others virtually
• Work involves moving through a store for most of a shift to help guests and accomplish work, but can also involve sitting for extended periods of time (i.e., more than 1 hour)
• Work may occasionally involve moving boxes weighing up to 30 lbs (13.6 kg)

Compensation & Benefits Package

Base Pay Range: $27.00 - $36.53/hour, subject to minimum wage in the location

Target Bonus: 25%

Total Target Base Pay Range: $33.75 - $45.66/hour

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. 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 offerings, employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive bonus program and equity offerings, 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)

This role is for an existing vacancy. When a Pop-Up location first opens, the initial roles are considered new vacancies. Any future openings at that same location are classified as existing vacancies.

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.

Qui nous sommes

lululemon est une entreprise innovante de vêtements performants pour le yoga, la course à pied, l’entraînement et d’autres activités sportives. En établissant des standards élevés en matière de tissus techniques et de design fonctionnel, nous créons des produits et des expériences qui aident les gens à bouger, à croître, à tisser des liens et à se sentir bien. Nous devons notre succès à nos produits innovants, à l’importance que nous accordons à nos magasins, à notre engagement envers notre personnel et aux connexions incroyables que nous établissons dans chaque communauté où nous nous trouvons. En tant qu’entreprise, nous nous efforçons de créer un changement positif pour construire un avenir sain et prospère. Cela consiste notamment à créer un environnement équitable, inclusif et axé sur la croissance de nos employés.

Résumé du poste

Le gérant adjoint responsable de l’expérience-invité joue un rôle primordial dans l’équipe de gestion du magasin : il s’assure que les membres de notre équipe et que nos invités (les clients) vivent une expérience de qualité dans nos magasins chaque jour. Exerçant son leadership en magasin, le gérant adjoint responsable de l’expérience-invité assure l’intégration, la gestion et le développement des membres de l’équipe. Le gérant adjoint responsable de l’expérience-invité crée un environnement et une culture d’équipe où le personnel éprouve un profond sentiment d’appartenance et bénéficie d’occasions d’épanouissement. Ainsi, il veille à ce que son équipe offre une expérience-invité exceptionnelle qui respecte les valeurs et les directives de l’entreprise.

Principales responsabilités liées au poste

Leadership et gestion du personnel

• Créer et favoriser un environnement d’équipe respectueux et inclusif en accueillant et en célébrant les différences afin de garantir une expérience favorable, productive et amusante pour tous les membres de l’équipe.
• Encourager les membres de l’équipe en les aidant à comprendre que leur travail contribue à la réussite du magasin et au succès de lululemon dans son ensemble.
• Concrétiser la vision du gérant de magasin concernant le magasin et la transmettre en cascade aux membres de l’équipe.
• Assister le gérant de magasin pour les embauches et la consolidation d’une équipe forte et diversifiée qui inclut des membres aux expériences, aux antécédents et aux compétences divers pour obtenir des résultats et un rendement cibles.
• Favoriser l’apprentissage et le développement continus de tous les membres de l’équipe du magasin de manière cohérente et équitable en fournissant une rétroaction directe, l’accompagnement professionnel, le mentorat et des vérifications continues du développement.
• Diriger les activités de gestion du rendement, notamment en offrant une rétroaction directe et en effectuant des vérifications continues, en favorisant la reconnaissance et la récompense de membres de l’équipe, en gérant la documentation du rendement et en abordant les préoccupations relatives au rendement.
• Résoudre les problèmes ou répondre aux préoccupations des employés, notamment en déterminant le moment où il convient de s’associer à l’équipe de soutien interne afin de prendre les mesures appropriées.

Expérience-invité et communication

• Assurer une expérience-invité exceptionnelle en magasin en