Director, Men's Global Merchandising - Lifestyle

Lululemon Athletica Inc.; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 201,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Parenthood top-up

Development courses

People networks

Mentorship programs

Leadership series

Job summary

lululemon Athletica Inc. in Vancouver, Canada, seeks a Director, Men's Global Merchandising - Lifestyle to lead the global product strategy and assortment for the men’s lifestyle category.

You will collaborate with Product, Brand, Marketing, and Guest Experience to deliver brand-consistent, regionally relevant ranges across channels. You will develop and mentor teams, drive sell strategy, and ensure initiatives reflect guest needs, market trends, and profitability while supporting a hybrid work

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a merchant/buyer role.
• Proven track record leading direct reports and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with a Global Brand.
• Vertical retail and Omni-channel experience.
• Strong trend awareness in lifestyle and fashion related to active wellness.
• Understanding of global marketplace dynamics.
• Mastery of retail mathematics and Open to Buy.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and inspire partners.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects; self-starter.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Entrepreneurial mindset.
• Guest experience focus.
• Organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of MS Office and Adobe Illustrator.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Merchandising teams and drive the creation, curation, and execution of global product strategies and roadmaps.
• Partner with Product, Brand/Marketing and Guest Experience to ensure brand consistency and regional relevance across product classes and channels.
• Develop and mentor team members to deliver product needs that maximize profitability and sales.
• Balance foresight and insights to define the game plan and adapt to market trends across the product lifecycle.
• Lead sell strategy and ensure alignment across guest touchpoints, including visual merchandising, retail and digital experiences.

Skills

10+ years experience

Team leadership

Global brand experience

Vertical retail

Omni-channel experience

Trend awareness

Global marketplace

Open to Buy

Retail math

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Project management

Entrepreneurship

Guest experience

Time management

MS Office

Adobe Illustrator

Travel willingness

Tools

MS Office Suite

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Director, Men's Global Merchandising - Lifestyle

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

Time Type: Full-time

Description & Requirements

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.

about this team

The Global Merchandising team creates and executes transformative global product strategies that ensure we have the right assortment in the right place at the right time, and at the right price, to serve global guests, grow our brand and deliver on our long-term enterprise goals. We possess deep awareness and intuition of global marketplace dynamics and guest needs and use this knowledge to identify opportunities to maximize demand.

core responsibilities

The Global Merchandising Director is responsible for leading the Global Merchandising teams and drives the creation, curation, and execution of the global product strategies and roadmap through the global product assortment of their categories by effectively leading collaborations and partnerships with the Product, Brand/ Marketing and Guest Experience teams. They are accountable for the development of the members of their team to deliver product needs that reflect brand consistency and regional relevance to maximize profitability and sales across product classes key items and channels. This person is an analytical leader who can balance foresight, insight, and hindsight to draw critical business conclusions throughout the product lifecycle to define and adjust our game plan with agility. They will lead their teams in driving sell strategy and deliver product intent across all guest touch points, including visual merchandising, retail and digital experience.

qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a merchant/buyer role
• Experience leading direct reports and cross functional teams
• Understanding and experience in working for a Global Brand
• Vertical retail experience required. Omni channel experience highly desirable
• Aware of macro lifestyle and fashion trends and how this relates to the active and wellness industry
• Strong understanding of global marketplace, major shifts in trend and activity
• Mastery of retail mathematics and Open to Buy, and ability to interpret and apply financial insights on current business performance and leverage insights to guide and inform future range plans
• Proven ability to work with and lead a cross functional team, and Ability to lead and influence creative (and all) partners
• Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously; Self-starter approach to work, with an eagerness to consistently meet and exceed objectives and take on more responsibility
• 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)

must haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.

additional notes

Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

compensation and benefits package

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this position is from$201,000 - 263,800 CAD 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 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
• 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

Hybrid

In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.

Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. Lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that Lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

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 at [e-mail]. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.

The use of AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any other AI-assisted software, is strictly prohibited during the interview process. This includes, AI-generated responses, content creation, or any form of automated assistance in live interviews, case studies, technical assessments, or written submissions.

At lululemon, we are committed to privacy, integrity, transparency, and ethical hiring practices. Our commitment to responsible AI ensures that proprietary information is protected and that all hiring decisions are based on an individual’s own skills, judgment, and expertise without AI assistance. Any use of AI during the interview process will result in immediate disqualification. lululemon reserves the right to use AI detection tools to verify the authenticity of candidate responses.