Global Merchandise Planner

Lululemon Athletica; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 105,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Parenthood top-up

Development course offerings

Mentorship programs

Job summary

lululemon Athletica is seeking a Global Merchandise Planner to partner with Global Merchants and Merchandising, quantifying global assortments and supporting regional seasonal strategies. The role involves building financial architecture, planning by class and franchise, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to align demand and product flows.

You will prepare pre-season plans, rolling 24-month demand projections, and provide ad hoc analyses to support pricing and assortment decisions.

Qualifications

• College certificate or University degree in Commerce or Business Administration.
• 5-8 years of planning experience or progressive financial analysis and reporting experience.
• Expert knowledge of Excel is required.
• Excellent team player with ability to work independently.
• Effective communication skills, organized, thorough and able to prioritize.
• Detail oriented, analytical and results driven.
• Self-directed, proactive and resourceful with strong problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Complete the financial architecture and global category plans by class, activity, franchise.
• Partner with Global Merchandising to support the Global Line Architecture.
• Complete pre-season quantification of the assortment plan for line planning and vendor allocation purposes.
• Prepare and update rolling 24-month demand plans monthly and reconcile to buy milestones.
• Ad hoc analysis and guidance in Seasonal Product Roadmap.
• Advise in Seasonal Assortment Strategy and price architecture strategies.
• Provide content for showback to CPO, including strategy and investment levels.
• Collaborate with Global and Regional Planning, Sourcing, Production and Brand teams to bring product to life.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Commerce or Business Administration degree

Job description

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

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 Planning team is responsible for ensuring financial success of the company. They work closely with Merchandising to understand new product trends (Merchandising) and regional/climate selling, size trends, and ensures product is sent to the right Distribution Centre. The team monitors the business on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis, understanding changes in trend and reacting to the business to maximize sales and mitigate risk. The priority is to understand and protect the guest experience, followed by delivering profitable sales growth.

core responsibilities

The Global Merchandise Planner partners with Global Merchants to support the development of financial architecture and global category plans as inputs to Global Line Architecture (Sales, IMU, CC Targets). This person is responsible for completing the global quantification of the assortment that support departmental/divisional merchandise strategies they own. The Global Merchandise Planner partners with Global Merchandising to incorporate relevant regional input to build and quantify shell plans and preliminary assortments, supporting both Global and Regional seasonal strategies. They must collaborate effectively with Global and Regional Planning, Sourcing, Production and the Global Brand Team to bring the product line to life. The Global Merchandise Planner must also be flexible as the function evolves with new processes, tools and systems.

• Responsible to complete the financial architecture and global category plans by class, activity, franchise
• Partner with Global Merchandising to support on the Global Line Architecture
• Complete pre-season quantification of the assortment plan for line planning and vendor allocation purposes
• Prepare and update rolling 24-month demand plans on a monthly basis and reconcile to each buy milestone
• Ad hoc analysis
• Advise in Seasonal Product Roadmap
• Advise in Seasonal Assortment Strategy
• Provide analysis to support price architecture strategies
• Put together content for showback to CPO (include strategy, directional investment level)

qualifications

• College certificate or University degree is required, preferably in Commerce or Business Administration
• 5-8 Years of Planning experience or progressive financial analysis and reporting experience
• Expert knowledge of Excel is required
• Excellent team player as well as the ability to work independently.
• Effective communication skills (written & verbal) & extremely organized, thorough and able to prioritize
• Detail orientated & analytical
• Results oriented – strong sense of motivation
• Self directed problem solver, proactive and resourceful
• Capable of effective multiple demand management from a variety of sources and adapts well to change.
• Ability and willingness to accept and provide feedback.

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 doesnt take yourself too seriously.

additional notes

Authorization to work in Canada 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 teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this positionis from $104,600-$137,300 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
• 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

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.

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