People & Culture Business Partner

lululemon; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 103,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

A performance apparel company in Metro Vancouver is seeking a senior P&C business partner to lead people initiatives, advise on organizational design, and manage talent development. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in P&C roles, strong communication skills, and a deep understanding of employment law. This position offers a hybrid work setting with a commitment to career development and employee well-being.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Qualifications

• Experience in coaching and developing team capabilities.
• Ability to leverage quantitative and qualitative data for decision making.
• Strong presentation skills in PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead people initiatives in alignment with business leaders.
• Advise leaders on organizational design opportunities.
• Lead change management activities for organizational initiatives.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Data analysis

Consulting & collaboration

Project management

Leadership development

Education

10+ years’ experience in P&C Business Partner/generalist role

Strong knowledge of employment law

Job description

Overview

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.

Core Responsibilities

Consultation and Collaboration

• Develop and lead people initiatives in partnership with VP-level business leaders, and in alignment with P&C BP Directors, that support the geo-functional plans and longer-term goals and priorities of the organization
• Leverage deep business understanding and strong analytical skills to identify issues, diagnose root causes, provide insights, offer recommendations, and develop proactive solutions to solve pressing business objectives through the talent lens, for areas related to productivity, engagement, functional skill development, attraction, retention, workforce planning, total rewards & recognition
• Provide insights and feedback to CoEs, represent voice of the business to P&C and voice of P&C to the business. Act as a key business and P&C intermediary, translating business strategy to inform P&C and P&C strategy to inform the business (including Open to Hire and Workforce Planning activities)
• Drive the right level of localization of program, policy and process application, achieving the delicate balance between business needs and enterprise efficiency
• Support VP-level senior leaders through coaching and advice on career development, recruitment practices, succession planning, compensation and performance management, diversity & inclusion and other human resource practices
• In partnership with other P&C peers, develop and implement employee advisory and consulting practices, with emphasis on addressing all aspects of the employment relationship and terms of employment and developing standard operating procedures, practices and tools (Mgr)

Organizational Design & Development

• Advise leaders on potential OD opportunities and impacts associated with org changes
• Lead and project manage all OD activities with large scale impact (org wide, cross org, global/regional) in partnership with key stakeholders, in region partners and relevant CoE’s

Project / Initiatives and Change Management

• Leads all aspects of change management associated with OD changes, in partnership with key stakeholders
• Leads all aspects of initiatives that are driven by P&C, in collaboration with the working group and CoE’s partners
• Leads change management activities related to org wide initiatives

Talent Management

• Lead, monitor and manage Pace related activities at VP level
• Leads key people initiatives that support the BP and function by ensuring existing talent in optimized to align with business strategy
• Leverage CoE talent frameworks to develop proactive talent activation solutions focusing on performance management, career and personal development, and succession planning that allows leaders an easy way to align people and work to achieve business outcomes

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with internal P&C policies and practices, and with relevant labor and employment legislation

IDEA

• Understands IDEA principles and sets example for leaders and employees
• Incorporates IDEA in personal leadership practice

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in P&C Business Partner/generalist experience
• Strong knowledge of employment law and ability to apply to a variety of situations
• business acumen – understand business drivers and creates opportunities to connect with business directly to learn about its needs and perspectives and seen as credible functional expert
• data analysis – can leverage quantitative and qualitative data to enable informed decision making
• Strong communication and presentation skills in PowerPoint with ability to summarize key information, present relevant data to facilitate discussions and decision making
• relationship building - builds personal relationships of trust and can be relied on to do what is promised
• coaching – experience coaching and developing team capabilities; trusted partner with skills to support leaders to lead from clarity
• consulting & collaboration – skilled at consulting with wide variety of partner types and navigating unchartered territory
• project management – stakeholder engagement and program execution and change management
• leadership development – leadership coach and trusted advisor
• agenda Shaping & influence - proactively shapes the ideas and agendas of stakeholders and credible activism/advocacy
• Two-way advocacy – ability to stand in resistance when required

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

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 team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $103,500 - 135,900; 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
• Generous employee discount
• Fitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top-up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. lululemon 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.