Program Lead, Brand Packaging

lululemon; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative apparel company is seeking a Program Lead for their Global Brand Packaging team. This exciting role involves managing the end-to-end packaging process, collaborating with diverse teams to ensure effective solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, a knack for detail, and a passion for sustainability. Join a forward-thinking organization that values creativity and teamwork, where your contributions can make a significant impact. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing for flexibility while being part of a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of experience in business operations or program management.
• Expert in MS Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project timelines with cross-functional teams.
• Support documentation, reports, and presentations for leadership.

Skills

Business Operations

Program Management

Budget Management

MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel)

Verbal and Written Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

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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 team

The Global Packaging and Labelling team is responsible for planning, designing, developing, testing, and producing end-to-end packaging and labels. We work in close partnership with cross-functional teams across the business and partners throughout supply chain. We meet the needs of our product, guests, markets and channels in order to achieve our strategic priorities and business goals. We ensure packaging and labelling materials are production ready and support successful product delivery.

A day in the life

The Global Brand Packaging Program Management team centralizes and leads the cross-functional work for the Brand Packaging category for all regions (retail shopping bags and supplies, ecomm packaging, gift packaging, and more). We collaborate with Brand Creative, Marketing, Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Sustainability, and Procurement teams to ensure our solutions meet business requirements. The “Program Lead, Global Brand Packaging” role supports the entire end-to-end process from strategy through to creation and delivery. The Lead is a strategic thinker and master coordinator who knows how to synthesize information, dig into the details, bring the right people together, and execute according to plan. This newly created role supports the existing "Program Manager, Brand Packaging" and reports directly into the "Manager, Packaging".

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the intake of project requests, creation of business requirements, and creation of project briefs

• Coordinate w/ Project Management and Development teams, and other cross-functional partners, to create realistic project timelines

• Support the Program Manager, Global Brand Packaging in the creation of documentation, reports, and presentation tools in order to facilitate the day-to-day work and the escalation of work to leadership

• Support in sourcing vendor quotes and performing cost analysis

• Support in bringing clarity and accountability to the work overall, and in setting the right tone and environment for the working group

• Support in bringing the right people together at the right time

• Understand and support the short-term and long-term goals of the various Brand Packaging programs

• Understand and support the requirements of the Sustainability Impact Agenda to ensure we meet our goals.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of direct experience with business operations and/or program management

• Experience with corporate retail and/or supply chain environments

• Experience managing budgets and costing

• Expert level user of MS Office, especially Powerpoint and Excel

• Strong verbal and written business communication skills—you are a logical thinker and clear communicator

• Excellent interpersonal skills—you are a collaborative, fair, approachable and seek to solve problems together

• Ability to multi-task and support various projects simultaneously

• Position is located in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Currently a “hybrid” work model with a minimum of 4 days in the Vancouver office (subject to change at any time).

Preferred Experience

• Experience or expertise with Packaging

• Experience with creative/design and production process

• Understanding of the retail store environment

• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (In Design, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Must haves

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.

• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.

• Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.

• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.

• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.

• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

NOTE: 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

• Industries

  Retail, Retail Apparel and Fashion, and Packaging and Containers Manufacturing

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