Strategic Merchandise Planner – Sales & Inventory

lululemon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan matching

Parenthood top-up

Job summary

lululemon is a Vancouver-based apparel company focusing on yoga, running, training, and athletic wear. The Global Planning team ensures financial success, monitors trends, and collaborates with Merchandising, Retail, and Operations to maximize sales and protect the guest experience.

The role reports to the Planning Manager and oversees category sales targets, gross margin, planned purchases, and inventory flow, with a focus on driving profitable growth and safeguarding inventory productivity.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree or equivalent required.
• 3-5 years proven experience with data analysis.
• Previous experience with merchandise and planning systems.
• Expert knowledge of Excel is required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Merchants on the development of pre-season sales, margin, receipt and inventory. Develop assortment plans to the category level by country by program. Develop projections and inventory flow for key items/collections.
• Analyze and reflect current trends in performance of strategy based on actual sales performance; revise in-season plans for sales and profitability; control inventory levels. Make recommendations for key financial meetings/decisions to maximize sales, margin and inventory productivity. Monthly plan review process: develop sales, receipt and inventory re-forecasts. Manage receipts and adjust inventory flow
• Execute hind-sighting by analyzing historical data and presenting findings. Recap and analyze actual results on an on-going basis to understand core drivers; identify risks and opportunities and partner with cross-functional partners to respond appropriately. Provide ad-hoc analysis related to driving business goals (e.g. analyzing attribute trends, class mix)
• Exhibit initiative to look beyond the everyday business to look for opportunities to maximize sales potential. Provide other analysis related to driving business goals (e.g. hindsight’s, etc.)
• Actively engage in a variety of projects depending on business needs. Proactively seek out self-improvement opportunities

Skills

Data analysis

Education

Four-year college degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Merchandise planning systems

Job description

lululemon is a Vancouver-based apparel company focusing on yoga, running, training, and athletic wear. The Global Planning team ensures financial success, monitors trends, and collaborates with Merchandising, Retail, and Operations to maximize sales and protect the guest experience.

The role reports to the Planning Manager and oversees category sales targets, gross margin, planned purchases, and inventory flow, with a focus on driving profitable growth and safeguarding inventory productivity.