Visual Merchandiser

Lululemon Athletica; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 88,000 - 116,000; 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

Job summary

lululemon Athletica, a performance apparel company, is seeking a Visual Merchandiser to develop localized VM playbooks and regional strategies for North America. You will work with product strategy teams and report to the Manager, Visual Merchandising, guiding styling and store presentation." Role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5-8 years in VM or merchandising, with retail/apparel experience preferred.

Onsite work four days per week, competitive compensation, and a robust benefits program are

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, merchandising or visual communications.
• 5-8 years of experience in visual merchandising or merchandising role.
• Experience working in retail; apparel experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide VM input in key NA product strategy meetings.
• Create and execute seasonal VM sets and localized strategies.
• Develop regionally localized VM playbooks and training content.
• Offer regional styling guidance aligned with global directions.
• Create VM resources addressing store tiers, grades and clusters.
• Support regional VM in multiple stores, including the center of excellence.
• Spend time in stores to observe strategy and business needs.

Skills

Visual Merchandising

Retail experience

Regional localization

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, merchandising or visual communications

Job description

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

Visual Merchandising at lululemon showcases product to increase channel performance while elevating guest experience s and brand recognition. As the Visual Merchandiser you will be responsible for developing localized Visual Merchandising playbooks to ensure the local guest is taken into consideration in our Visual Merchandising Strategy for North America. You will report into the Manager, Visual Merchandising.

core responsibilities

• Provide Visual Merchandising based input and feedback in key North American Product strategy meetings
• Create and execute seasonal VM sets to showcase design intent and localized VM strategies, leveraging product education and merchants, achieving SLT approval.
• Develop regionally localized VM playbooks, based on global concepts and activations.
• Provide Regional styling and outfitting direction, rooted in Global and Ecommerce styling direction
• Create VM resources and tools addressing regionally specific nuances ie. store tiers, grades and clusters
• Create and deliver regionally localized VM training content, partnering with the training team
• Support criteria for store distribution lists for product capsules, new categories, test and learns, and category expansion based on global recommendation ie. footwear
• Execute and develop ongoing support of regional Visual Merchandising in a range of stores identified as the 'center of excellence'
• Spend time within a range of stores and key markets to observe strategy and business needs

qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, merchandising or visual communications
• 5- 8 years’ experience in visual merchandising or merchandising role
• Experience working in retail, apparel experience preferred

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 teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this positionis from $88,200 - $115,800 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.

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. 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.

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.