Location: China Mainland
State/Province/City: Shanghai
City: Shanghai
Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Sample Collection Lead
Description & Requirements
WHO WE ARE
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.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
- Manage sample process end to end to support China campaigns assets creation
- Be involved into the pre-seasonal process from product x brand for campaign styles defining, building format and necessary information for global & China internal communication later
- Consolidate the information once multiple teams put sample orders into the system, actively work with global sample operation team to identify the priorities.
- Timely communicate with brand team on sample readiness status, constantly work with merch team and brand team for substitutions or solutions needed. Sharing the status quo to the leadership team for emerge further alignment or decisions
- Coordinating & follow up with merch & planning team to take action from product system based on styling selection & decisions.
- Coordinating the sample collection from product to brand team, managing the system invoicing processes with the sample receipts
- Summarize based on the seasonal learnings, share back with global & China team for future process optimization
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3-8 years’ experience in retail in a merchant or buying role
- Bachelor’s degree qualified (Business, commerce preferred)
- Vertical retail and omni channel experience highly desirable
- Mastery of retail mathematics and Open to Buy
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret multiple data points across numerous channels and market segments
- Proven ability to work with and lead a cross functional team
- Excellent sense of style and color trends; athletically minded
- Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal • Entrepreneurship – an ability to make decisions and take calculated risks
- Focus on creating extraordinary guest experience, organizational and time management skills
- Strong knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Self-awareness, with a desire for constant self-improvement (goal –oriented)
- Willingness to travel and work on the retail floor
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 ataccommodations@lululemon.com. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.