Location: China Mainland
State/Province/City: Shanghai
Ciudad: Shanghai
Sectores Empresarial: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Time Type: Full-time
Senior Production Manager
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.
Position
Senior Production Manager
Reports to
Creative Operations Director
Location
Shanghai
About this role
We are seeking a visionary and pragmatic Senior Production Manager to lead our internal creative production. In this role, the Senior Production Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of all creative work - from brief to delivery.
Meanwhile, the Senior Production Manager will need to bridge the gap between “creative ideal" and “operational reality." The mission is to leverage best-in-class external production resources to enable us to produce high-quality content (video, digital, print, experiential etc.) at scale, on time, and within budget.
Key Responsibilities
Production Experience and Management
- Truly understand the creative concept and expectation, source the best class production partners to fullfil the production excellence.
- Manage complex productions across multiple mediums delivering premium and inspirational stories and experiences.
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team, and work collaboratively to complete the brief delivering on time and within budget.
- Curate and manage a roster of external directors, photographers, editors, illustrators, post-production houses, and studios. Focus more on expanding international resources.
- Onboard, manage and oversee production partners through pre-production, shoot and post production, ensuring clear communication on project needs, and adherence to our ways of working.
- Always keep an eye on what’s new and up-coming production vendors to inspire the creative partners - directors, photographers, illustrators, motion graphic designers etc.
Budget and Process Management
- Manage the annual production budget, track actuals against estimates, forecast future spending and identify opportunities for production efficiencies.
- Skilled at balancing “best in class" quality with “best in class" pricing.
- Lead the bidding process for large-scale productions. Ensure estimates are accurate, competitive, and account for scope creep.
- Identify production opportunities and create/evolve processes that foster efficiencies, drive results and support the growth of the team’s function.
- Define and evolve the production operating model to maximize efficiency, cost savings, and creative quality.
Project Management
- Support Creative Operations Director to set up and optimize SOP and work closely with cross function teams to ensure all projects to be delivered on time.
- Manage project risks by identifying options and impacts, offering solutions to remove obstacles, and enrolling executive stakeholders.
- Manage production paperwork, contracts, permits, and licensing needs, working in partnership with cross functional teams.
Team Collaboration and Leadership
- Oversee resource allocation, balancing internal creative bandwidth against external production partners to meet fluctuating business demands.
- Ability to solve logistical crises in real-time without disrupting creative morale.
Qualifications
- 15+ years experience in production for both video and print production, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Head of Production, Executive Producer, or Director of Production) within an advertising agency or a brand studio.
- Shooting experience with celebrity and/or athletes is a plus.
- Fashion and sports brand experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering complex, multi-channel campaigns (film, digital/social, print) from concept to completion.
- Proven experience managing big production budgets, including estimating, cost reporting, and SOW negotiation.
- Good communication skills and well organized working habits.
- Good command at Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, numbers, keynotes.
- Experience working quickly and efficiently, and keeping pace in a fast environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Chinese, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and draft professional emails.
- The ability to travel is 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 China 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. As part of our total rewards offering, you will receive competitive base pay and permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our 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:
- Supplement health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
- Paid time off
- Savings plan matching - Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Generous employee discount
- Fitness & yoga classes
- Parenthood top-up
- Extensive catalog of development course offerings
- People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)
Workplace Arrangement
In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.
Solo se contactará a los candidatos(as) bajo consideración. Por favor, acepta nuestro mayor agradecimiento por tu interés. lululemon es un empleador que ofrece igualdad en oportunidades de empleo. Las decisiones de empleo se basan en el mérito y las necesidades comerciales, y no en la raza, el color, el credo, la edad, el sexo, el género, la orientación sexual, el origen nacional, la religión, el estado civil, la condición médica, la discapacidad física o mental, el servicio militar, el embarazo o el parto y condiciones médicas relacionadas o cualquier otra clasificación protegida por leyes y ordenanzas federales, estatales o provinciales y locales. Hay servicios de adaptacion razonables disponibles para personas calificadas con discapacidades, previas a solicitud. Esta póliza de Igualdad de oportunidades de empleo se aplica a todas las prácticas relacionadas con el reclutamiento y la contratación, la compensación, los beneficios, la disciplina, la transferencia, la terminación y todos los demás términos y condiciones de empleo. Mientras la gerencia es principalmente responsable de asegurar que se implementen las pólizas de igualdad de oportunidades de empleo de lululemon, usted comparte la responsabilidad de garantizar que, mediante sus acciones personales, las pólizas sean efectivas.
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.