lululemon

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.

ABOUT THIS TEAM

Reporting to the Buying Directors, our Buyer is responsible for the assortment, execution, and depth of the buy of their specific product category across all channels. The Buyer is responsible for strategic assortment planning, determining locally relevant assortments and being a competitive market expert for their region. This person will lead effective partnerships with Planning, In Season Country teams, Visual Merchandising, Digital, Brand and Community, and Retail Operations to deliver “right product, right stores, right time.” The Buyer is responsible for the development of other members of the regional buying team and creating strong relationships with our North American counterparts.

A  DAY  IN THE LIFE

• This role will manage sample process end to end to support China campaigns assets creation, the urgency is related to current enterprise challenges on the general sample process towards the needs of campaign assets to support China growth within entire 2025.
• Here are the general job descriptions that I am thinking, please feel free to add if anything did not cover:
• 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