lululemon Global Trade Systems Optimization & Strategy Manager
lululemonDescription & Requirements about this team The Global Trade Optimization team is a support and strategic hub responsible for optimizing trade processes and capabilities through data-driven insights, technology enablement, process optimization, governance, and program execution. The team partners across Trade Compliance, Trade Operations, Global Fulfillment and Upstream Supply Chain, Finance, Techn
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ology, and regional business teams to drive efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risk, and enable scalable trade programs worldwide. The team serves as the connective layer between business strategy, operations, and technology, ensuring that global trade capabilities are optimized through strong data governance, analytics, digital innovation, and program management.
core responsibilities
This role serves as the primary business leader for trade systems capabilities, ensuring technology investments, business processes, and global trade programs align with organizational objectives and deliver measurable business value.
As the business owner for trade technology solutions, this position is accountable for defining the product vision, roadmap, prioritization, and delivery of enhancements across the global trade ecosystem. Ensuring systems evolve to meet operational, compliance, and growth requirements.
Define and maintain the multi-year trade systems strategy and capability roadmap aligned to business and trade objectives through partnership of our PMO and Technology teams.
Establish and prioritize product and technology backlogs, enhancement requests, and technology investments based on business value and strategic priorities.
Develop business cases and value realization plans for new capabilities, system enhancements, automation initiatives, and technology investments.
Partner with Technology teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
Drive roadmap management, stakeholder engagement, release planning, and key performance measurement.
Monitor health, user experience, utilization, and business outcomes to continuously improve technology capabilities and investments.
Manage the Trade budget, including support annual operating planning, long-range planning, and resource allocation activities, ensuring investments are aligned to strategic priorities and value creation opportunities.
Works closely with our internal Reporting, Forecasting, & Analytics function to manage financial savings and commitments with FP&A.
Partner with PMO lead to establish performance measures and governance mechanisms to track portfolio effectiveness and return on investment.
Monitor portfolio financial plans, business cases, forecasts, and delivery KPIs
qualifications
Minimum BA/BS degree from a four-year accredited university in Business, Supply Chain , Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) or related discipline (advanced degree preferred). Product Management certification an asset
Strong core consulting skills, with a demonstrated track record of quality delivery, interpersonal effectiveness, and cross-functional collaboration.
Proven track record of delivering and deploying technical products in an agile
environment.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Strong business, planning, and organizing skills; including the ability to provide innovative ideas to leaders, communicate value, gain approval and implement
effectively.
Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering executive-level presentations.
Demonstrated leadership: with experience leading cross-functional teams, prioritizing work, managing change, developing, mentoring, clarity of purpose, motivated, relentless execution.
Ability to drive results independently while thriving in collaborative environments. Strong critical thinking, logical structuring, attention to detail, and excellent analytical and communication skills (written and verbal)
Excellent facilitation and issue resolution skills that involve con