Senior Category Manager, Technology - Indirect Procurement

About the role

The Global Procurement team at lululemon are trusted business advisors who strategically partner with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to create value and mitigate risk in strategic non-product purchases for the global organization. The team supports the business in increasing its profitability and return on investment by creating value in our indirect supply chain through sourcing and negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of category plan and associated sourcing strategies for indirect spend across the Technology category.
• Lead and develop team members.
• Support annual Technology sourcing activities - from strategy to contract.
• Support annual productivity improvements in each category of spend by developing and ensuring implementation of ideas to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) for spend categories.
• Bring sourcing efficiency to all activity; define specific roadmaps containing prioritization of sourcing categories and events.
• Build strategic partnerships with internal business leaders to increase Procurement awareness and reach through collaboration to build effective sourcing strategies that leverage the fast pace of the Technology market to achieve business and function specific priorities.
• Link market intelligence and value analytics to sourcing strategy & category plan development.
• Use a collaborative and inclusive approach to deliver against global Technology strategic priorities and translate that strategy into effective and innovative sourcing strategies.
• Continuous learning and understanding of industry and market trends using external and internal resources to inform the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy.
• Contribute to supplier relationship and performance management activities.
• Analyze spend data and other resources to identify value delivery opportunities and uncover additional insights.
• Facilitate the contract management process, liaising with legal counsel to ensure agreements are executed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred: MBA, SCMP or equivalent professional designation
• 7+ years Procurement experience
• 3+ years Technology category experience
• Core capabilities: Business Relationship, Category Management, Sourcing, Negotiation, Project Management

Additional Notes

• Must have authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.
• We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this role.
• Compensation and benefits package includes a typical hiring range of $141,400 - $185,600 annually, with the base pay offered based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity.
• Additional components of the total rewards offering include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth, extended health and dental benefits, mental health plans, paid time off, savings and retirement plan matching, generous employee discount, fitness & yoga classes, parenthood top-up, extensive catalog of development course offerings, people networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series.
• 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: Hybrid - in-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.