Lululemon Hiring for Program Manager – Finance & Inventory Systems Portfolio Job at Seattle, WA Full Time

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.

About this team

We are a group of passionate individuals delivering lululemon’s Finance Systems roadmap globally. The team acts as system liaison between Technology and Finance to support new initiatives and maintain ERP Financial Systems such as Oracle EBS R12.2.10 Financials on OCI, EPBCS (Hyperion Planning), Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Coupa, ReadSoft Online, Lucernex, Vertex O Series, Spreadsheet Server (Insight Software) Reporting

A day in the life

Portfolio Management & Strategy

• Manage Finance & Inventory Systems Portfolio which includes the overall management of an $11M+ portfolio including creation of simple, consistent reporting
• Manage Portfolio level risks and dependencies to ensure overall success and predictability of program including senior leader alignment and trade-off decisions where necessary
• Manage the overall Portfolio financials spend and accountability
• Employee development and community of practice involvement for key roles in the organization (BA, ScrumMaster, Project and Program Manager)
• Develop and measure clear product KPIs, derive key insights, and devise and execute proof-of concept executions to learn.
• Lead the Annual Operating (AOP) Plan for portfolio investments
• Serve as a subject matter expert in business cases, developing action plans to address them, and assisting with the preparation and dissemination of communications across teams as related to process and projects
• Lead the Finance & Inventory Systems Strategy process and develop applicable heatmaps
• Elevate work planning through product management, quarterly planning practices and
• dependency management

Leader Enablement

• Monitors corp-wide and Technology information flow, ensuring Director, Finance & Inventory Systems has the right visibility at the right time to take the required actions
• Develop, own and continue to socialize the investment story on the overall portfolio.
• Lead Finance & Inventory Systems business operations like staffing strategy, goals, KPIs and operational processes, etc.
• Contributes to, reviews and executes improvements to org structure, identifies knowledge and skills gaps and help address them
• Manages meeting cadences for Finance & Inventory Systems leadership team ensuring materials are requested / sent in advance, objectives achieved and actions taken
• Manages opex budgets across the portfolio, including forecasting, investigation into variances and spending opportunities
• Ensures that contract renewals and true ups are completed and managed against budget, representing director and managers with Finance and Procurement partners
• Manages hiring process, including drafting and posting job descriptions and maintaining / standardizing interview & onboarding process (e.g. diversity and inclusion lens)

Operational Excellence

• Maintains current processes, and identifies process improvements and efficiency opportunities across the portfolio
• Ensures adoption of new and updated process to improve productivity (including implementation of enterprise project & program processes and ServiceNow ITBM in 2022)
• Work with team leaders to transform us from the service-based practice into a software development-focused, product-based practice
• Provides input into Enterprise Planning & Portfolio Management and Global Operations teams to improve and optimize processes
• Plans portfolio-wide meetings, leadership offsites and other similar events
• Maintains and communicates top priorities, ensuring clear actions and outcomes are on track
• Oversees daily operations, including management of team sites, content and knowledge – all source of truth information
• Support people and team initiatives
• Provide operational support to supported technology and systems

Program Oversight

• Lead program/project delivery in partnership with technology and business teams.
• Oversee enterprise programs such as footwear, membership
• Drive alignment on project deliverables and project milestones by effectively partnering with stakeholders.
• Provide regular project management reporting to all stakeholders
• Assemble and manage program roadmap and checkpoint gates.
• Responsible for managing holistic program budgets and key milestones.
• Champions project management best practices and processes.
• Effectively performs all standard project management duties

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in program/portfolio management role, 3-5+ years consulting or executive management role
• Proven experience with a focus on operations management within high growth companies
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation preferred
• Software development or product management background preferred
• Comfort in presenting and communicating to across all levels of the organization
• Ability to translate ideas into clear, high impact communications
• Ability to excel in an ambiguous environment
• Ability to work independently and deliver results with little supervision; ability to prioritize tasks across multiple projects
• Detail-oriented; Results-oriented; Problem solver

Must haves

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same.
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

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