Senior Manager, Responsible Procurement in Vancouver

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. We create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. Our success is attributed to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. We focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future, including creating an equitable, inclusive, and growth-focused environment for our people.

The Global Procurement team 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 strategic & stakeholder-centric procurement.

Reporting to the Director, Procurement - Strategy & Analytics, the Senior Manager, Responsible Procurement plays a critical role in embedding lululemon's values across our supplier ecosystem. In close partnership with Legal, Risk & Advisory, Cybersecurity, and Business Units, this role leads the Responsible Procurement function, shaping and advancing supplier risk, performance, relationship, and impact strategies and programs across Global Procurement.

What you'll do:

• Set and lead the Responsible Procurement strategy across Global Procurement, defining priorities, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes aligned to lululemon's enterprise goals.
• Oversee the design and scaling of global programs, ensuring that their frameworks are integrated, consistent, and embedded across all categories and regions.
• Drive enterprise-wide adoption of Responsible Procurement practices, embedding requirements into sourcing, contracting, category planning, and supplier management processes.
• Establish governance, operating rhythms, and decision forums, enabling cross-functional alignment with Legal, Risk & Advisory, Cybersecurity, IDEA, and Business stakeholders.
• Own program performance and value delivery, defining KPIs, monitoring outcomes, and driving continuous improvement across adoption, compliance, risk mitigation, and supplier impact.
• Guide category teams in translating strategy into action, ensuring supplier strategies reflect risk, performance, inclusion, and sustainability considerations.
• Lead senior stakeholder engagement, influencing Directors and above to integrate Responsible Procurement into business priorities and decision-making.
• Oversee insights, reporting, and analytics, ensuring data-driven decision-making through clear dashboards, actionable insights, and continuous feedback loops.
• Identify and advance external partnerships, including supplier councils, certifying bodies, and third-party providers to strengthen program reach and effectiveness.
• Champion change and capability building, driving awareness, education, and mindset shifts to enable a culture of responsible, value-driven procurement.

Qualifications:

• Required: Bachelor's degree
• Preferred: MBA, SCMP, PMP or other relevant professional designation or certification
• 7+ years Third-party Risk Management, Supplier Relationship Management programs, ESG applied to indirect Procurement and/or Procurement Strategy
• 3+ years of indirect procurement category experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint). Experience using AI to unlock efficiency and P2P/e-sourcing platform knowledge is an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Core capabilities:

• Responsible Procurement: Ensures strategic sourcing integrates supplier risk, inclusion, sustainability and performance considerations.
• Relationship Management: Builds essential trust with the stakeholder base.
• Change Management & Evolution: Understands and recognizes opportunities for change and creates strategies.
• Communication: Manages communication style according to the audience to ensure maximum effectiveness.
• Market Awareness: Knowledge of the vendor landscape and industry trends.
• Ownership: Takes ownership of issues and sees them through resolution.
• Facilitation Skills: Advanced skills in facilitation and storytelling.
• Decision Making: Strategic decision-maker for the organization.
• Supplier Risk: Develops organizational third-party risk management strategies.
• Supplier Performance: Drives initiatives that improve performance, efficiency, cost, quality and value.
• ESG: Advocates regulations with respect to ESG responsibilities.

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.
• 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.

Additional notes: Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

Compensation and benefits package: The typical hiring range for this position is from $145,000 - 190,300 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. Permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program. Other components of our total rewards offerings 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, and extensive catalog of development course offerings.

Workplace arrangement: In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.