Senior Director, Responsible Supply Chain

Description & Requirements
IMPORTANT NOTE: this role is being held by our recruitment partner ACRE
Please Send Your Application To
Richard Kent at [email protected]
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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
This role is part of the Sustainable Business & Impact team, which shapes the future of impact within our brand and business. This work doesn’t just live in one function; social and environmental impact at lululemon are integrated in everything we do. The team leads and integrates our vision and initiatives across the company to create value for our brand, our collective (guests, employees, makers, ambassadors), and society. The result is an innovative, purpose-driven brand creating a future that we want to live in. As our Senior Director, Responsible Supply Chain, in the Sustainable Business & Impact team, you will support a global and regional team to safeguard the human rights and wellbeing of the people who make our products and reduce environmental impacts within our manufacturing base. In this role you will build our brand credibility and business continuity.
a day in the life: what you’ll do
Reporting to the SVP, Sustainable Business and Impact, you will lead the Global Responsible Supply Chain function. This role will be responsible for designing strategy and evolving the responsible supply chain approach. You will be responsible for accelerating integration and impact by designing and executing industry leading human rights, labour, vendor environmental programs and approaches to meet enterprise goals across the global supply chain.

• Design strategies, policies, programs and roadmaps that achieve and evolve our Impact Agenda and business growth plans, to manage risk and ensure lululemon supply chain leadership
• Lead and evolve our RSC management system (e.g. risk assessment, policies and standards, metrics, systems and tools) with a continuous improvement mindset
• Provide content, information and substantiate facts for ESG, external and internal engagement, including performance reporting, public reporting, investors and other internal and external stakeholders
• Lead Responsible Supply Chain Steering Committee to drive cross-functional accountabilities, strategy creation, and decision making among key VP+ leaders
• Lead enterprise responsible supply chain strategy in partnership with cross-functional leaders
• Drives synergies, improved processes, and governance between environmental and social supply chain work to support efficiency during period of high growth
• Oversee delivery of human rights and environmental due diligence within our supply chain and manufacturing and of responsible purchasing practices, roadmaps, tools and incentives in supply chain, in close collaboration with internal partners, advancing functional ownership
• Engage with external partners and represent the work to key audiences, as appropriate.
• Supports response, action plan, and execution for high profile crisis management in partnership with SVP and critical key leaders
• Oversee design and delivery of lululemon’s manufacturing RSC monitoring program, vendor environmental program, including energy, water and carbon, and of global and regional programming to address critical issues in line with Impact Agenda priorities
• Mentor, manage and build an engaged and high performing remote global team of skilled professionals, including direct and indirect reports.
• Build and manage relationships with critical external stakeholders to advance impact and issues management, as appropriate

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of related professional experience with a significant team and budget at a global matrixed publicly traded brand and/or retailer;
• Must be a team player able to comfortably and effectively work within matrixed organizations;
• Highly organized, strong negotiation skills, as well as systemic and technical problem solving skills;
• 10-15+ years of related work experience in environmental and social sustainability, supply chain, risk management, management systems, business resilience, standards and regulatory compliance, partnerships – including demonstrated experience in building and managing responsibility and sustainability systems and processes;
• Must be able to travel internationally as required
• Exceptional interpersonal, particularly ability to influence others;
• Related fields. Sustainability and responsibility management certifications are beneficial.
• Experience in managing complex issues, experience in supply chain;
• Advanced degree in business, sustainability, science, law, supply chain, risk management and/or
• 10+ years of experience leading teams. International experience working with diverse, multi-cultural team is required;
• Demonstrated trust, partnership, change management and stakeholder engagement internally and externally;
• Demonstrated leadership to accelerate implementation of strategies and programs to achieve company goals;
• Maintain an external and internal facing mindset, including staying on top of changing landscapes and geo-political trends;

must haves

• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• 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, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.
• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.