lululemon | Planning

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 4-5 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to lululemon. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 4-5 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to lululemon. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at lululemon. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced4-5 hoursNo gradesNo assessments

At lululemon, we're excited to give you a glimpse into the work our Planning team does on the daily. You'll obtain the skills needed to work on a creative team and begin your career.

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, 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.

Through this job simulation, you'll experience the process of building and presenting a high-level financial plan. You'll learn about troubleshooting underperforming and delayed products.

What's in it for you?

A program you can complete all on your own time, at your own pace, anywhere.
A certificate of completion from lululemon that can be used to show your new planning skills.
Gain work experience to put you above your peers in the job search.
See if lululemon is the right workplace environment fit for you!

Skills you will learn and practice:

Trend Analysis

Sales Forecasting

Inventory Management

Retail Analytics

Communication

Presentation Skills

Persuasion

Negotiation

Sales Analytics

Trend Forecasting

How it works

Introduction from lululemon

Tasks in this program

Task One: Create a High-Level Financial Plan to Anticipate Business Needs

1-2 hours

Design a financial plan to provide a framework for projected sales and how much product you need to achieve those sales.

What you'll learn

Understanding why financial planning is critical to the success of merchandise planning at lululemon
Using the OTB ('open-to-buy') tool as a strategy for managing inventory

What you'll do

Create an open-to-buy forecast model to assist the merchandising team for the Men's T-shirt category at lululemon

Reviews

Over 350

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"I appreciated how the program provided a realistic and engaging simulation of decision-making in a dynamic retail environment. It effectively combined strategic thinking, problem-solving, and real-world scenarios to help understand the complexities of inventory management, financial planning, and customer satisfaction. This hands-on approach made t..."-- Student from National Institute of Fashion Technology

"It was easy to follow and harder than most of my school work which was great and a challenge for me!"-- Student from Oregon State University

"I liked how realistic this was. I feel like it didn't hold back the complexity of data and that really showed me that I needed to look at and understand what the data means for the company."-- Student from Johnson & Wales University

"I liked learning a lot about inventory for Lulu Lemon and the solutions you can implement to prevent and fix issues."-- Student from University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa

"I really liked how supportive the guidance alongside the tasks was, it made the tasks very clear and was very helpful throughout."-- Student from University of Durham

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