Senior Manager – Facilities

lululemon located at Brampton, Ontario is currently accepting applications for the position of Senior Manager – Facilities. The company is looking for a motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills who is ready to start as soon as possible. The employer is offering a full-time position.

Employer Name: lululemon
Position: Senior Manager – Facilities
Salary: $145,000 – $190,300 annually
Employment type: Full-time
Location: Brampton, Ontario

Also hiring: Truck driver

Job Description

• The candidate will be responsible for providing strategic leadership for Facilities operations across lululemon’s North American Distribution Center network to ensure safe, compliant, and highly reliable operations.
• The candidate will be responsible for leading the development and execution of a network-wide Facilities and asset management strategy covering building systems, material handling equipment (MHE), controls systems, utility systems, and critical facility assets.
• The candidate will be responsible for establishing and driving standardized maintenance and reliability programs across all distribution centers, including preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, asset criticality methodologies, and lifecycle management practices.
• The candidate will be responsible for leading the North America Facilities operating model by driving consistency in processes, technician capabilities, maintenance standards, safety programs, training, vendor management, and CMMS utilization across the network.
• The candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and governance for enterprise CMMS systems, maintenance planning, asset data integrity, performance reporting, inventory management, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance equipment uptime and technician productivity.
• The candidate must collaborate with Distribution Operations, Distribution Engineering, Automation Engineering, Technology, FP&A, Health and Safety, Construction, and Distribution leadership teams to maximize operational performance and minimize facility and equipment downtime.
• The candidate will be responsible for serving as the Facilities functional leader for new distribution center launches, expansions, retrofits, automation deployments, and major capital improvement projects.
• The candidate will be responsible for leading the Facilities capital planning process, including developing multi-year asset replacement strategies, infrastructure investment roadmaps, business cases, and capital expenditure priorities across the network.
• The candidate will be responsible for managing Facilities operating and capital budgets while identifying opportunities to improve asset performance, reduce maintenance costs, and optimize vendor expenditures.
• The candidate will be responsible for establishing and monitoring network-level KPIs, including equipment uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, technician utilization, safety performance, maintenance costs, inventory accuracy, vendor performance, and asset health metrics.
• The candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with OSHA (United States), Ministry of Labour (Canada), environmental regulations, fire and life safety requirements, and company standards while promoting a strong culture of safety and operational excellence.
• The candidate will be responsible for leading, coaching, and developing a geographically distributed team of Facilities Managers, Supervisors, Controls Technicians, and Maintenance Technicians to strengthen organizational capability, succession planning, and technical expertise across North America.
• The candidate must lead continuous improvement, sustainability, energy optimization, and operational innovation initiatives to enhance reliability, minimize operational risks, and support long-term network scalability.
• The candidate will be responsible for leading through lululemon’s IDEA commitments while fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that prioritizes safety, accountability, and collaboration.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must have 12+ years of leadership experience in a Distribution Center, fulfillment, manufacturing, or similar industrial environment, preferably within a fast-paced, high-growth operation involving sortation, conveyance, automation, MHE, and WMS systems.
• The candidate must have 7–10 years of direct people management experience leading hourly and salaried employees across multiple teams and sites.
• The candidate should have 5+ years of experience working with, supporting, or leading teams responsible for PLCs, controls systems, and industrial automation.
• The candidate must have 5+ years of experience maintaining material handling equipment and large, complex integrated systems, with experience overseeing multiple facilities preferred.
• The candidate should have a four-year college degree or equivalent work experience.
• The candidate must have experience operating powered equipment such as pallet jacks, high-bay pickers, and reach trucks.
• The candidate must have working knowledge of material handling equipment, including sortation systems, conveyance systems, and pick towers used in distribution environments.
• The candidate should have expertise in Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems, which is preferred for this role.
• The candidate must create and maintain an environment that promotes teamwork, excellence, cooperation, respect, and diversity.
• The candidate must have the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with leaders at all levels across the organization.
• The candidate must demonstrate strong analytical, strategic, problem-solving, decision-making, and time-management skills.
• The candidate must demonstrate critical thinking skills and consistently operate with a continuous improvement mindset.
• The candidate must be able to work and deliver results in changing environments with limited guidance while meeting established deadlines and budgets.
• The candidate must meet all required attendance expectations.
• The candidate must maintain a safe work environment by following established safety practices and procedures.
• The candidate must acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for their actions and decisions.
• The candidate must possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously seek innovative ways to achieve strong results.
• The candidate must communicate with honesty and kindness while encouraging others to do the same.
• The candidate must lead with courage, recognizing that the possibility of greatness is greater than the fear of failure.
• The candidate must foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• The candidate must integrate fun and joy into their way of working while maintaining a balanced and positive approach.
• The candidate must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• The candidate must be able to frequently lift up to 50 pounds as required for the role.
• The candidate must be flexible and adaptable with their schedule, which may include night shifts, required holiday work, some weekends, occasional after-hours responsibilities, and overtime.
• The candidate will be required to work in an environment where in-person collaboration and office presence are important for successful role delivery.
• The candidate must work mainly onsite and be available at the workplace 4–5 days each week based on the needs of the role.

Benefits

Kindly use the given options to submit your application, if you are interested.

Online