Creating Globally Reusable 2013 Workflows on SharePoint Designer 2013

I'd like to create a workflow for a list in an application I downloaded from the Office store. The option I have is to create a globally reusable workflow which I can then use on the applications list. How can I create a globally reusable 2013 workflow,
simply, what is the process of creating a globally reusable 2013 workflow on SharePoint designer 2013?

Thanks Margriet, I'm actually using SPD 2013. When I select the "Workflows" node on SPD, I only get List Workflow, Reusable Workflow and Site Workflow options on the ribbon. I tried using Reusable Workflow but it doesn't create one that is "Globally Reusable".
What I'm trying to do is to create a workflow which I can activate for a site collection so I can attache it to a list in an application I downloaded from Office Store. A reusable workflow such as the one I got from the Reusable Workflow option on the ribbon
doesn't work.

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