Executive Assistant

Columbia Sportswear Company • Portland, OR

19d • Onsite

About The Position

As one of Columbia Sportswear’s Executive Assistants, you’ll be the right hand to the company’s executive leaders. You’ll be relied on to balance a broad scope of administrative functions, confidential communications, and proprietary information. Your scope of work will include secretarial ownership, management of routine office matters, and coordination & engagement on special projects. In this role, you will be supporting the SVP of Omni Planning and Fulfillment, VP of North America Regional Planning and the VP of Supply Chain Transformation and Logistics.

Requirements

• High school or equivalent degree.
• Minimum 5-7 years’ work experience at C-Suite level, providing senior level administrative support in progressively responsible positions.
• Experience in a publicly held company is highly desired.
• Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote/Drive, Microsoft Copilot) with an ability to create presentations using PowerPoint and/or other presentation software.
• Strong familiarity with calendaring, event planning, simultaneously manage & support multiple projects, and understanding what motivates people and teams.
• Experience managing expense reporting strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Protect executive focus through strategic calendar management that prioritizes revenue‑driving work, partner alignment, and decision‑making moments.
• High level management of complex ever changing calendars for multiple executives.
• Enable fast, clear communication across teams by synthesizing updates, surfacing risks, and ensuring leaders have the right context at the right time.
• Lead operational excellence by owning business cadences, leadership meetings, offsites and department-wide meetings for technology and HR.
• Excellence in event coordination, resourcefulness, and organization is critical to operating effectively and supporting the team at a high level.
• Build strong partner relationships to influence without authority and ensure seamless collaboration across functions.
• Identify gaps and streamline processes & meetings to reduce friction, improve speed, and support a high‑velocity retail environment.
• Model judgment, discretion, and calm in a fast‑moving, customer‑centric business where priorities shift quickly.
• Success in this role requires being highly flexible, adapting quickly to change, and maintaining composure in fast‑moving situations.
• Coordinate varying styles of meetings including but not limited to - department meetings, staff meetings, onsite/offsite meetings etc. Coordinating agenda, notes and communications.
• Adept at booking not only executive travel but communicate and plan extensive team travel spanning through multiple regions.

Benefits

• 401k plan plus a generous company match
• medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account
• an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services)
• EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services
• extensive wellness benefits
• employee discounts
• a generous time off program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: High school or GED