Principal Omni Planner - North America Columbia Brand

Columbia Sportswear • Portland, OR

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Omni Planner leads and delivers revenue and inventory results through demand, supply, and inventory management strategies for the North America Columbia Brand. The role owns planning processes and categorical and style-level forecasting, balancing data-driven insights with merchandising strategy to develop top-down and bottom-up plans. It creates initial pre-season forecasts and in-season monthly demand plans using statistical projections, merchandising inputs, and commercial feedback, and monitors style and category forecasts across a multi-season planning horizon. The planner influences seasonal strategy and communicates forecast confidence, opportunities, and risks. The role also leads process improvements, ad hoc projects, reporting, and training, and serves as a subject matter expert.

This is a hybrid position based at company headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs and company discretion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Management, or another applicable discipline.
• At least 8 years of professional experience and strong competency with the tools, systems, or procedures required for the job.
• Superior forecasting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Significant experience using Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets, charts, and pivot tables, including functions such as SUMIF and VLOOKUP.
• Proficient knowledge of Power BI, including viewing and using published reports.
• Ability to speak in front of groups of varying sizes and levels within the company.
• Ability to lead business processes internally and cross-functionally.
• Proactive and assertive follow-through with business leaders, colleagues, and business partners.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence people across levels, regions, and cultures.
• Ability to solve complex problems and develop independent, creative solutions after evaluating multiple options.
• Effectiveness working under limited supervision.
• Experience identifying and solving complex functional and cross-functional problems.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities and prioritize according to business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to build Power BI reports.

Responsibilities

• Represent North America Omni Planning as a lead in consensus and planning process management.
• Build seasonal and monthly style-color demand forecasts based on category revenue and profitability goals, market conditions and opportunities, advertising plans, customer bookings and sell-through, cancellation trends, account door profiles, and growth plans.
• Reconcile style forecasts on an ongoing basis with financial targets.
• Support line development by creating initial consensus seasonal style-level forecasts in collaboration with Sales and Merchandising.
• Support line planning, SKU management, and long-range material planning by creating seasonal full-price sales forecasts at the style and style-color level.
• Determine and communicate forecast confidence, including risks and opportunities.
• Help improve forecasting models and processes through in-depth analysis of forecast inputs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and training lead.
• Review and monitor style and category coverage throughout the season.
• Lead process improvement, ad hoc projects, and reporting.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance and disability benefits.
• Flexible spending accounts and a health savings account.
• Voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services.
• Free, confidential 24/7/365 counseling through EAP+.
• Wellness benefits.
• Employee discounts.
• Time-off program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior