Principal Omni Planner - North America Columbia Brand

Columbia Sportswear Company • Portland, OR

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Omni Planner for the North America Columbia Brand leads and delivers revenue and inventory results through demand, supply, and inventory management strategies. 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. From initial pre-season forecasts through in-season monthly demand plans, the planner uses statistical projections, merchandising inputs, and commercial feedback, and monitors and maintains style and category forecasts across a multi-season planning horizon. The role influences seasonal strategy and communicates forecast confidence, opportunities, and risks, while leading process improvement, ad hoc projects, and reporting.

This is a hybrid position based at the company's headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is to work onsite four days per week, though this may change based on business needs and may be adjusted at the company's 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.
• 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 others 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

• Proficient knowledge of Power BI, including viewing and using published reports.
• 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-level demand forecasts using 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 with financial targets on an ongoing basis.
• 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 levels.
• Determine and communicate forecast confidence, 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, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts and a health savings account.
• Voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services.
• Free, confidential, 24/7/365 EAP+ counseling services.
• Wellness benefits.
• Employee discounts.
• Time-off program.

What This Job Offers

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