Senior Planning Operations Analyst

Columbia Sportswear Company • Portland, OR

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company. OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS. At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground. Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving. We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest. And we believe in you. POSITION SUMMARY As the Senior Planning Operations Analyst focused on our Global Planning end-to-end business process and capabilities, you are the functional area leader for Fulfillment. This position will be focused leading and driving seasonal process and continuous improvement efforts associated to Fulfillment planning across the different brands, regions and channels. You are the business process owner and the global go-to person regarding the fulfillment process, capabilities, and relevant key performance indicators. In addition to process and capabilities, you have a working knowledge of associated analytics to inform and enable the related business processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience in Supply Chain Management, Business, Management, Merchandise Planning, or similar fields
• Requires 5-8 years of professional experience and mastery of relevant function/process experience business skills
• 5+ years of experience with decision support tools and processes in a business process/analyst capacity
• Ability to relate planning application and associated data to business process need
• Business Process Analyst experience defining business process and leveraging analytics to inform decision making

Nice To Haves

• Business acumen across product creation, manufacturing, supply chain (demand and supply planning), finance and retail desired
• Work experience reflects a progression of increasing responsibility.
• Omni-channel experience and Retail industry knowledge is desired

Responsibilities

• Owns the Global Planning business process associated to Fulfillment planning encompassing planning application and analytical capabilities
• Act as functional SME as well as engage business SMEs to define requirements, support of solutions and deliver against defined Supply Chain and Enterprise priorities
• Strong leadership and ability to drive towards Global Planning capabilities and desired outcomes
• Anticipate and communicate issues and key decisions to program sponsors and stakeholders
• Defines business use cases, user stories, and/or business requirement while ensuring clarity within the backlog
• Champion business priorities and requirements through program deliverables as necessary
• You will work as the functional global lead for fulfillment planning to determine omni-channel needs priorities in support of Global Planning Leadership
• Anticipate and communicate issues and key decisions to Global Planning Leadership and/or program leadership
• Matrix leader of a super user community driving and facilitating process, capability, and analytics updates and enhancements associated with fulfillment planning
• Support and coordination of other users validating enhancements for business process, planning tool and associated analytical capabilities
• Drives and facilitates continuing education of current business process and associated enhancements to planning applications and/or related reporting that informs the process
• Performs other duties as assigned

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: Senior