Job Location: Portland, OR
Job Description
- 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.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Columbia Sportswear’s dynamic global supply chain consists of 4 distribution centers, 430 retail stores, 80 apparel factories and 20 footwear factories worldwide. We pride ourselves on being able to get products to market quickly, safely, and in the most cost-effective manner. By leveraging data analytics, we are constantly pushing to make smarter business decisions and identifying innovative ways to make Columbia Sportswear’s supply chain more efficient and effective to meet our consumers’ ever-changing needs.
As the Supply Chain Business Process Analyst you will be responsible for guiding process improvement to reduce cost and complexity across the organization. You will represent Global Supply Chain and collaborate and operate cross-functionally to impact the long-range objectives of process and systems to enable projects and initiatives. You’ll be responsible for understanding and coordinating both current and future state business process documents. Key to your success will be the development of strong stakeholder partnerships. These partnerships will facilitate an understanding of Supply Chain business needs and requirements. You will be the business liaison for key enterprise stakeholders to enable the design, testing and implementation of system/technical solutions.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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- Coordinate activities in the project life cycle, including supporting definition of objectives and scope, plan development, task definition, coordinating and meeting with stakeholders and participants, monitoring progress, driving progress through to completion, status reporting, and project documentation.
- Participate in cross functional interview sessions to gather and elicit information from functional managers and their staff on Supply Chain processes and opportunities for improvement. Distinguish user requests from user needs.
- Be a visible business advocate, representing and influencing business requirements and interests across the Supply Chain functions.
- Establish analytics, metrics, support and coordination for internal business usage.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse group of business stakeholders, gaining an in-depth understanding of the business, to support the prioritization and delivery of solutions.
- Perform gap analysis to evaluate scope and impact of current and future models; propose and enable functional and technical solutions.
- Identify and coordinate business process flows, functional and reporting requirements, as well as risks and controls in a clear manner that is comprehensible to the project teams.
- Work with the Project Management Office to ensure project deliverables are identified and implemented for the Supply Chain functional areas.
- Drive cross functional teams to develop, test and implement functional and/or technical solutions to achieve the desired end state.
- Partner with Supply Chain Analytics to ensure that end-user reporting requirements are captured, and internal reporting tools are validated on the finished product.
YOU ARE
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- An excellent communicator who has strong interpersonal skills
- Able to maintain confidential information
- A strong problem-solver
- Able to multi-task, prioritize essential tasks and meet deadlines
YOU HAVE
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- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 3-5+ years of professional experience and strong competency with various tools (i.e. Visio, Azure Dev Ops, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite), systems, or procedures required to accomplish the job
- 2-3 years of experience in Project implementation (including testing, cutover, validation and production support) desired
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- Knowledge and experience with operations excellence concepts and tools such as value stream mapping, business process re-design, six sigma green belt, lean thinking and organizational change management. Certification is a plus
- Strong knowledge of principles, concepts, and theories within Supply Chain and the ability to train & develop other team members on this knowledge
Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we’ve been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who’s found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.
At Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC), we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. CSC believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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