Senior Planning Capabilities Analyst

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.

As the Senior Planning Capabilities 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.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Owns the Global Planning business process associated to Fulfillment planning, leveraging deep knowledge of demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, and fulfillment planning processes to drive 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 YOU HAVE​Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Merchandise Planning, or Inventory Planning with responsibility for planning decisions and business outcomes.

Requires 5-8 years of professional experience and mastery of relevant function/process experience business skills5+ 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

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

Experience with JDA or Blue Yonder planning system preferred#Hybrid#LI-LC1

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. Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal…