Regional Omni Planner

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.

The Regional Omni Planner manages the development and execution of seasonal replenishment forecasts at the account's category, style, and style/color level in order to achieve financial goals. Monitors, reviews, and maintains replenishment forecasts throughout the planning horizon. Effectively communicates forecast confidence, opportunities, and risks to key stakeholders.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Develops pre-season replenishment forecasts. Uses company's planning processes to create detailed seasonal and monthly replenishment forecasts for assigned accounts.
• Plans and facilitates an in-person forecast review meeting with the Account Buying/Planning team and Sales management once per season. Participates in the formal Demand Plan review meetings.
• Manages in-season replenishment forecast process and execution. Proactively manages the replenishment forecast based on week-to-week selling results. Creates and maintains ladder plans to validate and revise in-season forecasts.
• Identifies and resolve any reoccurring issues both internally and externally with customers. Drives consensus for inventory issues with internal stakeholders and customers.
• Communicates forecast variance and inventory issues. Monitors and manages demand plan, supply plan, and inventory to ensure fill rate and inventory targets are met. Creates analysis and reporting on shipping.
• Provides input for decision making. Gathers data. Analyzes and provides direction for all aspects of customer seasonal replenishment forecast.
• Communicates with customers to insure mutual business goals are being achieved through regular management of the forecast. Works closely with Account sales representatives, Account Services, and Account Logistics to problem solve and provide recommendations for solutions on business processes.
• Provides feedback on continuous improvement for planning systems, business processes, and reports.
• Actively participates in offsites to establish best practices and create efficiencies.

YOU ARE

• Proactive and assertive in follow-through with business leaders, colleagues, and business partners
• Able to collaborate and influence others across various levels, regions, and cultures
• Able to solve complex problems, and develops independent creative solutions based on the evaluation of multiple options
• Effective working under limited supervision
• Experienced at Identifying and solving complex functional and cross-functional problems
• Highly effective and able to handle multiple competing priorities and prioritize according to business need
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills with the ability to influence others
• Critical eye for evaluating data and translating to decision makers through storytelling
• Forecasting skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• General knowledge of the outdoor industry, consumer buying patterns, and retail dynamics sufficient to be credible and influential with customers.

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Management, or equivalent experience is required.
• 2+ years of professional experience in enterprise and/or global planning, forecasting, supply chain, analytics, and/or related fields preferred.
• Inventory Management experience preferred.
• Possess knowledge of merchandising, buying, product allocation, and retail sales analysis
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets, charts and pivot tables; proficiency using formulas.
• Experience analyzing data through Business Intelligence and visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau experience preferred).
• General knowledge of retail math and pricing strategies, particularly open-to-buy and the financial planning process at the retail level.

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 opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we're proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family's financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services). In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to AskHR@columbia.com with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.