Columbia Sportswear Company - Market Planner & S&OP Leader - Lancy

🔝 Reports to: Director IDR Supply Chain

📑 Permanent contract

📍 EMEA HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

👩‍💻🏡 Hybrid mode (2 days/week home-office)

📆 At the earliest convenience

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. 

Discover a world of diversity within our team of 700+ across 13 European countries, united by the common goal of elevating Columbia to the pinnacle of outdoor brands in Europe. Our omnichannel approach seamlessly integrates Columbia and Sorel brands' engaging in-store and online experiences.

Nestled at the heart of the Alps in Geneva, Switzerland, our European headquarters hosts the Executive Committee, go-to-market functions, and Planning and Logistics teams. In Schiltigheim, near Strasbourg, our shared services center thrives with over 100 professionals managing Finance and Operations/Customer Service. Our distribution center in Cambrai ensures swift delivery to customers, while our 30+ Columbia stores adorn major European outlet centers. Finally, the Sales and Trade Marketing teams are displayed in 3 different regions across Europe, close to their customers and markets.

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 TEAM

Located in our EMEA headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), the IDR Planning & Operations team enables distribution of our Columbia, Sorel, PrAna and Mountain Hardwear brands for our International Distributors across the globe.

Our small team of experts are is split into 4 functions: Account Operations, Operational Excellence, Market Planning and Logistics.

The team’s goal is to provide our 30+ partners across APAC, EMEA and LATAM with the best possible service and operational efficiency for our entire Outdoor Apparel and Footwear portfolio .

Meeting this objective requires our teams to own end-to-end supply chain operations; collaborating with our Regional and Global Merchandising teams to plan long-range Demand and assortment to drive optimal fulfilment, handle Customer orders, and liaise with our logistics partners around the world to ensure the right first time, on-time performance. Finally, we constantly measure and continually improve our performance over time to meet our business goals and deliver growth to the Region.

ABOUT THE POSITION

To complete our expertise in planning and analysis, we are looking for a Market Planner to lead supply chain planning performance and own the internal commercial relationship, for our full Columbia footwear portfolio.

The role additionally takes responsibility for leading S&OP for the region, across all brands. In this newly created role you will lead the S&OP conversation multifunctionally; driving enhanced reporting, cross-functional connectivity and decision-making to support growth and cost optimization.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

• Driving Demand Planning Excellence: Take charge of our Demand Planning Forecast, fostering collaboration with our commercial teams to ensure the highest quality forecast. Your insights will fuel our supply chain and S&OP process, empowering informed decision-making alongside our finance and corporate partners.
• Optimizing Product Assortment: Collaborate closely with our IDR Merchandising Teams to refine our product assortment. Your efforts will directly impact productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction, ensuring we deliver the right products to meet our customers' needs.
• Championing Service Optimization: Lead the charge in enhancing service and fulfilment operations through continuous improvement initiatives. Join forces with a dynamic global team to elevate our service levels and ensure an exceptional customer experience.
• Mastering Project Management: Take ownership of delivering key Columbia Footwear projects, seamlessly integrating them into our broader IDR RoadMap. Your strategic oversight and meticulous execution will drive success across our footwear portfolio.
• Facilitating Operational Excellence: Serve as a vital interface between our global and regional supply teams, regional account operations, and operational excellence teams. Your expertise will streamline operations and foster collaboration across functions to drive efficiency and effectiveness

YOU ARE

• A Dynamic, proactive Supply Chain Planning Specialist
• A Natural Team Player
• Action oriented – able to bring S&OP theory to life, via tangible solutions
• Performance Focused and able to bring a structured, agile approach to performance management
• A strong communicator able to take complex topics and simplify into short, insightful,  audience-ready actions
• Commercially savvy/business-oriented with a growth mindset and a can-do attitude
• Fluent in English, Available to work full-time and to travel regularly

YOU HAVE

• A minimum of 5 years of E2E Supply Chain Experience
• A solid understanding of the Distributor Go-to-Market Model
• Strong Demand and Supply Planning Capabilities plus experience in leading S&OP to drive growth
• Experience working within the apparel industry and/or depth of knowledge in the make-to-order business model
• Significant experience using Microsoft Excel and demand planning solutions, ideally blue yonder and SAP
• Strong Collaboration, Communication & Project/Change Management skills and a value creation mindset

PERKS & BENEFITS

🎁 Significant discounts on Columbia and Sorel products

🌍 Soft mobility policy (Geneva office only)

👩‍⚕️ Health insurance allowance for employees in Switzerland

🧘‍♀️ Pilates and yoga classes on our premises, and running groups or sports activities

📚 Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

📖 A monthly Learning Hour for training, discovery and learning

👩‍🏫 Unlock your potential: access to in-house training courses (feedback, leadership, Insights®…)

🌈DEI initiatives to exchange and strengthen our involvement around these themes

ABOUT THE CULTURE

• At Columbia Sportswear, we value an inclusive and open culture that emphasizes the absence of barriers between team members. We are committed to fostering a sense of belonging by encouraging personal connections at all levels, which creates a cohesive and supportive work environment.
• Team members serve as ambassadors for our brand, finding motivation in being part of an organization dedicated to activities they are passionate about. This dedication reflects our commitment to building a team that takes pride in our products and values.
• We offer the opportunity to work for a US-based company within a multicultural environment, where your job has an impact across different countries.
• Our "Always Be Learning" culture of continuous learning enables our employees to identify and develop skills that will enable them to continue to grow within the company.
• "Unlock Your Potential" is the spirit that characterizes our vision of employees' development: to offer them opportunities to grow, in their job, in their team or even to change jobs completely. We grow our people to grow our business.

To learn more about us and our culture, visit our page on Welcome To The Jungle: https://bit.ly/49bl1i5

ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS

1️⃣ Ready to unlock your potential at Columbia Sportswear Company? Apply now to help us connect active people with their passion! The hiring team will review your application in the following weeks.

2️⃣ If your application is selected: a 30-45mn introductory interview with our Talent Acquisition Team

3️⃣ Interview with the hiring manager (online or in-person interview)

4️⃣ Interview with the main stakeholders + case study presentation (if applicable)

5️⃣ Your unique strengths align perfectly with our team: we are thrilled to extend you an offer!

#LI-LA1

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.