This is a hybrid role, requiring weekly, onsite collaboration at Columbia Sportswear’s headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
ABOUT THE POSITION
As part of North America Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), this role will support Columbia outlet, brand, and employee stores within the US and Canada.The Workforce Optimization team iscommitted to to delivering an exceptional experience by optimizing our operations to ensure efficiency, productivity, and satisfaction for both our employees and consumers. To help us achieve this goal, we are seeking a talented Industrial Engineer who specializes in Retail Workforce Optimization.
We are looking for a Senior Workforce Optimization Analyst to deliver in-depth, industrial engineering services to Columbia Sportswear’s Retail workforce optimization team. As a Workforce Optimization Analyst you will Identify and implement business solutions to support our retail stores. You’ll develop and maintain production standards, conduct cost comparison studies, identify process alternatives, contribute to the development of store layouts, and monitor and audit best practices and procedures. You’ll be relied upon for recommendations to leadership aligned to the most economical processing, storage, and receiving of product based on engineering expertise.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Perform retail process observations, identify opportunities, and provide feedback in the moment
Collect and analyze data to update labor model
Develop, implement, and maintain software solutions, specifically supporting engineered labor standards, forecasting, and budgeting efforts
Analyze and review current store processes and equipment; recommend changes, improvements and What-If scenarios which increase productivity and contribute to cost efficiency
Develop engineered labor standards by translating processes into a time measurement units (TMU) data model
Provides project management skills in key, high-level assignments involving design, development, and timelines of new store standards, store layouts, costing, and partnership of implementations
Capable of using data to influence leader buy-in
Able to manage small to medium sized projects
A strong communicator with the ability to present complex information in simple, concise terms
Experience in retail labor and store processes with an ability to identify waste and improvement opportunities
A strong analytic skill set and a high degree of proficiency in mathematics and statistics
Proficiency in MS Excel
Proven attention to detail
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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 is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a 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.
