Sr Workforce Planning Analyst - Portland, United States - Columbia Sportswear

Description

ABOUT THE POSITION

The North America Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) team focuses on our outlet, brand, and employee stores within the US and Canada. From merchandising to retail marketing to retail operations (which includes the Workforce Optimization team), there is a highly collaborative team working "behind the scenes" to ensure our consumers have a positive experience in our stores.

As a Senior Workforce Planning Analyst you will be a key member of the Workforce Optimization team. Within this role you will provide in-depth, labor engineering services to the Columbia Sportswear retail workforce to ensure improved business solutions to support CSC strategies. Here you'll develop and maintain production standards, conduct cost comparison studies, identify process alternatives, contribute expertise to development of store layouts, and monitor and audit best practices and procedures. Most importantly you will deliver engineering-based recommendations to assure the most economical processing, storage, and receiving of product.

HOWYOU'LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• 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 and improvements which increase productivity and contribute to cost efficiency
• Provide detailed and accurate costing based on what-if analysis by adding or removing processes of interest
• Establish engineered labor standards by breaking down and assigning build processes into a time measurement units (TMU) data model
• Conduct studies and analyses of various customer service and production activities; develop the most efficient and effective methods to ensure activities are aligned to target or strategy
• Monitor and provide support for retail workforce optimization and store teams by assisting with problem solving and decision making
• Provide project management skills in key, high-level assignments involving design, development and timelines of new store standards, store layouts, costing, and partnership of implementations

YOU ARE

• Well-versed in retail mathematics, including statistical analysis
• Well-versed in project management
• A strong communicator - verbal communication, written communication and presentation skills
• Detail oriented

YOUHAVE

• 5+ years of professional experience and strong competency with various tools, systems, or procedures
• Retail experience and an applied understanding of labor methodology
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing work measurement standards

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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.

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: The pay transparency policy is available here: 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, ID theft, and legal services). We have extensive wellness benefits and employee discounts available.