Global Apparel Product Line Manager II

This is a hybrid role based out of our HQ office near Portland, OR. In-office expectation is 3 days a week.

About The Position

As an Apparel Product Line Manager II, you will support the team through the gathering, creation and analysis of reports on sales, market trends, SKU productivity, margin and category trends allowing the merchandising team to build the product line with a maximum revenue growth coupled with maximizing SKU productivity. This role supports various seasonal meetings and key merchandising deliverables by developing tools to assist in the analysis and presentation of the product line. This role also supports senior management with administrative assistance.

How You’ll Make a Difference

• Leveraging the SKU reporting information developed by the Demand Planning department, develop specific views to assist merchandising in identifying category trends, classification opportunities, product flow potential.
• Assist with compilation of sales, buying and market trend reports.
• Develop tools that provide category, distribution or classification specific views to allow PLM’s to understand trends.
• Facilitate information flow across merchandising department through excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Develop tools to assist with presentations—classification maps, color overviews, power point—as well as facilitate and organize events.
• Successfully work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and teams such as Merchandising, Design, Development, Sourcing, Planning and Marketing to name a few.
• Strong Organizational skills and attention to detail
• Thinks quick on their feet and is not overwhelmed with multiple changing processes.
• Enjoys presenting concepts, Product, and assortments.
• Other coordination and support as necessary.
  
  

YOU ARE

• Excellent at building relationships with internal and external co-workers.
• A problem solver.
• Excited to kick off your career in Merchandising
• Passionate about the outdoors.
  
  

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline. Equivalent work experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• 1-2 years’ experience managing a business segment i.e. market research, Buyer, Assistant Buyer, Planner, or product merchandising.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must have ability to present a professional and informative product and trend assortment to those both inside and outside the organization
• An understanding of software and reporting tools to collect relevant data
• Proficient in MS Office; specifically, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe
• Familiarity with PDM, JDE, and other Columbia operating systems preferred.
• Strategic thinker to drive new ideas and implement processes
  
  

#Hybrid

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.