Job Summary:
The Production Analyst/Planner drives pre-production and production planning and delivery execution. Ensures logistics compliance and communicates production and delivery status to relevant departments.
Responsibilities:
Ensures continuous improvement in delivery performance for assigned vendors to meet production goals. Proactively identifies and addresses production and capacity issues. Ensures that factory corrective action plans are established and follows up on areas where performance lags. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to resolve issues impacting quality and delivery.
Manages production exceptions as needed.
- Drives partnership enhancement and reconciles any discrepancies or arguments that might affect garment delivery and quality. Establishes and maintains partnerships with related cross-functional departments in the organization and with other business partners.
- Reviews and analyzes production reports with vendors. Validates data accuracy. Communicates issues to relevant departments. Keeps internal systems and related LOs/HO updated accurately in a timely manner.
- Provides vendors with updates and training for any relevant production docs and processes and ensures that vendors follow accordingly.
- Frequently visits factories to review production status. Works with vendors on issue prevention and resolution.
- Works with vendor logistics team to ensure vendor compliance, shipping document accuracy, and payment settlement in system. Works with relevant departments and teams on payments.
- Deploys process improvement and vendor empowerment. Supports other company initiatives.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience.
- Typically requires 4-6 years of professional experience, and general proficiency with tools, systems, and procedures required to accomplish the job.
- Travel: Occasional - 10%
Criteria & Management Requirements:
- Problem Solving: Solves a variety of problems that may be somewhat difficult and varied in nature. Consults with staff members on more complex issues.
- Decisions: Exercises judgment within defined parameters to make decisions on tasks with limited scope or complexity. Receives moderate level of guidance and direction on complex tasks.
- Knowledge: Working knowledge of the principles, practices and concepts within own job discipline; has broadened capability through practical experience in applying theories.
- Business Acumen: Understands key business drivers; demonstrates knowledge of the organization and processes; uses this understanding to accomplish their own work.
- Communication & Influence: Explains and simplifies complex information to others; leads the coordination of information to ensure ongoing process or program execution.
- Impact: Impact is typically limited to the department.
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification, or equivalent experience
- Typically 2–4 years of professional experience
- General proficiency with required tools, systems, and procedures
Columbia Sportswear Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Columbia Sportswear Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Columbia Sportswear Company.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and mental-health support. The overall package is often framed as a strong pillar of the total rewards offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a meaningful component of the package, including a 401(k) with company matching and references to profit-sharing or related retirement programs. This retirement support is repeatedly presented as a core benefit that adds stability to total compensation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented perks stand out, including a strong product discount, fitness/wellness support, commuter benefits, and paid volunteer time. These perks are frequently treated as material offsets to base-pay perceptions in certain roles.
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What We Do
Based in Portland, Oregon, Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ: COLM) is a global outdoor brand that crafts active lifestyle gear fortified with industry-leading technologies and tested in our backyard. Our apparel, footwear, and accessories reflect our Pacific Northwest heritage and indomitable spirit.




