Corporate Responsibility Program Manager

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.

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 POSITION

Columbia Sportswear's Corporate Responsibility team (CR) drives companywide initiatives focused on empowering people, sustaining places and in enhancing responsible business practices. Our work includes climate management, sustainable and responsible manufacturing, chemicals management and global community impact. This role focuses on Social Responsibility which specifically supports our program that ensures that workers in our supply chain are being treated fairly and ethically and are working in safe conditions.

HOWYOU'LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Drive data integrity and accuracy with the global Social Responsibility team and build reports that are comprehensive, digestible and visually impactful.
• Oversee the Corporate Responsibility database.Proactively monitor system performance, user experience and system effectiveness.
• Engage business partners to define business requirements, needs and project timelines and ensure smooth communication and timely delivery of database enhancements.
• Enhance transparency and public reporting on Columbia's supply chain and supply chain performance. Maintain and update our Supply Chain Transparency Map to provide accessible and relevant and information.
• Deliver high level reporting to senior leaders on social responsibility performance, trends and risk areas which help to shape strategy and focus.
• Collaborate with Columbia's global field teams on factory worker empowerment programs
• Manage the social responsibility requirements of our licensor and collegiate partners.
  

YOU ARE

• A strong collaborator who can effectively gather information and influence both internal and external stakeholders
• Able to analyze and synthesize data and present it in an impactful way
• A skilled communicator who can impart information and drive change across diverse audiences
• A proven project manager, ideally in data analytics or database management, who can engage stakeholders to understand business needs and drive project completion.
  

YOUHAVE

• 10-12 years of supply chain corporate social responsibility experience.
• Social compliance, manufacturing, auditing, project management, training or equivalent apparel or footwear industry experience.
• A broad understanding of industry-wide issues and global trends that impact the corporate social responsibility function
• Ability to create impactful reports through data visualization
• The ability and flexibility to conduct complex interpersonal interactions, develop un-tried solution to problems, make decisions and operate independently and balance multiple competing priorities.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in social sciences, economics, business management, manufacturing, or industrial engineering.Post graduate study in Corporate Responsibility, business administration or supply chain management preferred.

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.