Production Analyst/Planner

Columbia Sportswear Company; India; Hybrid; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company is seeking a Production Analyst/Planner to drive pre-production and production planning, ensuring delivery execution and logistics compliance. The role involves proactive issue resolution, factory visits, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain garment delivery and quality.

You will work with vendors, review production reports, and ensure data accuracy across internal systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 4-6 years of professional experience.
• General proficiency with tools, systems, and procedures required to accomplish the job.

Responsibilities

• Drive pre-production and production planning and delivery execution.
• Ensure logistics compliance and communicate status to relevant departments.
• Identify and address production and capacity issues proactively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve quality and delivery issues.
• Review production reports with vendors and validate data accuracy.
• Visit factories regularly to review status and support issue prevention.
• Coordinate vendor logistics, shipping documents, payments and system updates.
• Deploy process improvements and vendor empowerment initiatives.
• Support company initiatives and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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.

Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company is a global leader in designing, sourcing, marketing, and distributing outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment. Our four primary brands — Columbia®, Mountain Hardwear®, SOREL® and prAna® — complement each other to address the diverse needs of active consumers and their products have gained an international reputation for their innovation, quality and performance.

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