Sr. Supply Chain Strategy and Portfolio Manager

Socket.dev; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Medical, dental, vision

Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account

EAP+ counseling

Employee discounts

Generous time off

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company seeks a senior supply chain strategy leader based at our Portland-area headquarters in Oregon. This hybrid role blends strategic vision with hands-on delivery, guiding cross-functional programs and coaching business leads to execute capability roadmaps across the enterprise.

You will engage executives and SMEs, translate vision into action, manage risks and dependencies, and drive transformation aligned to supply chain goals like service, growth, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of supply chain strategy or senior advisory experience.
• Experience building and maintaining capability roadmaps that sequence initiatives and resourcing.
• Proven success leading cross-functional programs and coaching across enterprise teams.
• Ability to develop influential, collaborative relationships across functions and layers.
• Strong executive communication; ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences.
• Experience in portfolio, program management, risk/change management, and outcome measurement.
• Highly organized with excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working across cultures and in fast-paced environments.
• Track record mobilizing teams with clear vision and urgency to deliver changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead sessions to define capability pillars’ strategic vision and multi-year roadmaps.
• Build roadmaps grounded in vision with initiatives, programs, and success metrics.
• Apply governance to sequencing, prioritization, and resourcing for structured delivery.
• Ensure linkage between strategy and execution across programs and enterprise.
• Engage stakeholders across executives, SMEs, and operations with clear communication.
• Coach business leads on delivery and foster cross-functional collaboration.
• Drive innovation, challenge orthodoxies, and enable transformation aligned to supply chain goals.

Skills

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Collaborator

Coaching

Relationship building

Clear communication

Program management

Accountability

Decision making

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent, certification preferred

Job description

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Strategy:

• Lead sessions to define each capability pillar’s strategic vision—WHY (customer & enterprise value; connection to Supply Chain 2030), HOW (the capability will operate in the future), and WHAT (coherent opportunity set with action plan).
• Build clear, multi-year roadmaps grounded in the strategic vision (initiatives, programs, projects, and capabilities), including success metrics and measurable outcomes.
• Apply subject matter expertise in sequencing, prioritization, and resourcing, maintaining core capability roadmaps to ensure structured delivery and impact.
• Ensure linkage between strategy and execution, connecting vision to programs and projects across the enterprise and supply chain ecosystem.

Communication & Engagement:

• Connect supply chain strategy to operations and teams so all stakeholders understand vision, outcomes, and their roles.
• Communicate with clarity and influence to diverse audiences (executives, senior leaders, SMEs), simplifying complex ideas and driving alignment.
• Shape content for key engagement moments and coach business leads on program and project delivery.

Insights & Innovation:

• Bring deep understanding of industry dynamics, market conditions, emerging technologies, and macro trends to inform prioritization and decision-making.
• Use advanced analytical thinking to frame problems, develop hypotheses, and recommend innovative solutions.
• Proactively identify issues, risks, and dependencies across capability portfolios; surface insights that accelerate outcomes and mitigate risks.

Leadership:

• Oversee execution of the capability portfolio: manage cross-functional programs and projects—or coach business leads managing delivery—to ensure measurable results.
• Foster innovation and collaboration, building highly engaged cross-functional teams that challenge orthodoxies and adopt new approaches.
• Act as a strategic thought partner; build trusted relationships across internal and external stakeholders to enable consensus and shared goals.
• Demonstrate mastery of project/program management disciplines; hold self and teams accountable, embracing lessons from setbacks to improve future outcomes.
• Assigned cross-functional, complex strategic work with broad impact.

YOU ARE

• A leader with strong executive presence, inspiring confidence among leadership and teams.
• A strategic thought partner who applies critical thinking to develop future-ready capabilities and translate vision into action.
• Deeply knowledgeable about industry dynamics and market conditions, ensuring clear linkage between strategy and execution.
• A collaborator who fosters innovation, builds highly engaged cross-functional teams, and drives transformation.
• A coach who helps teams challenge orthodoxies and adopt innovative approaches to deliver outcomes aligned to supply chain objectives (service, growth, efficiency).
• A relationship builder who drives alignment and consensus across internal and external stakeholders.
• A clear and influential communicator who simplifies complexity for diverse audiences.
• A disciplined program and project management practitioner who ensures structured execution and measurable results, and who embraces accountability and continuous improvement.

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, applicable certification, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of supply chain functional experience or strategy experience (internal or consulting).
• Experience building and maintaining capability roadmaps—including sequencing, prioritization, and resourcing.
• Proven success overseeing or coaching cross-functional programs and projects across enterprise capability teams, technology, and processes.
• Ability to develop influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions, and layers.
• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to tailor messaging for different audiences.
• Experience in portfolio management, project/program management, risk analysis, change management, and outcome measurement.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills; highly organized with excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Previous experience working across cultures, with awareness and sensitivity to cultural differences.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and to respond to urgent requests with minimal supervisory involvement.
• A track record of mobilizing teams with a clear vision and sense of urgency to complete changes effectively.

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 Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. If you need 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.

• 401k plan plus a generous company match
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account
• Accident and critical illness insurance
• Hospital indemnity and legal services
• EAP + free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services
• Employee discounts and generous time off program

If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to [e-mail] with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.