Columbia Sportswear, Inc.:
Business Analyst - IV Job in Burlington, VT

Requisition #R-004153 Columbia Brands USA, LLC, Portland, Oregon, Business Analyst - IV:

Work with Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) retail business stakeholders across retail functions to shape and stimulate business demand for Global Information Services (GIS). Oversee end-to-end enterprise systems processes for DTC market. Define and prioritize requirements and projects requiring GIS services. Partner with business users to perform structured analysis and assessments of business requirements, reporting, processes, and workflows to build future application platforms, recommend and evaluate changes for continuous process improvements and implement solutions to meet strategic needs. Collaborate with business stakeholders to influence and manage DTC retail application features and priorities by developing cost/benefit analysis, building business cases, and developing and maintaining strategic Information Systems (IS) roadmaps and services. Manage, track, and facilitate business requests from ideation to implementation for applications solutions and IS services. Develop test plans and execute structured unit and integrated test scripts and scenarios. Lead end-to-end testing including defect reporting and remediation. Oversee documentation and maintenance of operating procedures and technical support material across multiple business functions. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with vendor partners and oversee vendor performance. Work with GIS Client Services to implement and manage Service Level Agreements for supported services and solutions. Collaborate with Release Management to plan, schedule, and track release schedules. Mentor and train 1-3 junior level Business Analysts. 20% international travel required.


Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Management, or related field (foreign equivalent accepted)

And

Experience: 5 years' experience as a POS Application Consultant/Developer, Retail Business Analyst, Store Business Analyst/Consultant, Stores Product Owner, or similar position.

OR

7 years' experience as a POS Application Consultant/Developer, Retail Business Analyst, Store Business Analyst/Consultant, Stores Product Owner, or similar position.

Skills/Requirements:

5 years' experience in each of the following:
1. Implementing and maintaining specialty retail store operation applications encompassing business and systems processes including Point of Sale, Mobile Point of Sale, Payment processing, Store Backoffice, Inventory Management, and Omni Channel capabilities;
2. Working with at least two of the following industry standard Store Operations systems: Oracle, Fujitsu, or Microsoft Dynamics 365;
3. Implementing and supporting at least four full life cycle global retail POS implementations including requirements gathering, process design, configuration, functional and technical design, quality assurance, conversion, and store deployment;
4. Performing detailed system and data analysis to outline solution design; driving strategic business and IT decisions to enable/disable key DTC system capabilities; developing short and long-term solution Roadmaps;
5. Identifying manual processing deficiencies in system processes, instituting automation through tool and monitoring scripts;
6. Creating detailed release management plans with cutover activities for store operation deployments including POS, payment integration and other hardware deployments;

1 year experience in each of the following:
7. Performing detailed data and system integration mapping to enable key POS inbound and outbound using object orientated integration between upstream and downstream systems including SAP AFS, Kronos, Peoplesoft, Shopper track, and Aspect (Loss prevention tool); and
8. Creating detailed product roadmap and release offerings with vendor; tracking progress to ensure vendor is meeting all key metrics.

All experience, skills, and requirements may be gained concurrently. Employer will conduct background check prior to hire.



Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one for over 70 years, constantly working to perfect the art and enjoyment of the greater outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that offers them much more than just a paycheck.


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.


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At Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC), we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. CSC believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.