Apparel Merchandising Coordinator

Reports to: Director Apparel Merchandising EU

Permanent contract

EMEA HQ, Geneva (Switzerland)

Hybrid mode

Start date: at the earliest convenience

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

We are seeking a talented Merchandising Coordinator to join our team and contribute to the exciting growth and development of the Columbia Sportswear apparel business.

In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring the success of our apparel categories by providing crucial support to the Merchandisers during the ranging process and maintaining accurate data. Your main responsibilities will involve managing data entry and maintaining the Product Development Management (PDM) system, including effective communication of changes and ensuring the accuracy of assortment plans. You will also leverage your creative talents and passion for visual graphic design to oversee all Go-To-Market processes and tools, ensuring that the Merchandising function makes a significant impact on key stakeholders, including our internal sales teams and external customers.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

In this role, you will have 2 main missions:
Support Merchandisers during the ranging process: make sure every product selected is correctly entered in the system; define deadlines; manage and track samples; organize the showroom; update Excel data basis, etc. Lead all the Go-To-Market (GTM) Processes & Tools: lead sell-in tools and visual content creation for GTM & Sales meetings; act as the Merchandising Project Lead for the organization of Sales meetings, in close collaboration and coordination with the Marketing team; support Merchandisers with their presentations; ensure seamless sample and deliverables management.

YOU ARE
- Passionate about outdoor and sports activities
- A creative person, with strong appetence for graphic design
- Fluent in English
- Able to manage multiple deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to details
- A strong communicator and very good at building trusty relationships with your partners
- A team player and enjoy playing your part in achieving common goals

YOU HAVE
- Degree/diploma in marketing, visual communication, graphic design or any other related field
- A data analytics mindset that allows you to translate figures into business topics
- Very good command of Microsoft Excel, Power Point,
- Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator or Adobe Design
- The outdoors is diverse. In nature, different colors, shapes and species thrive due to their diversity. Diverse perspectives lead to creativity and innovation. Equity leads to empowerment. Inclusion leads to teamwork. We’ve grown from a family business to a global company because we understand what been making clothing and footwear so that more people can enjoy the outdoors. We connect active people with their passions across race, ethnicity, gender, ability, religion, age and sexual orientation. Doing the right thing for our consumers, customers, employees, the company and our communities is one of our core values. We are dedicated to relentless improvement in diversity, equity and inclusion in our company culture because of one thing that we all agree on: the outdoors is for all of us._

LI-LA1

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 since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.
- 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._