Supply Chain Change Management Lead

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. The Supply Chain Change Management Lead assesses organizational challenges, evaluates change capacity, and applies established change management best practices to help teams adopt new processes, systems, and ways of working.

This role develops clear, practical strategies and communications that support readiness, reduce disruption, and enable successful adoption across a global Supply Chain. They partner closely with Supply Chain leaders, program teams, and Enterprise Change Management to ensure alignment of methodologies, tools, and standards.

The Lead also mentors a distributed network of change practitioners and change agents, strengthening change capability and driving consistent, high quality execution across the organization. HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Leads and facilitates prioritization, project management, design, prototyping, planning, resourcing, and change management activities for innovative solutions to build employee effectiveness, engagement acquisition, and retention.

Engages with HR and business leadership to ensure prioritization and design are aligned with the company’s strategic priorities.

• Analyzes challenges, prioritizes issues, collects and analyzes data, and develops and implements innovative solutions in service to business and HR strategy that puts employees first.
• Builds lasting capabilities within HR around human-centered design, agile, prioritization, and strategic execution to strengthen future work within the function.
• Provides thought leadership, collaboration, and mentorship to other HR agile team members.

Coaches HR and other organizational leaders in the principles and

benefits:

of agile and human-centered design thinking. Transitions work to HR functional owners following implementation including documentation, process flows, and key success metrics. YOU ARE Lead and facilitate change management strategy, planning, stakeholder engagement, communications, readiness, and adoption activities that enable Supply Chain teams to successfully transition to new systems, processes, and ways of working.

Partner with Supply Chain and business leaders to ensure change approaches and prioritization align with operational realities and strategic priorities.

• Assess change impacts, capacity, and readiness across functions; identify risks related to saturation or disruption; and recommend practical, people‑centered solutions.
• Build and strengthen Supply Chain change capability by mentoring change practitioners, coaching informal change agents, and elevating consistent, scalable OCM practices.
• Provide leadership coaching to executives, managers, and frontline supervisors to support active sponsorship and reinforce adoption across diverse Supply Chain environments.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, functional teams, and Enterprise Change Management to ensure consistent methodologies, tools, and documentation.
• Develop clear, concise communication and engagement approaches that help Supply Chain employees understand what is changing, why it matters, and how to prepare.

Exceptional communication, facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder engagement

skills:

across a wide range of audiences - from executives to frontline teams. YOU HAVE Bachelor’s degree, relevant certification, or equivalent

experience:

Typically 6+ years of

experience:

• leading organizational change management and cross‑functional program delivery.

Strong knowledge of change management methodologies (e.g., Prosci) and how they integrate with other delivery practices. Proven success leading large, complex, or cross-functional change initiatives, ideally within operational or Supply Chain environments. Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve complex problems, and connect impacts across people, process, and technology.

Experience:

working with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., MS Office, SharePoint Miro, Airtable). Prosci certification preferred, or willingness to obtain. #CR-1 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. If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to AskHR@columbia.com with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested. 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. Learn more

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our family of brands here.