• Benefit Plan including Health, Dental, Life Insurance and Disability
• Additional Paid Time Off (floater days, volunteer days, outdoor day)
• Company Pension Plan
• Retirement Savings Plan (RSP)
• Annual bonus opportunity
• DEI and Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Employee Friends and Family discounts

About The Position The Supply Chain Technology team is looking for a Distribution Centre IS Manager for our Canadian Distribution Centre located in London, Ontario. This is an on-site position.

Reporting to the Director - Logistics Technology, you will serve as the regional technology leader for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Labor Management Systems (LMS), Distribution Data Analytics and Transportation Management Systems (TMS). The manager is further responsible for all hardware in use in their regional facility, including Warehouse Controls Systems, WIFI and SD-WAN Networks, End User Computing equipment, Automated Equipment such as Sorters, Conveyors and Put to Light systems, Phone systems and RF devices. They help to develop; test and plan Disaster Recovery Processes & maintain preventative maintenance schedules for their local equipment.

How You’ll Make a Difference

• Manage implementation and rollout of upgrades and patches for distribution systems such as Warehouse Management, Labor Management, and Transportation Management.
• Oversee supported equipment, managing repair/replacement and maintaining spare inventory as needed to minimize production downtime.
• Hire, train, review, and motivate staff. Provide leadership and measure the effectiveness of the team. Coach team in Agile processes, project management, ITIL foundations for service management and change management. Engage in succession planning for regional department, ensuring business sustainability for the long term.
• Work closely with Distribution Center Operations, Digital Technology, Engineering, Facilities, Controls Systems staff to support production requirements and respond in a timely way to production issues. Includes support, training and follow-up efforts.
• Provide Data Analytics services to DC Operations and Engineering. May include the development of reports, ad-hoc data mining efforts using SQL or the publishing of dynamic data tools such as Power BI reports. Follow established change management procedures to roll out new data solutions to other Distribution Centers in the network.

YOU ARE

• A leader with business engagement skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Able to build relationships and influence outcomes in a highly cross-functional matrix organization.
• Flexible. Can translate abstract concepts into defined objectives and drive for results.
• Experienced in the management of people, processes and projects.

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Business or related field. Or relevant work experience.
• 5+ years of progressively complex responsibility in Technology/Information Systems management, preferably with an organization that has implemented highly automated distribution systems.
• Excellent presentation/verbal/written communication skills to present technical and non-technical information clearly and concisely to individuals of different backgrounds, technical expertise, and levels of authority
• Thorough knowledge of distribution systems / warehouse management systems (WMS). Manhattan Associates WM knowledge preferred.
• Experience in DC technologies such as mobility/RFID/Cloud/MHE
• Experience working in both Agile and Waterfall SDLC environments
• Experience in preparing business case including ROI models

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 Canada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local law. Columbia Sportswear Canada provides accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If you require accommodations to complete an application, please contact Human Resources CA_HRColumbia@columbia.com or call 519-644-5000 and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.

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 Pension plan plus a generous company match option. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, and disability coverage. In addition, Columbia provides an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which offers free wellness benefits and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, including paid time off programs, and employee discounts also available.