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.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Enterprise Technology team delivers the platforms, capabilities, and innovation that help power Columbia Sportswear’s global business. Our team partners closely with business leaders and technology experts around the world to create solutions that enable growth, operational excellence, and great consumer experiences.
As the SAP Supply Chain Product Manager, you will serve as the critical link between North American business stakeholders, SAP technology teams, and our Global Capability Center (GCC) in India. In this highly visible role, you’ll be responsible for translating business needs into scalable SAP solutions while ensuring successful execution through globally distributed teams. You’ll leverage your expertise in SAP Order-to-Cash (SD) and/or Procure-to-Pay (MM) processes to drive enhancements, resolve complex challenges, and help optimize the systems that support our supply chain operations. This role requires a collaborative leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution while partnering across time zones and cultures.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand objectives, identify opportunities, and translate needs into actionable SAP product roadmaps and priorities.
- Serve as the primary liaison between North American teams and the India-based GCC, ensuring work is clearly defined, prioritized, and successfully delivered.
- Lead requirements workshops, process reviews, solution discussions, backlog refinement, and sprint planning activities.
- Provide functional leadership and subject matter expertise in SAP SD (Order-to-Cash) and/or SAP MM (Procure-to-Pay), including configuration and solution validation.
- Collaborate with developers, integration teams, and business partners to deliver enhancements, projects, and production support solutions.
- Support and optimize integrations across SAP, warehouse management systems (WMS), third-party logistics providers (3PLs), EDI platforms, and other supply chain technologies.
- Facilitate testing, user acceptance activities, defect resolution, release readiness, and ongoing operational excellence.
- Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery roadblocks while fostering accountability, transparency, and collaboration across global teams.
YOU ARE
- A trusted business partner who can translate complex business challenges into practical technology solutions.
- A collaborative leader who builds strong relationships across cultures, functions, and geographic regions.
- Comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels, from roadmap planning to issue resolution.
- An effective communicator skilled at aligning business stakeholders, technical teams, and offshore delivery partners.
- A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to support collaboration across North American and India time zones.
YOU HAVE
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of SAP functional experience, including deep expertise in SAP SD (Order-to-Cash) and/or SAP MM (Procure-to-Pay).
- Hands-on SAP configuration experience and the ability to troubleshoot complex SAP issues.
- Experience working with global delivery models and India-based offshore or GCC teams.
- Knowledge of SAP ECC AFS, SAP S/4HANA Fashion, and end-to-end supply chain processes.
- Strong working knowledge of ABAP, including the ability to review, debug, and trace custom and standard code to resolve complex SAP application issues and provide technical guidance for new development efforts.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, JIRA, SAP integrations (IDocs, APIs, EDI, middleware), and WMS/3PL environments. Preferred
- Experience within apparel, footwear, retail, or consumer products industries.
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.
