Product and Supply Chain Business Analyst (f/m/d)

Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role:

We’re in business to save our home planet. The Product & Supply Chain Business Analyst strengthens Patagonia EMEA’s operational excellence by improving the processes and systems that power the Product function, ensuring alignment with regional priorities and global strategic frameworks. The role translates business needs into scalable systems, data models and workflows that enhance accuracy, efficiency and collaboration across Product, Supply Chain and cross regional partners.

The position acts as an advisor to the product leadership team and plays a critical role in strengthening organizational agility, reducing operational risk, and building robust, future-ready ways of working across Product and Supply Chain.

Main tasks:

• Maintains a deep understanding of Product and Supply Chain processes across EMEA and identifies opportunities to streamline, standardize and improve workflows including identifying process risks, dependencies and improvement opportunities. Ensures that regional practices operate effectively within Patagonia’s global frameworks while maintaining the autonomy needed for EMEA operational realities.

Business requirements & system design

• Translates business needs into user stories, functional specifications and process flows for systems supporting the Product function and design the EMEA Roadmap for the system capabilities over time. Collaborates with US-based teams, EMEA stakeholders and technical partners to ensure system enhancements reflect operational priorities and long-term scalability.

Cross functional collaboration & project partnership

• Leads the Product function’s contribution to cross-functional EMEA initiatives and global projects by facilitating scope definition, mapping dependencies and coordinating alignment with Planning, Logistics, Merchandising and IT teams. Acts as an advisor to the product leadership team and ensures that regional considerations are well represented in global system and process decisions.

Testing, change management & adoption

• Coordinates testing cycles for system improvements—including regression, UAT and release readiness—ensuring functionality aligns with business expectations. Leads change management for system and process transformations, by conducting impact analysis, developing documentation and facilitating training to embed updated ways of working across the region.

Operational data integrity & reporting

• Oversees key operational processes such as the 7th online import to D365, inventory related data flows and reporting dashboards for the Product team. Ensures high levels of data accuracy and provides insights that enable effective inventory, replenishment and order related decisions across EMEA.

What we’re looking for:

• An inclusive mindset
• In depth expertise in business analysis & process design
  Applies advanced analytical and process mapping techniques to translate functional needs into system requirements and workflows that strengthen Product and Supply Chain operations across EMEA.
• In depth expertise in project coordination & stakeholder alignment
  Can lead cross-functional collaboration, manages timelines and clarifies dependencies between Product, Planning, Logistics, Merchandising, and global system teams to ensure coherent and timely project delivery.
• Full understanding of testing & implementation practices
  Executes structured testing cycles, validates system functionality and ensures readiness before deployment across regional Product processes and systems.
• Full understanding of data integrity & operational reporting
  Ensures accuracy of product and inventory data, builds reporting structures in systems such as Power BI and identifies data driven opportunities to improve replenishment, allocation and operational performance.
• Full understanding of change management & communication
  Delivers clear documentation, facilitates training and drives adoption of new tools and processes by ensuring teams understand impacts, benefits and required behavioral shifts.
• A love of the outdoors
• An interest in saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work

Other important details:

• We have a hybrid work model, working from home for maximum 3 days per week