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. You’ll be helping us achieve this by managing and monitoring NL inventory and warehouse related matters. You will be financially responsible for all goods that enter and leave our NL warehouse. We will move to a brand new warehouse in Q3 2025 and NL Inventory accountant is expected to support the initial phase of this transition.
This job requires working closely with different functions within the organization, such as Logistics, Wholesale, eCom, Retail and IT.
Main tasks:
• Responsible for all warehouse finance related topics (inventory management, inventory reconciliation, cost management, inventory control) for our NL warehouse.
• Responsible for all inbound and outbound finance related topics (inbound and outbound transport, putting stock on shelf, price checks and approvals) for our NL warehouse.
• Contributing to the month end close, interim audit and year end close processes, potentially be point of contact for all supply chain related topics to our auditors.
• Initiate improvements to streamline our processes with a high interest to implement technology solutions, identify new reporting requirements and work on continuous improvements.
• Create visibility, analysis and insights via business intelligence tools to support and drive business decisions.
• Maintain, record and reconcile subledgers and ledgers for the inventory accounting within required time frames, e.g Inventory finished goods / intercompany / standard price cost analysis / inventory in transit / returns / inventory adjustments / retail warehousing / PPV / freight.
• Analysis of certain metrics such as inventory ageing / inventory turnover / days sales outstanding / cost prices / margin analysis / discounts for our NL warehouse.
• Review of costs and handling of invoices related to the activities linked to the NL warehouse
• Support on all daily operations (invoicing, channel queries, IT queries).
• Building strong relationships with different stakeholders within the organization
• Adhoc requests, within the organization and team
What we’re looking for:
• A love of the outdoors
• A passion for saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work
• Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Warehousing, freight and inventory accounting experience would be considered as a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, and experience working with large datasets.
• Knowledge of business intelligence tools like PowerBI or Tableau would be a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O would be considered as a plus.
• Interest in creating reporting and analysis.
• Ability to work under tight schedules.
• Flexible attitude & good team player.
• Attention to details and self-organized person, able to work with minimum supervision
• Proactive with a “can do” attitude.
• Fluency in English.
Other important details:
• This is a Full-time position based in Amsterdam intended to support our team till the end of December 2024. If you are successful in the interviewing process, we will offer you a temporary contract until 31.12.2024.
• We have a hybrid work model, working from home for maximum 3 days per week
• We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardized questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role. Please note, the part of the interviewing process for this roile will be an interview with the US IT team and due to the time zones diference the interviews may be scheduled after 6pm CET.
To find out more about what we offer our employees click here: https://eu.patagonia.com/nl/en/what-we-offer/
At Patagonia, we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable, across all aspects of our business.
Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities, and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included, respected and empowered, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, civil status, national origin, disability or age.
At Patagonia, we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.
As we are in business to save our home planet, we can only do this together.
Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.
Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:
Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies