Merchandiser, Wrangler Global Product, Female

Who We Are:

Kontoor Brands is a portfolio of three of the world's most iconic lifestyle, outdoor and workwear brands: Wrangler, Lee and Helly Hansen. Kontoor Brands is a purpose-led organization focused on leveraging its global platform, strategic sourcing model and best-in-class supply chain to drive brand growth and deliver long- term value for its stakeholders.

Job Posting:

Merchandiser- Wrangler Global Product, Female

Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB) is a global lifestyle apparel company with a portfolio of some of the world's most iconic consumer brands: Wrangler and Lee. We design, manufacture, and distribute superior high-quality products that look good, fit right, and are crafted with sensitivity to our planet to give people around the world the freedom and confidence to express themselves.

With a presence in more than 60 countries and a heritage spanning a combined 200 years, our global community of more than 14,000 employees fosters a culture of integrity, collaboration, performance, and entrepreneurial spirit. We are looking for inclusive, humble, creative, and forward-looking employees with a passion for creating innovative apparel products, accessories, and solutions that are both meaningful and purposeful for consumers and employees.

Merchandiser- Global Product, Female: Become the Newest Member of Kontoor Brands

• Supports the development and execution of the Wrangler product offering to meet or exceed corporate financial requirements.
• Line plan management and consolidation: Gathers regional input, aligns & validates the needs and then consolidates for the global design team line plan and merchant brief pass off.
• Shape/manage a global process to help reduce development SKU's
• Influence allocation & adoption across Regional Teams to drive consolidation across styles, brand assets and other key decisions
• GTM & Line Management: Provides and/or gathers the inputs and outputs that support the GTM calendar at each milestone meeting including preline and salesman sample requests.
• Gains a strong understanding of the consumer & market needs.
• Tracks cost targets and margin expectations to drive profitability
• Coordinates global brand needs with the male merchants to deliver a thoughtful brand brief each season.
• Pro-active communication on assortment and product changes.
• Coordinate effectively between Design, PD, and Brand partners.
• Ensure Operations & Sourcing Team is kept informed of all line decisions relevant to the product offer and work together on achieving financial and inventory objectives
• Update NOS catalog each season with drops/additions and seasonal offerings

Key Responsibilities:

• Operational Management- Manage global process to help gain alignment across regions.
• Operational Management- Adherence to GTM calendar, tools and processes each season.
• Cross-functional Coordination with Design, PD, Brand and Regional Merchants
• Business analysis - line development and adoption tracking; business performance tracking, analytics and reporting
• Brand Asset Coordination

Skills for Success:

• Presentation / Oral Communication
• Analytical Thinking
• Strategic Thinking
• Process Management & Problem Solving
• Empathy and Strong Cross-functional Collaboration

Experience/Education:

• College Graduate
• 5+ years Merchandising experience
• 1-2 years Operational Strategy experience
• 3 years Cross-functional Coordination experience
• 2 years' experience with complex problem solving

Leadership Competencies Expected for this Role:

Emerging Leader

Global Agility- Open to diverse views, adapts to new ways of working

Purposeful Integrity- Demonstrates ethical behavior, follows through on commitments

Strategic Foresight- Understands team goals, asks strategic questions

Customer Centric Innovation- Suggests improvements from customer feedback, tries new methods

Urgency for Impact- Act quickly and take ownership of outcomes

Bold Accountability- Own your work and deliver consistently strong results

Empowered Collaboration- Share ideas, listens well, collaborates with peers

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Why Kontoor Brands?

At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle. Our benefits are crafted with the same care as our products.

When our employees are healthy, secure, and well, they bring their best selves to work. Kontoor Brands supports you with a competitive benefits program that provides choice and flexibility to meet your and your family's needs - now and in the future. We offer resources to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing, plus benefits like discounts on our apparel. Kontoor Brands also provides four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents, Flexible Fridays, and Tuition Reimbursement.

We are proud to offer a workplace culture centered on equitable opportunities and a sense of belonging for all team members. Here we have a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talents.