Merchandiser - Wrangler 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:

Wrangler Female Merchandiser

Job Summary

Supports the female segment of the Wrangler business for North America.  This individual will assist in the creation of a comprehensive merchandise strategy and line plan to deliver against consumer/retailer needs, support the merchandise director with ongoing product line management, gathers costing and prepares financial analysis on designated key performance indicators (KPIs). Ensures successful execution of seasonal product line launches via calendar development and process/timeline adherence.  

Responsibilities

• Creates merchandising briefs and line plans.  Sets development priorities by providing business analysis to cross-functional teams. 
• Provides and manages cost targets for product lines to design, technical services and sourcing, maintains replenishment and seasonal financial analysis documents for review with management and finance.
• Ongoing product line management, including setting style/sku level productivity targets, product portfolio management, and innovation pipeline maintenance.  Attends key customer demand reviews/forecast reviews and reports known demand changes internally.
• Tracks against the GTM (go to market) calendar and drives accountability for timeline adherence. Acts as a primary liaison between design, sales, supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing with regards to product line execution.
• Responsible creating visual presentations and curating product for account meetings.  Attends and presents strategy and seasonal line releases to key accounts
• In partnership with marketing and design, successfully carries out the seasonal strategies and communication plan for new product launches.
• Works on development plans for direct reports and provides oversight for their daily activities.

Experience

• Merchandising
• Merchandiser (lateral move)

Education

College Graduate

Skills

• Written Communication
• Oral Communication and Presentation skills
• Experience in retail sales analysis (ex. product production, costing, and pricing analytics)
• Motivated Self-Starter
• Cross-functional collaborator

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

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.