Merchandiser - Wrangler Female

Kontoor Brands, Inc. • Greensboro, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Merchandising
• Merchandiser (lateral move)
• College Graduate
• 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
• 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

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.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits program that provides choice and flexibility to meet and your family’s needs
• Resources to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing
• Discounts on our apparel
• Four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents
• Flexible Fridays
• Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree