Merchandiser - Wrangler Female

About the role

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.

Requirements

• Merchandising
• Merchandiser (lateral move)
• Education
• 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
• 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.
• 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.

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