Merchandising Associate, Wrangler Female

Responsibilities

• 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 and aligns the needs and consolidates for the global design team. Takes part in key big idea planning and provides volume estimates for the segment. Reports progress against plans.
• GTM & Line Management: Provides and/or gathers the inputs and outputs that support the GTM calendar at each milestone meeting. Gains a strong understanding of the consumer needs and gathers insights.
• Tracks volume projections, cost targets, and margin expectations.
• Maintains and tracks carryover style and life cycle management. Ensures styles are carried forward or dropped as needed.
• Provides final assortment to Tech, PD, Operations, and sourcing teams along with updates after line cleaning.
• Creates tools to communicate the styles and shares with brand marketing and design counterparts for photoshoot coordination and hindsight reviews.
• Tracks and records costing process (target, brief, prototype, bulk samples).
• Po-active communication on assortment and product changes.
• Initiates ticketing needs.
• Collaborate effectively between Design, PD, and Brand/Marketing 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.
• Collects sample needs and coordinates sample execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years’ experience in Merchandising field.
• 1-2 years of operational strategy experience.
• 2 years’ experience with complex problem solving.
• Operational Management – Line sheet entry and maintenance, carry-over monitoring.
• Operational Management – supply chain support and cross-functional partnership.
• Cross-functional Coordination with Design, PD and Tech.
• Business analysis - line development and adoption tracking; business tracking and reporting.
• Brand Coordination (seasonal collaboration on presentation material, on-product ticketing, photoshoots).
• Support for sell in needs (Samples, Product launch materials).

Leadership Competencies

• Emerging Leader
• Global Agility – Open to diverse views, adapts to new ways of working
• 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

Benefits

Kontoor Brands offers a comprehensive benefit package including:

• Competitive benefits program with choice and flexibility
• Physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing resources
• Discounts on Kontoor apparel
• Four weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Fridays
• Tuition Reimbursement

We are committed to creating a workplace culture centered on equitable opportunities and a sense of belonging for all team members.