Merchandising Manager, Lee Men’s

Who We Are:

Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB) is the parent company of Wrangler®, Lee® and Rock & Republic®, with owned manufacturing facilities in Mexico and Nicaragua. Kontoor also owns and operates over 140 retail stores across the globe. Our global company employs more than 15,000 people in 65 countries, with world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and regional headquarters in Geneva and Hong Kong.

Job Posting:

Merchandising Manager, Lee Men’s Merchandise

Kontoor Brands is currently seeking a Merchandising Manager for our Lee Men’s Merchandising Team at our Greensboro, NC headquarters. This position manages the development and execution of all product strategies for the Lee Men’s product lines in the Tier 4 (National Chains) channel across North American region. The role is responsible for developing and delivering the P&L for this trade channel, developing key account sell-in strategies, understanding key consumer needs and whitespaces opportunities at key accounts, and developing growth strategies for the future.  The role requires strong people development skills needed to develop and retain a team of merchants in support of the NAM merchandising strategy.

Responsibilities:  

• Makes all decisions for product line through development of assortment plans, assorting decisions, consumer insight validation, and effective cross-functional collaboration with the brand’s global product creation teams
• Develops products in line with brand positioning and target consumer.  Provides expertise of marketplace and competitive brands.  Ensures all products achieve or exceed financial plan.  Effectively integrates global product development calendar with the regional activation calendar to ensure timely product/line sheet flow.
• Maintains gross margin requirement and efficient line size by managing price strategy, mitigating product costs, and effective management of product lifecycle strategies
• Assists in development of marketing on packaging, in-store POS, promotions, consumer marketing, and sales tools through development of marketing briefs necessary for efficient interface with brand marketing teams
• Maintains and expands relationships with buyers at key accounts.  Aids in the development of key account communications required by sell-in process
• Partners with demand planning and operations teams to facilitate operational excellence of all product related operations at key accounts
• Works with category management and data analytics teams to develop effective data-centric product strategies that maximize assortment productivity at key accounts and facilitate business growth

Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred
• Wholesale or Specialty Apparel Industry experience
• Team leadership
• Apparel assortment strategy
• Effective written communications
• Strong analytical skills required to drive fact-based strategies
• Bias for team development
• Strong partnership skills 

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Why Kontoor Brands?

At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle and 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.

Our Kontoor D&I Mission

At Kontoor, we believe that D&I is a key enabler to a culture that empowers us to work with passion and confidence, shaping our brand and future.  

Our Kontoor D&I Commitment

• Create a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talents
• Ensure an equitable environment that attracts & promotes diverse workforce
• Foster inclusivity, ensuring employees feel they can bring their whole selves to work