Demand Planner

Kontoor Brands, Inc.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Flexible Fridays

Tuition reimbursement

Apparel discounts

Job summary

Kontoor Brands, Inc. in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Business Planner - Demand to develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts at the Style-Color-SKU level, applying forecasting techniques and coordinating with cross-functional teams for the Stream.

This role requires collaboration with Finance, Sales, Merchandising, Replenishment, and Supply Planning to ensure consensus on forecasts and to optimize inventory, adapting methodologies for improved accuracy and service levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or related field.
• Minimum 4+ years of related work experience.
• Experience with forecasting techniques and demand planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts at the Style-Color-SKU level.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and present results.
• Lead constrained demand planning aligned with capacity review.
• Refine forecast accuracy by adjusting parameters and methodologies.

Skills

Data collection

Reporting

Effective communication

Statistical modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management

Tools

Logility DP

Job description

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:

Business Planner - Demand

Role Overview

The Business Planner - Demand is responsible for developing and maintaining accurate demand forecasts at the Style-Color-SKU Level, utilizing Logility DP and cross-functional team inputs to refine the demand plan for the Stream. This role requires strong knowledge and application of forecasting techniques, procedures, standards, and policies, as well as the ability to independently analyze sources of information and frame solutions that improve processes and forecast accuracy. The Business Planner is required to collaborate and present results to cross-functional teams in the organization. The Business Planner, Demand requires fulltime onsite availability due to high level of interaction with commercial business partners.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver accurate demand forecasts for assigned categories, ensuring strong communication with Supply Planning for production needs. Present long-term demand planning scenarios covering 18- to 36-month outlooks in support of business objectives. Adjust statistical forecast parameters proactively and align with senior leadership strategies. Apply advanced forecasting methodologies, adhering to established procedures, standards, and policies to continually refine demand plans. Analyze market and operational factors influencing demand, recommending inventory optimization strategies. Collaborate with Finance, Sales, Merchandising, Replenishment, and Supply Planning to ensure consensus on future demand forecasts. Manage risk and opportunities by category in alignment with NPI process. Maintain alignment with key partners to optimize performance indicators. Tackle complex assignments independently, clarifying ambiguity and driving structured problem-solving efforts. Lead teams in optimizing processes, systems, and methodologies to address evolving business requirements and enhance functional performance. Operate with minimal supervision, demonstrating initiative and sound decision-making. Advance the organization’s commitment to professional, high-quality planning standards. Collaborates with SIOP and works in partnership with Supply Planning to develop a constrained demand plan that aligns with capacity review. Facilitates SOE meetings within Stream & SyncOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 4+ years of related work experience in a business-related field with a proven record of success.

Competencies for Success

• Communicating
• Quality Focus
• Analytical Thinking
• Deliberative Decision Making
• Business Acumen
• Compliance
• Fact-Based management
• Planning and Priority setting
• Information Seeking

Skills for Success

• Technical skills in data collection, cleansing, and reporting
• Detail-oriented critical thinker and problem solver
• Effective communicator able to clearly present complex information
• Statistical Modeling Expertise preferred

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.