Distribution Center Trainer - Weekend Shift

Kontoor Brands, Inc.; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Fridays

Tuition Reimbursement

Discounts on apparel

Job summary

Kontoor Brands, Inc. seeks a Trainer for its Distribution Center to lead training and development activities, ensuring associates learn standard methods, safety practices, and performance expectations.

The role requires maintaining training records, delivering new hire and refresher trainings, monitoring process adherence, and collaborating with Operations, Engineering, and HR to drive performance. A high school diploma is required and bilingual English/Spanish is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse or distribution center operations preferred.
• Strong communication, coaching, and training skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Basic Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Operations, Engineering, HR, and Leadership.
• Comfortable working on the floor and analyzing operational data.
• Process-oriented and improvement-focused; adaptable, analytical, eager to learn, and able to develop others.
• Experience/Education minimum 1 year related experience.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• High School Diploma required.

Responsibilities

• Lead training and development activities across the DC.
• Maintain training records and the DC training database.
• Coordinate and deliver new hire, cross-training, refresher, safety, and procedural training.
• Maintain training curves, cross-training matrices, and associate feedback records.
• Ensure associates understand standard methods, safety practices, and performance expectations.
• Monitor and reinforce adherence to standard work methods.
• Identify and address performance gaps through observation, coaching, and feedback.
• Partner with leadership to support associate development and operational performance.
• Support Engineering projects involving new materials, equipment, and process improvements.
• Assist in documenting, testing, and implementing new methods and standard work practices.
• Incorporate safety standards into all training programs.
• Participate in process audits and safety initiatives.
• Crosstrain in key operational functions and provide floor support as needed.
• Assist with operational initiatives that support business objectives.
• Serve as a role model for professionalism, safety, and standard work.

Skills

Communication

Coaching

Training

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Excel

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: Position Summary

The Trainer is responsible for leading training and development activities across the Distribution Center. This role ensures associates are properly trained in operational processes, safety requirements, standard methods, and performance expectations. The Trainer also supports Process Control initiatives by monitoring method adherence, identifying training gaps, and partnering with Operations, Engineering, and Human Resources to drive performance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Training & Development

• Maintain training records and the DC training database.
• Coordinate and deliver new hire, cross-training, refresher, safety, and procedural training.
• Maintain training curves, cross-training matrices, and associate feedback records.
• Ensure associates understand standard methods, safety practices, and performance expectations.

Process Control & Performance

• Monitor and reinforce adherence to standard work methods.
• Identify and address performance gaps through observation, coaching, and feedback.
• Partner with leadership to support associate development and operational performance.

Continuous Improvement

• Support Engineering projects involving new materials, equipment, and process improvements.
• Assist in documenting, testing, and implementing new methods and standard work practices.

Safety & Auditing

• Incorporate safety standards into all training programs.
• Participate in process audits and safety initiatives.

Operational Support

• Crosstrain in key operational functions and provide floor support as needed.
• Assist with operational initiatives that support business objectives.
• Serve as a role model for professionalism, safety, and standard work.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse or distribution center operations preferred.
• Strong communication, coaching, and training skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Basic Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Operations, Engineering, HR, and Leadership.
• Comfortable working on the floor and analyzing operational data.
• Ideal Candidate Process-oriented and improvement-focused. Adaptable, analytical, and eager to learn. Passionate about developing others. Reliable, proactive, and collaborative.
• Experience/Education Minimum 1-year related experience.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• High School Diploma required.

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
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Discounts on our apparel

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.

Kontoor Brands, Inc. Kontoor Brands is a lifestyle apparel company with a strong established global footprint.

We operate in more than 50 countries, with corporate offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, as well as internal manufacturing facilities located in the Western Hemisphere.

This is an exciting time to be a part of Kontoor Brands globally, as we are focused on leveraging our global platform to drive brand growth and are committed to further geographic expansion.

Diversity Vision Statement

Kontoor Brands is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business.

The continued success and growth of Kontoor Brands is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity throughout Kontoor Brands around the world.

Kontoor Brands is an equal employment opportunity/ affirmative action employer of minorities, females, protected veterans and the disabled.

Kontoor Brands is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our Kontoor Brands associates and Kontoor Brands applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.