DTC Demand Planner

Kontoor Brands, Inc.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Flexible Fridays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Kontoor Brands, Inc. is seeking a DTC Demand Planner to input and manage forecast across ecommerce, full-price stores, and outlets. You will drive forecast accuracy, translate plans into unit demand, and partner with merchandising, supply chain, and finance to align inventory and financial outlooks.

The role requires 3+ years in demand planning, strong retail math, and advanced Excel skills. Hybrid or on-site options preferred, with growth opportunities across global brands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, forecasting, inventory management, or related analytical role; apparel experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of retail math, forecasting principles, product lifecycle, seasonality, promotions, and inventory productivity.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, conditional logic, scenario analysis, and large data sets; experience with enterprise planning or forecasting systems preferred.
• Ability to balance channel‑specific demand with a total omni‑channel DTC perspective.

Responsibilities

• Demand forecasting by channel and product demand signals within ecommerce, full price stores and outlet formats.
• Forecast accuracy on a rolling 18 month basis.
• Translate financial and assortment plans into unit demand forecasts that support inventory, receipt, and supply decisions.
• Apply appropriate forecasting methods to core, carryover, seasonal, fashion, promotional, and end‑of‑life products.
• Reporting & Cross-Functional Partnership: Lead recurring demand reviews with clear forecast changes, assumptions, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Partner with Merchandise Planning and Merchandising on assortment intent, investment priorities, product lifecycle, pricing, and promotions.
• Work with Supply Chain, Allocation, Replenishment, and Finance to align demand, inventory, receipts, and financial outlooks.
• Contribute demand insights to seasonal hindsight and continuous improvement of forecasting processes and tools.
• Demand & Size Intelligence. Develop and refresh demand curves for waist, inseam, and size combinations by channel and product profile.
• Own the statistical and judgmental demand forecast within approved calendar, hierarchy, and planning guardrails.
• Recommend forecast overrides, demand scenarios, inventory priorities, and channel shifts based on quantified demand signals.
• Escalate material forecast gaps, bias, supply constraints, launch risk, demand volatility, and misalignment between demand, inventory, and financial plans.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Forecasting principles

Retail math

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics)

Tools

Excel

Enterprise forecasting systems

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 Summary

The DTC Demand Planner owns inputting demand forecast across e-commerce, full price stores, and outlet locations. Forecast accuracy by channel and product demand signals, forecast bias reduction, and clear communication of risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Demand forecasting by channel and product demand signals within ecommerce, full price stores and outlet formats.
• Forecast accuracy on a rolling 18 month basis.
• Translate financial and assortment plans into unit demand forecasts that support inventory, receipt, and supply decisions.
• Apply appropriate forecasting methods to core, carryover, seasonal, fashion, promotional, and end‑of‑life products.
• Reporting & Cross-Functional Partnership: Lead recurring demand reviews with clear forecast changes, assumptions, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Partner with Merchandise Planning and Merchandising on assortment intent, investment priorities, product lifecycle, pricing, and promotions.
• Work with Supply Chain, Allocation, Replenishment, and Finance to align demand, inventory, receipts, and financial outlooks.
• Contribute demand insights to seasonal hindsight and continuous improvement of forecasting processes and tools.
• Demand & Size Intelligence. Develop and refresh demand curves for waist, inseam, and size combinations by channel and product profile.
• Own the statistical and judgmental demand forecast within approved calendar, hierarchy, and planning guardrails.
• Recommend forecast overrides, demand scenarios, inventory priorities, and channel shifts based on quantified demand signals.
• Escalate material forecast gaps, bias, supply constraints, launch risk, demand volatility, and misalignment between demand, inventory, and financial plans.

Leadership

This is an individual contributor role for an analytically strong planner who can connect consumer demand, channel behavior, and business strategy into an actionable forecast.

Requires disciplined forecast management, and the ability to make complex demand signals clear to cross‑functional partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, forecasting, inventory management, or a related analytical role; apparel experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of retail math, forecasting principles, product lifecycle, seasonality, promotions, and inventory productivity.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, conditional logic, scenario analysis, and large data sets; experience with enterprise planning or forecasting systems preferred.
• Ability to balance channel‑specific demand with a total omni‑channel DTC perspective.

Leadership Competencies

• 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

Benefits

• four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents,
• Flexible Fridays,
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• discounts on our apparel.

Company Overview

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.