Sales Planner

Kontoor Brands, Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Flexible Fridays

Tuition reimbursement

Discounts on apparel

Job summary

Kontoor Brands, Inc. is looking for a Sales Planner to develop seasonal sales and inventory plans. The role requires 3-5 years of retail or wholesale experience and demands strong analytical skills. This is a remote position that involves extensive collaboration with executives and team members across various functions.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s Degree and proficiency in tools like Excel and PowerBI. The role offers comprehensive benefits including paid parental leave, flexible Fridays, and tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a retail or wholesale environment.
• Analytical skills with experience in demand planning.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop seasonal sales and inventory plans.
• Analyze sales trends to inform future strategies.
• Lead presentations and align cross-functional teams.

Skills

Retail math

Sales forecasting

Inventory productivity

Excellent communication

Advanced Excel

PowerBI knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Logility RO Planning Applications

Job description

Sales Planner Responsibilities

• Develop seasonal sales, inventory, and receipt plans by Classification that align with assigned account financial targets and productivity metrics.
• Build and maintain a rolling 18-month style-color sales, inventory, receipt, and shipment plan for each area of business to support product selection in market.
• Work autonomously with the account executive, replenishment managers, and assigned account buyers and planners. Meet weekly/monthly based upon business needs.
• Leverage weekly business insights to understand item-level performance to maximize in-season opportunities, minimize liability, and inform future seasons.
• Analyze sales trends and adjust based upon historical results and current POS performance.
• Prepare documents for monthly consensus meetings.
• Provide analysis and explanations of all recommended changes to sales, inventory, receipt, and ship plans.
• Lead presentation and influence alignment among peers within merchandising, sales, and supply planning teams of monthly consensus meeting POS forecast changes and inventory strategies.
• Participate in regular meetings and strategic discussions to provide input on merchandise planning strategies.
• Standard and ad‑hoc reporting; administrative duties.

Qualifications

• 3‑5 years of experience in a retail or wholesale environment, including time spent as an analyst or planner.
• Related work experience may include forecasting and demand planning.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Demonstrated retail math and business acumen, including sales forecasting and inventory productivity measures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to present complex information clearly and compellingly.
• Capable of creating alignment among cross‑functional stakeholders by building strong business cases and driving execution.
• Attention to detail and strong time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Knowledge of PowerBI and Logility RO Planning Applications is a plus.

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 – acts quickly and takes ownership of outcomes.
• Bold Accountability – owns your work and delivers consistently strong results.
• Empowered Collaboration – shares ideas, listens well, and collaborates with peers.

Remote position. #LI-Remote

Benefits

Kontoor offers a comprehensive benefit package, including paid parental leave, flexible Fridays, tuition reimbursement, and discounts on apparel. The benefits are designed to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 associates and applicants without discrimination on the basis of 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.