Sales Planner

Kontoor Brands, Inc.; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a retail or wholesale environment.
• Forecasting & Demand Planning experience is a plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Strong retail math and business acumen, including sales forecasting and inventory productivity measures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop seasonal sales, inventory, and receipt plans by classification that align with financial targets.
• Build an 18-month rolling plan for each area of business to support product selection in market.
• Collaborate with account executives, replenishment managers, buyers and planners; participate in weekly/monthly cadences.
• Use weekly insights to optimize in-season opportunities and inform future seasons.
• Analyze sales trends using POS data and historical results to adjust plans.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory planning

Presentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Excel

PowerBI

Logility RO Planning

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: Sales Planner

Responsibilities

• Develop seasonal sales, inventory, and receipt plans by Classification that align with assigned account financial targets and productivity metrics
• Build + 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, & with the 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 & current POS (point of sales) performance
• Prepare documents for monthly consensus meetings
• Provide analysis and explanations of all recommended changes to sales, inventory, receipt and ship plans
• Lead presentation & influence alignment amongst peers within merchandising, sales, & supply planning teams of monthly consensus meeting POS (point of sales) 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 which may include: Forecasting & 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 in a clear and compelling manner
• 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 & Logility RO Planning Applications is a plus

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

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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.

• Four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents
• Flexible Fridays
• 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.

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.

At Kontoor Brands, we're dedicated to recruiting top talent who share our drive for innovation. To safeguard candidates, Kontoor will never request personal data and sensitive information during the application phase. Interviews are never conducted through messaging apps or other calling services. If personal information is requested to initiate the hiring process, rest assured it will be through secure and protected means. If you have any questions about an open position at Kontoor, please contact us at [e-mail]