[Hiring] Sales Planner @Kontoor Brands, Inc.

Role Description

The Sales Planner is responsible for developing seasonal sales, inventory, and receipt plans that align with assigned account financial targets and productivity metrics. Key responsibilities include:

• Develop seasonal sales, inventory, and receipt plans by Classification.
• Build and maintain a rolling 18-month style-color sales, inventory, receipt, and shipment plan for each area of business.
• Work autonomously with the account executive, replenishment managers, and assigned account buyers and planners.
• Leverage weekly business insights to understand item-level performance.
• Analyze sales trends and adjust based on historical results and current POS performance.
• Prepare documents for monthly consensus meetings, providing analysis and explanations of recommended changes.
• Lead presentations and influence alignment among peers within merchandising, sales, and supply planning teams.
• Participate in regular meetings and strategic discussions on merchandise planning strategies.
• Perform standard and ad hoc reporting and administrative duties.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a retail or wholesale environment, including time as an analyst or planner.
• Related work experience 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.
• Capable of creating alignment among cross-functional stakeholders.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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, listen well, collaborate with peers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle.
• Competitive benefits program providing choice and flexibility.
• Resources to support physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing.
• Discounts on apparel.
• Four weeks of Paid Parental Leave for eligible new parents.
• Flexible Fridays.
• Tuition Reimbursement.