Merchandising Specialist

About the Role:

Kontoor Brands is seeking a highly skilled Merchandising Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our product development team, you will be responsible for managing individual counterpart development orders with our regional office. Your primary focus will be on ensuring that customer requirements are met by coordinating with our original office, such as KBB office/India office/Pakistan office.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with original office to ensure customer requirements are met
• Follow up vendor sample status through regional office
• Provide initial costing to US team with assistance from regional office
• Provide accurate information to both RO/vendor/US counterpart
• Regularly communicate with buyers in the US for individual development sample needs
• Strike a balance between aesthetic requirements and production feasibility
• Coordinate with makers/Regional Office to outsource samples when there are capacity issues in our facility
• Work closely with all stakeholders to follow and maintain development calendars, keep track of timelines, and ensure execution
• Build partner relationships with Design and sourcing teams and regional office

What We Are Looking For:

• Over 4 years of experience in Clothing, Fashion, Textile, Management
• Possess knowledge in fabric, textile, wet & dry process
• Fluent oral English and written English
• Good time management skills with understanding about urgency and importance
• Ability to work independently
• Able to readily adopt changes
• Good hands-on knowledge of Computer and MS Office apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Be able to communicate with overseas group of people with different culture
• Have strong sense of responsibility

Why Kontoor Brands?

At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle and 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 and tuition reimbursement.

Our Kontoor D&I Mission

At Kontoor, we believe that D&I is a key enabler to a culture that empowers us to work with passion and confidence, shaping our brand and future.

Our Kontoor D&I Commitment

• Create a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talents
• Ensure an equitable environment that attracts & promotes diverse workforce
• Foster inclusivity, ensuring employees feel they can bring their whole selves to work