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:

Manager, Merchandise Planning, Helly Hansen DTC Team North America

The Role

Helly Hansen is looking for a data-driven professional to support the region’s merchandise planning and inventory management function. This leader will play a key role in the planning, forecasting, fulfillment, and inventory management of

Helly Hansen brand stores, outlets, and e-commerce channels. This role is a key member of the Direct-to-Consumer team in North America with a collective goal of strengthening our position in the NA marketplace, delivering a compelling omnichannel consumer experience, and showcasing innovation.

This position reports to the Director, NA Merchandise Planning and will be based in Denver.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide data-driven decisions for seasonal planning, merchandising, and inventory management across DTC channels and product lines for the region.
• Analyze and adjust assortment strategies, product mix, and inventory levels to deliver profitable growth and inventory turn.
• Co-create and define product and inventory strategy for Ecom, Brand Store, and Outlet channels to optimize marketplace performance.
• Deliver in-season and post-mortem seasonal analysis and communicate insights to improve future seasons, including support for site merchandising, marketing, and digital initiatives.
• Partner with planning stakeholders to ensure that seasonal assortments and forecasts align with financial budgets. Consistently update in-season projections to support Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Allocation teams' analysis.
• Recommend and execute product transfers between channels throughout the season to optimize inventory; align closely with Allocation Planning team.
• Collaborate with key teams to identify and implement new systems, technologies, processes, and tools to drive operational efficiency.
• Ensure day-to-day actions ladder up to Merchandise Planning team & organizational goals.
• Conduct competitive analysis and identify commercial opportunities and regional needs.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, process-orientation, and data-driven decision making.
  

Organizational Structure

• Reports to: Director, NA DTC Merchandise Planning
• Location: Denver, CO (hybrid, in-office 3 days per week)

What We Are Looking For

• An infectious passion for the outdoors.
• 2-5 years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Allocation, Buying, Inventory Management, or related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in retail, supply chain, or related field.
• Experience with Planning and Allocation systems is preferred.
• Confidence in Excel and comfortability with analyzing large data sets.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and openness to ambiguity.
• Proved success in diverse, cross-functional collaboration, strong communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic and multi-time zone environment.
• Travel Requirements: Ability to travel up to 25%, including international travel.

We Offer

• A culture that rewards excellence in an exciting phase of growth and new opportunities.
• An ambitious, dynamic, creative and international atmosphere.
• Discounts on great gear.
• Competitive compensation and benefits in an active environment with passion for the outdoors.

Compensation Range: $82,000 to $115,000 Annual USD

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

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. Kontoor Brands also provides four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents, Flexible Fridays, and 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.