Designer, Wrangler Women's

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:

Designer - Wrangler Women's

Become the Newest Member of Kontoor Brands

Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB) is a global lifestyle apparel company with a portfolio of some of the world's most iconic consumer brands: Wrangler and Lee. We design, manufacture and distribute superior high-quality products that look good, fit right, and are crafted with sensitivity to our planet to give people around the world the freedom and confidence to express themselves.

With a presence in more than 60 countries and a heritage spanning a combined 200 years, our global community of more than 14,000 employees fosters a culture of integrity, collaboration, performance and entrepreneurial spirit. We are looking for inclusive, humble, creative and forward-looking employees with a passion for creating innovative apparel products, accessories, and solutions that are both meaningful and purposeful for consumers and employees.

Designer - Wrangler Women's

The Designer - Wrangler Women's reports to the Head Designer and plays a key role in shaping and executing compelling product stories that bring the Wrangler brand to life. This role owns a defined category or capsule from concept through pre-production, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver trend-right, consumer-focused, and brand-authentic product. The Designer contributes to concept development across color, print, fabric, trim, and wash, while supporting the broader design vision and go-to-market strategy. This role requires a strong foundation in design, a clear understanding of process and GTM milestones, and the ability to lead workstreams that bring innovative ideas to life. The Designer also contributes to building team capability and fostering a collaborative, high-performing design culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Brand & Creative Execution - Translate Wrangler's brand vision and DNA into compelling, on-brand product. Drive innovative, trend-right concepts across color, print, fabric, trim, and wash that align with the seasonal direction and merchandising brief.
• Category Ownership - Own a category or capsule from concept through pre-production, ensuring strong creative vision, product integrity, and alignment to business goals.
• Market & Trend Insight - Stay connected to the market through research and competitive analysis. Apply insights, hindsight, and emerging trends to identify new opportunities and white space.
• Product Development & Execution - Partner with Product Development, Technical Design, and overseas teams to review prototypes, refine construction, fabrics, trims, and wash, and ensure product meets cost, quality, and timeline targets.
• Fit & Construction Excellence - Collaborate with Technical Design to deliver best-in-class fit and cost-efficient construction solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work closely with Merchandising and cross-functional partners to align on product strategy, drive line evolution, and execute against the go-to-market vision.
• Presentation & Communication - Present seasonal concepts and product direction at key milestones. Develop and maintain clear, compelling design boards, decks, and cad sheets.
• Team Leadership & Culture - Act as a positive influencer, supporting and mentoring junior designers while fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team environment.
• GTM Execution & Accountability - Manage workstreams against the go-to-market calendar, ensuring deadlines are met and deliverables are executed with accuracy and efficiency.

Skills for Success:

• Design Expertise & Product Excellence - Strong ability to design and deliver best-in-class garments with a deep understanding of construction, fit, and finishing. Experience in denim design, including construction, fabric development, and wash, is strongly preferred; familiarity with heritage and western denim is a plus.
• Creative & Technical Proficiency - Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop), flat sketching, and building tech packs. Familiarity with V-Stitcher/3D design is a plus.
• Material & Wash Knowledge - Strong knowledge of sourcing fabrics and trims, with a solid understanding of garment finishing and wash development.
• Ownership & Problem Solving - Takes ownership of category and workstreams with the ability to problem solve, think creatively, and maintain a high level of detail and quality.
• Collaboration & Influence - Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and work cross-functionally with Design, Merchandising, Technical Design, and overseas partners. Acts as a positive team player and influencer.
• Communication & Storytelling - Confident presenter with strong verbal and written communication skills; able to clearly articulate design vision and concepts.
• Organization & Agility - Highly organized with strong multi-tasking capabilities; able to prioritize, adapt, and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Tools & Systems - Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Experience/Education:

• Bachelor's degree in apparel design, art, graphics or equivalent combination of experience preferred.
• 5+ years of professional experiencein apparel design, with at least 1-2 years managing people.

Special Physical and/or Mental Requirements:

• Open to travel.
• Be able to move around heavy boxes and lift and move tall presentation boards.

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.