Manager, Logistics Data Analytics

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, Logistics Data Analytics

Job Summary

The Manager, Logistics Data Analytics leads a team responsible for Kontoor’s supply chain visibility platform (Infor Nexus) and logistics analytics. The role serves as the business owner of Infor Nexus - owning configuration, in-system reporting, and the prioritized backlog of changes delivered with IT and the platform vendor.

The Manager also leads the development of Power BI and analytics solutions, partnering with IT data engineers on EDW data to deliver shipment visibility, logistics performance insights, and decision-ready reporting for Logistics and the broader Supply Network organization.

Operating in an agile delivery model, this leader coaches a team of logistics data analysts, directs matrixed IT resources, and drives measurable improvements in logistics visibility, data quality, and decision-making. The team is expected to grow as capabilities mature.

Responsibilities

• Own Infor Nexus as business system owner - Serve as the lead key user and configuration owner for Infor Nexus. Oversee system configuration, milestone and tracking setup, in-system reports, user support, and process changes, ensuring the platform delivers accurate shipment, carrier, and milestone visibility.
• Own the backlog and lead agile delivery - Own and prioritize the Infor Nexus and logistics analytics backlog. Lead agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews) with IT and the platform vendor, and represent the business in IT and vendor meetings on system changes, EDI/ASN integrations, SAP interfaces, and new capabilities. Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders.
• Lead Power BI and analytics delivery - Oversee the development and ongoing management of Power BI dashboards, semantic models, and analyses covering shipment visibility, ETA accuracy, carrier performance, logistics KPIs, and exceptions. Partner with IT data engineers to source and model data from Infor Nexus and other systems in the EDW.
• Lead, coach, and develop the team - Lead and develop direct reports and direct the work of matrixed IT resources. Set goals and priorities, build logistics and technical capabilities across the team, and plan for team growth.
• Own logistics data quality and governance - Identify and resolve data-quality gaps across shipment, milestone, ASN, EDI, carrier, and logistics-provider data. Partner with IT, technology providers, carriers, and logistics partners to fix root causes, standardize KPI definitions, and reduce manual and duplicate reporting.
• Partner with stakeholders - Work with Logistics and Supply Network stakeholders to understand operational challenges, translate business needs into requirements, and deliver scalable solutions that improve visibility and support informed decision-making.

Experience

• Supply chain or logistics analytics, systems, or operations
• Key user, administrator, or product owner of a supply chain visibility or logistics platform (Infor Nexus preferred; E2open, SAP, Blue Yonder, project44, or similar considered)
• Leading people or teams, including directing matrixed IT or vendor resources
• Working in agile delivery teams, ideally as a product owner; Power BI / BI development and partnering with data engineering teams

**This is an analytics role so if candidate can demonstrate their skills otherwise, years of experience would not prevent them from consideration.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Business, Economics, Analytics, Supply Chain, or other relevant area
• Preferred: Agile product owner certification (e.g., PSPO, CSPO).
• Preferred: Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) or equivalent BI experience.

Skills

• Leadership - coaching and developing analysts, and directing IT and vendor resources without formal authority.
• Logistics domain knowledge - shipments, carriers, milestones, ASN/EDI flows, and tracing data issues back to their source.
• Agile product ownership - backlog management, prioritization, and vendor/IT coordination for a supply chain visibility platform.
• Analytics and BI - strong Power BI, data modeling, and SQL skills; experience partnering with data engineers on an enterprise data warehouse.
• Communication and influence - explaining complex systems and processes clearly, and persuading stakeholders at all levels based on findings.

Leadership Competencies Expected for this Role:

Evolving Leader

Global Agility - Leads diverse teams, adapts amidst ambiguity

Purposeful Integrity - Leads with values, earns team’s trust, handles conflicts ethically

Strategic Foresight - Connects teamwork to business strategy

Customer Centric Innovation - Leads improvements rooted in customer needs

Urgency for Impact - Drive priorities forward with pace and purpose

Bold Accountability - Set high standards and model responsibility

Empowered Collaboration - Builds inclusive teams, collaborates across functions

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.