ABOUT Kontoor Brands

Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB) is a global lifestyle apparel company with a portfolio of some of the world’s most iconic denim 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.

Our global community 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.

 

ABOUT YOUR ROLE:

The main purpose of this position is to continually improve the productivity and quality of our sourced laundries and factories to enable us to achieve better costs and products through better costing principles using your technical textile experience and knowledge of wet processing, good communication skills, and self-motivated efforts. You will deliver value added services to the brands, the sourcing organization, and the vendors by implementing programs to improve productivity, quality, and service while exhibiting creativity and agility.

 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

Include but not limited to

• Analyzes data, reports, and processes to improve the productivity, profitability, and sustainability of the laundries and factories as well as the product through initiation and implementation of projects that optimize costs, efficiency, and quality.
• Recommends the best methods, processes, chemicals, equipment utilization, and processes for laundries and factories in an on-going basis.
• Investigates, plans, and collaborates with Engineering, Production and Quality to develop and implement Cost Reduction projects, including planning, analysis, coordination and follow-up towards the results.
• Reviews laundry processes across vendors; to establish best practices collaborating with Quality Assurance.
• Collaborates with Sourcing and Merchandising on FOB savings.
• Supports laundries and factories with collaborative development for better solutions such as crew structuring, process changes and improvements, and maximizing efficiencies.
• Determines cost and environmental impacts for special requests by Engineering, Costing, Merchandising, and/or upper management groups.
• Stays informed timely on advancements on materials, technology and chemicals.
• Works with development centers and vendors to deliver cost saving opportunities prior to industrialization.
• Works with vendors to improve efficiencies, to drive productivity upwards, to improve quality and lead time.
• Quarterly goals and objectives reports are required, as well as detailed factory trip reports with summaries of opportunities, results of tests, and photos/diagrams.
• Focuses on smart sustainability from equipment, process and chemical angle.
• Performs a variety of complicated tasks.
• Assists when needed in the area of workplace safety.

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU:*Only local candidates based in Egypt will be considered for this role.Include but not limited toAt least 5 years of relevant working experience.Wide knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within Wet Processing and Laundry Services.Experienced in initiating and engaging internal communication with various departments across different locations.Experienced in connecting and driving the external stakeholders (e.g. vendors) to achieve determined goals.Demonstrated experience in proposing cost reduction ideas to internal stakeholders/customers for their satisfaction and trustful work relationship with them.Able to convert ideas and data into feasible action plans.Proficient level of English in both speaking and writing.Demonstrated competencies on out-of-the-box thinking, critical thinking, analytical skill and problem-solving skill. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSBachelor Degree of Science in Engineering or equivalent SPECIFIC WORKING CONDITIONS (if any)Include but not limited toFrequency of Travel: 60%External communication required: 50%  Why Kontoor Brands?At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to fit your lifestyle, 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, both now and in the future. We offer resources to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing. We also provide flexible work arrangement options to help eligible employees achieve a healthy balance between their professional and personal lives. Our Kontoor D&I MissionAt 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 CommitmentCreate a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talentsEnsure an equitable environment that attracts & promotes diverse workforceFoster inclusivity, ensuring employees feel they can bring their whole selves to work