Merchant

Serving the needs of all families with young children,Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT:This role typically reports into a Director or Vice President of Merchandising, has 1-2 direct reports (if applicable), and is based in our Buckhead office.

35%: SBU Strategy:

• Lead business "take-aways" and "deep dives"; generate new strategies, reinforce existing ones, and drive change
• Develop strong understanding of the marketplace, recognizing and identifying trends
• Search for white space opportunities that will grow the brand and increase relevancy
• Utilize past knowledge plus current trends to develop new strategies and / or opportunities
• Maintain awareness of competition; understanding flow cadence, product assortment, and make / value equation
• Lead business and creative decisions for final assortment with Design, Art and PDC

20%: Style Set Up/System Management:

• Utilize reports and systems to create hindsight decks and specialized business reports
• Own product costing decisions/tools product margin - ensuring data analysis is up to date

20%: Store Visual & Site Direction:

• Partner with manager and team to manage store blueprints, pre-season marketing guidance and site priorities
• React to change in season to drive sales

15%: Costing, Pricing, Margin Management:

• Manage margin and deliver revenue goals based on financial plans across retail and wholesale
• Knowledge of product costing, garment construction, and pre-production life cycle
• Maintain awareness of competition; understanding flow cadence, product assortment, and make / value equation

10%: Team Development:

• Meet calendar deadlines and key milestone meeting deliverables
• Lead individual contributors
• Maintain strong cross functional relationships

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:Must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 4-7 Years of Experience in retail buying or merchandising position; experience developing a line structure is critical

Preferred skills and experience:

• Ability to understand and translate trend for our brand
• Ability to develop product and assess creative
• Strong knowledge of retail metrics to effectively analyze results across channels and markets
• Experience working with design, sourcing, product development, tech design, and other cross-functional partners
• Well-developed presentation skills needed to present to senior level executives and key accounts
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

OUR TEAM MEMBERS:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation: Respectfully challenge the "we’ve always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

MAKE A CAREER AT CARTER’S:Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter’s University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess. NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.