Merchant, Little Planet

Carter's, Inc. is the largest branded marketer in North America of apparel exclusively for babies and young children. The Company owns the Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh brands, two of the most recognized brands in the marketplace. These brands are sold in leading department stores, national chains, and specialty retailers domestically and internationally. They are also sold through more than 1,000 Company-operated stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and online at www.carters.com, www.oshkosh.com, and www.cartersoshkosh.ca. The Company's Just One You and Genuine Kids brands are available at Target, its Child of Mine brand is available at Walmart, and its Simple Joys brand is available on Amazon. The Company also owns Skip Hop, a global lifestyle brand for families with young children. Carter's is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional information may be found at www.carters.com.

Essential Job Functions

• BUSINESS ACUMEN & PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE (~40%)

• Lead Little Planet line structure development, partnering with Retail & Wholesale teams to drive growth.
• Lead business "take-aways" and "deep dives"; generate new strategies, reinforce existing ones, or drive change
  • Partner with Marketing to drive compelling Brand communications and consistency across all Brand touchpoints.
• 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

• PRODUCT MANAGEMENT (~40%):

• Meet calendar deadlines and key milestone meetings deliverables
• Manage FlexPLM, product hang & fold codes, and packaging - ensuring data input is accurate and up to date
• Own excel costing tools, product costing decisions, and product margin - ensuring data analysis is up to date

• FORECASTING & TREND (~20%)

• Develop strong understanding of the marketplace; recognizing and identifying trends
• Maintain awareness of competition; understanding flow cadence, product assortment, and make / value equation
• Search for white space opportunities that will grow the brand or increase relevancy
• Utilize past knowledge (fashion and analytical) plus current trends to develop new strategies and / or opportunities
• Ability to translate new ideas back into the brand hand-writing; ensuring an exciting brand experience for the customer

Supervisory / Budgetary / External Communication Responsibility

• Manage 1 direct report

- Travel as necessary - design, account sell-ins, and market knowledge

Required Experience:

• 
  4-7 years of experience in a retail buying or merchandising position; experience developing a line structure is critical
• Strong knowledge of retail metrics in order to effectively analyze results across channels and markets
• Experience working with design, sourcing, product development, tech design, and other cross-functional partners
• Excellent communication and management skills; must possess ability to persuade, build consensus, and effectively disseminate information among all parties
• Proficiency and knowledge of retail math and analytics, merchandising principles, product knowledge, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Well-developed presentation skills needed to present to senior level executives and key accounts
• Sample management, sample check-in, sample closet management, presentation setup and clean up

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.
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