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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 reports into the Director or VP of Merchandising, has 2-3 direct reports and is based in our Buckhead office in our onsite work environment.

• 40% SBU Strategy:

• Partner with VP of Merchandising to build and drive Baby strategy for all channels

• Hindsight business to determine future strategy

• Build line plan to support the global product assortment needs for the specified brands

• Partner with Design, PDC, Sales/Planning, Operations, and other merchant partners to ensure strategies are clearly communicated

• Lead business and creative decisions for final assortment with Design, Art and PDC

• Key liaison with cross functional partners on assortment, visual and pricing strategies

• 20% Store Visual & site Direction:

• Lead development of store blueprints, pre-season marketing calendar and guide site priorities

• React to change in season to drive sales

• 10%: Brand/CRI Strategy & Projects:

• Support product strategy development including driving many milestone meetings and executing product development calendar

• Partner with VPs and other merchants to build and drive total CRI strategic vision

• 10%: Costing, Pricing, Margin Management:

• Drive achievement of category margin and revenue goals based on financial plans

• Maintain awareness of competition relative to product value relationship and customer profitability within category

• 10% Process/System Management: Build processes to support team calendar and systems

• 10% Team Development:

• Lead individual contributors and managers

• Lead cross-functional team

• Coach, develop and mentor others outside of direct team

We’d Love to hear from you if:

Must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• 8+ Years of Experience in retail buying or merchandising position; experience developing a line structure is critical

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated experience partnering with Sales Team to influence and sell in a line to a wholesale partner

• Strong aesthetic point of view and the ability the translate to our brands as demonstrated through experience successfully building a line structure

• Strong knowledge of retail metrics to effectively analyze results across channels and markets

• Demonstrated ability to balance multi-channel and/or multi-account calendar and line structure development simultaneously

• Experience working with design, sourcing, product development, tech design, and other cross-functional partners

• Ability to lead and develop talent

• 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.