Merchant

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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, SkipHop 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 Carters.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

This role typically reports into a Sr. Merchant or Director of Merchandising, has 1-2 direct reports (if applicable), and is based in our Buckhead office in our onsite work environment.

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.