Senior Merchant

Job Description

Job Description

Senior 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 the Director or VP of Merchandising, has 1-2 direct reports (if applicable) and is based in our Buckhead office.

50% Strategy and Line Structure:

- Lead business "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/style level costing tool - ensuring data analysis is up to date

15%: 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 lead Brand Strategy and Company Wide Initiatives

15%: Margin and Revenue 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

We'd Love to hear from you if: (Requirements section)

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:

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

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.

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.