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:
The VP, Merchandising leads the cross functional team in development of the Product and Brand strategies. This role reports into the SVP, Merchandising, has 3-4 direct reports and is based in our Buckhead office.
Category Strategy Leadership (50%)
- Lead development of global line plan, assortment mix and strategy for Category. Partner with Design, PDC, Sales/Planning, Operations and other Merchandising VPs to ensure strategies are clearly communicated throughout organization
- Influence others and gain alignment on strategies to drive business, style and innovation forward
- 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
Brand Strategy Leadership (30%)
- Brand/CRI Strategy & Projects: Lead product strategy development including driving milestone meetings and executing product development calendar. Lead teams and partner with other to drive Brand Seasonal Strategy, Total CRI Competitive Review, MBR/LT Meetings and Company Wide Initiatives
Drive achievement of Financial Goals (20%)
- Drive achievement of margin, sales goals based on financial plans for all channels
- Develop Long Range Plans with cross functional teams and Leadership Team
- Maintain awareness of competition relative to product value relationship and customer profitability within category
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:
Must have:
- 10+ years of successful experience in retail buying or merchandising with at least 3+ years at director level
- Proven experience leading the product development process within a highly matrixed organization
- Highly productive, and influential, cross-functional partnerships with sourcing, product development, design
- Successful apparel merchandising experience, at the director level, in multiple channels of distribution
- Strong ability to build business strategies and implement shorter-term tactical plans that are cost-effective, efficient and realistic
- Proven successful leadership developing high performing talent and teams
Preferred skills and experience:
- Successful experience with large scale apparel brands managing < $500M
- Demonstrate consistent ability to drive financial results and exceed goals
- Strong aesthetic point of view and the ability the translate trends and white space opportunities to our brands
- Strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication including presentation skills
- Experience working with a wholesale channel and accounts
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.
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.
