Senior Merchant

Carter's•Atlanta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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 Carter's.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
8+ Years of Experience in retail buying or merchandising position; experience developing a line structure is critical

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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
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
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
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