Serving the needs of all families with young childrenCarters Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children encompassing Carters OshKosh Bgosh 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 Carters.
Serving the needs of all families with young childrenCarters Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children encompassing Carters OshKosh Bgosh 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 Carters.
HOW YOULL MAKE AN IMPACT:
The Operations Analyst EDP is responsible for learning functions of multiple departments across Supply Chain Operations.
40: Supply Chain Account Management
- Coordinate all activities associated with booking tracking processing routing and shipping customer purchase orders. Actively manage flow of information and own daily decisions needed for order management for assigned accounts including serving as primary resource for distribution network decisions needed to enable timely order shipment
- Manage communication of supply chain interruptions for assigned accounts collaborating with Operations and Planning teams to determine optimal approach for all accounts. Ensure appropriate flow of information to sales executive and customer partners. Execute required order revisions
- Utilize reporting tools to generate reports to monitor and track logistical movement of product to final destination analyzing and proactively communicating variances to supply chain partners and external customers. Create and publish management reports explaining orders and shipping or delivery status of customer purchase orders
35 Operations Planning
- Tracking Inbound Inventory Monitor review and track all inbound product to ensure it is on schedule to meet the required inDC date. Determine the business impact of any delivery issues prioritize and communicate any issues relative to product flow as they arise.
- Production Support to ensure Coverage Perform analysis of product slides and recommend expediting product or even canceling product where necessary where necessary to maximize company revenue and coverage. Assist the Operations Manager and Sr Analyst in the seasonal coverage improvement process through analysis & collaboration.
25: Operations Forecasting
- Execute the forecasting process for assigned product categories and identify opportunities to improve. Includes but not limited to owning forecast consolidation across all channels & analyzing POS and Booking trend information regularly and remix style forecasts as customer demand changes
- Execute buying process for assigned product categories and identify opportunities to improve. Maintain appropriate buying strategies (weeks of supply safety stock etc. to support brand and SBU specific service level Days of Supply and Open to Buy constraints as well as issue fabric commitments in order to achieve leadtimes. Purchase inventory for multiple channels (Domestic Retail NonCanada International Ecomm) for area of responsibility
- Adhere to all critical calendar deliverables including Forecast Publish Dates Fabric Commits Buys and Margin Roll updates
WED LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:
Must have:
- Strong communication skills attention to detail and systems knowledge
- Bachelors degree
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.03.2 GPA or higher strongly preferred)
- Required to have graduated within 6 months of class start date
- Must be able to start in the role full time by June 2025
- Preferred skills and experience:
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines and varying levels of ambiguity
- Strong ProblemSolving skills Analytical process driven approach to problem solving detailoriented and able to perform ad hoc analysis as needed to support Sales Merchandising and the Operations groups.
- Collaborate broadly across the organization (Merchandising Sales Sourcing International Retail / Ecomm Distribution) and build partnerships with them
- Internal Liaison Act as the point person between the Sourcing Transportation Order Management and Forecasting teams to ensure any issues related to ontime delivery are handled.
- Ability to work successfully as a team member or independently resolution of issues from internal and external customers using independent judgment regarding assigned accounts collaborative when needed
- Knowledge of fundamental Forecasting and Inventory Management principles (Supply and Demand matching forecast error safety stock inventory turn service level open to buy management constrained supply etc.
- Technical skills including intermediate Excel (Tableau MS Access a plus)
- Demonstrate capability to quickly learn new technology and systems; capacity to work effectively in multiple and complex systems with a strong attention to detail and organization
- Executive summary skills ability to concisely communicate in meetings and presentations
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 factbased insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
- Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
- Cultivates Innovation: Respectfully challenge the weve always done it this way mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes
MAKE A CAREER AT CARTERS:
- Career Development: Success starts from within and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carters 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 allinclusive. 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.
In order for your application to be complete you must complete an assessment. This assessment should take about 1015 minutes to complete. Please note: Your application will not be fully submitted until the assessment is complete.
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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.
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